Jun. 13, 2003

Compromise Offers Raise Issues in Employment Suits

Focus Column - Employment Law - By Jeffrey K. Winikow - From a practical perspective, California's statutory settlement scheme, Code of Civil Procedure Section 998, has more to do with strategic gamesmanship than with resolving legal disputes. In the employment context, most statutory offers are rejected; parties rely on these offers because they know (or believe) that the other side will reject these offers, no matter how reasonable they may be.