Labor/Employment
Feb. 21, 2013
Employee wins $21.7 million in first test of discrimination ruling
Workers now have to meet a higher standard of evidence to prove an employer discriminated against them, but the change appears not to have affected the jury's verdict.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In the wake of a recent state Supreme Court employment law decision, workers now have to meet a higher standard of evidence to prove an employer discriminated against them. But in an early test of the decision in Los Angeles County, the high standard appears not to have affected the jury's verdict - a record-setting award of $21.7 million for a terminated waste company employee.
The case, which w...
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