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Labor/Employment

Jul. 21, 2006

Court Upholds 'Clarification' of Law to Cover Harassment by Nonemployees

For the third time in three years, the California Supreme Court has addressed a bill in which the Legislature purported to clarify provisions of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Government Code Sections 12920 et seq., by rejecting more narrow interpretations of the act in published appellate decisions.

By John J. Manier
Employment


For the third time in three years, the California Supreme Court has addressed a bill in which the Legislature purported to clarify provisions of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Government Code Sections 12920 et seq., by rejecting more narrow interpretations of the act in published appellate decisions. In each case, the employer argued that the Legislature was modifying the law retroactively and t...

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