In Sanchez v. Swissport, Inc., the Appellate Court held that even if an employee exhausts all of the permissible leave under the Pregnancy Disability Leave Law (“PDLL”), they can still file a claim under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”). The plaintiff sued her employer alleging that she
California Supreme Court Rules On The Mixed Motive Defense
In Harris v. City of Santa Monica, the California Supreme Court ruled that under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”), when a jury finds that unlawful discrimination was a substantial factor motivating a termination of employment, and when the employer proves it would have made the same