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Labor/Employment

Nov. 26, 2015

Sweeping lawsuit alleges L.A. County FEHA non-compliance

Lawsuit says county breaks discrimination laws almost every time when they ask about applicant's health history.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Los Angeles County's government is breaking state law almost every time they ask a job applicant to fill out a medical history questionnaire as a condition of employment, according to a putative class action filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

The lawsuit, with hundreds of thousands of potential plaintiffs, asserted that a late 1980s civil service rule...

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