Primary practice area
Los Angeles Appellate Division affirms an unlawful-detainer judgment against a resident manager whose tenancy was tied to her employment, holding the Tenant Protection Act’s 60-day notice and just-cause requirements do not apply where housing was provided as employment compensation under a written agreement.
Second District holds the California State University has a duty under HEERA to bargain over reasonably foreseeable effects of its 2023 student-vaccine policy on faculty health, but vacates PERB’s violation finding because there was no substantial evidence CSU had implemented the policy or definitively refused to bargain when the unfair-practice charge was filed.
First District affirms judgment for the City and County of San Francisco in a FEHA age-discrimination challenge to the City’s two-formula disability-retirement scheme, finding the City’s pension structure did not violate FEHA.
Fourth District grants writ relief, holding that a curative class-action notice informing putative class members they may revoke individual settlement agreements must also tell them California rescission statutes require return of the settlement payment.
Second District affirms an order compelling arbitration of an employee’s individual wage claims and dismissing her class claims, holding the parties’ arbitration agreement is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act because they expressly said so.
First District reverses summary judgment for the Salvation Army in a wage suit by adult-rehabilitation ‘work therapy’ participants, holding that the trial court applied the wrong legal standard for distinguishing a volunteer from an employee under California wage law.
Third District affirms denial of Sierra Pacific’s motion to compel arbitration in coordinated wage-and-hour class actions, finding the company waived arbitration rights by litigating for years and refusing to produce signed arbitration agreements until after class certification.