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Labor/Employment

Jun. 3, 2006

Employees Have Remedies Outside Unruh Act in Cases of Employer Violence

Employment Column - By Michelle A. Reinglass - The California Unruh Civil Rights Act, embodied in California Civil Code Section 51, originated in 1901 and was renamed by 1959 after Jesse Unruh, former Assembly speaker.

Employment Column

By Michelle A. Reinglass
     

      The California Unruh Civil Rights Act, embodied in California Civil Code Section 51, originated in 1901 and was renamed by 1959 after Jesse Unruh, former Assembly speaker. Its purpose has been defined as follows: "to compel recognition of the equality of all persons in the right to the particular service offered by an organization or entity cov...

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