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In addition to the matters brought up by the DFEH lawsuits, employees speaking to Axios identified that Activision Blizzard's HR departments had a significant hand in preventing any action to address sexual misconduct concerns. Employees told Axios that HR knew of the sexual misconduct reports for a long time but either failed to take action ...
California law and the FEHA also allow for the imposition of punitive damages [9] [10] when a corporate defendant's officers, directors or managing agents engage in harassment, discrimination, or retaliation, or when such persons approve or consciously disregard prohibited conduct by lower-level employees in violation of the rights or safety of the plaintiff or others.
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Reference Book. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2008. Deputy Attorney General Fisher Memorandum on Garrity and Kalkines Warnings. U.S. Department of Justice, 2006. Deputy Attorney General Wray Memorandum on Office of Inspector General Investigations. U.S. Department of Justice, 2005.
In their Employment Law column, Jeffrey S. Klein and Nicholas J. Pappas examine the risk of defamation arising from reference checks, California’s new sexual harassment-related reference check ...
A settlement is said to be near in the California Department of Justice's sweeping investigation of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. California DOJ civil rights probe of Sheriff's Department ...
A former San Francisco State employee claims that a campus president and CSU official tried to interfere with an investigation into harassment complaints against a professor.
The Kalkines warning is an advisement of rights usually administered by United States federal government agents to federal employees and contractors in internal investigations. The Kalkines warning compels subjects to make statements or face disciplinary action up to, and including, dismissal, but also provides suspects with criminal immunity ...
External whistleblowers report misconduct to outside people or entities. In these cases, depending on the nature of the information, whistleblowers may report the misconduct to lawyers, the media, law enforcement or watchdog agencies, or other local, state, or federal agencies. In some cases, external whistleblowing is encouraged by offering ...