Labor/Employment
Jul. 3, 2014
Case may embolden undocumented
In a decision with far-reaching implications, the state Supreme Court allowed an undocumented employee's discrimination case for backpay to proceed . By Jeremy Mittman
Consider the following hypothetical: A terminated employee sues your company for failing to accommodate his alleged disability. As is all too often the case, litigation ensues. The employee claims that since he was unlawfully terminated, he's now owed substantial backpay, among other things. Months - and given the continuing budget woes of California's court system, perhaps even years later - you discover that the employee is an undocume...
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