Jul. 8, 2003

Federal and State Discrimination Laws Are Diverging

Focus Column - Employment Law - By Karl Gerber - Not long ago, an employment attorney with a California Fair Employment and Housing Act case could look to federal Title VII or Americans with Disabilities Act law in order to interpret the state statute. Sandhu v. Lockheed Missiles & Space Co. , 26 Cal.App.4th 846 (1994); Mixon v. Fair Employment & Housing Comm'n , 192 Cal.App.3d 1306 (1987).