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Robert L. Rediger and Laura C. McHugh convinced a jury in Sacramento Superior Court to reject the wage and hour claims of two former employees who had been employed by Marquee Fire Protection Company. The plaintiffs had brought a class action lawsuit on behalf of themselves and other sprinkler fitters alleging that their employer had violated various California wage and hour laws in connection with their employment. The action had been certified as a class action, but on the

Defendants' motion made shortly before trial, the action was decertified. The matter proceeded to a two week trial with the plaintiffs alleging:

1. a violation of California's unfair competition law,
2. failure to pay wages,
3. failure to pay overtime,
4. failure to provide accurate wage statements, and
5. failure to provide rest breaks and meal periods.

On August 28, 2008, the jury returned verdicts rejecting each cause of action. The firm is now seeking costs and attorneys fees for Marquee.

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On September 29, 2004, Governor Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 1825 into law. The new law requires an employer with 50 or more employees to provide at least two hours of sexual harassment training to all of its supervisory employees. The anti-harassment laws in California apply to all employers and provides for the imposition of individual liability on an employee who has engaged in certain unlawful conduct toward a coworker. Providing training to supervisors is one of the most effective ways to reduce the likelihood that an employee will commence a lawsuit alleging that he or she was the victim of inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature by his or her supervisors, co-employees or others, and that the employer failed to provide a workplace free of harassment.

The interactive sexual harassment training seminar will include:

1. A quiz designed to encourage attendees to consider the various types of issues that are presented in hostile work environment and quid pro quo sexual harassment cases. (Attendees are not graded on the quiz and it is not collected. The multiple choice and true and false answers are discussed to facilitate the interactive nature of the program).
2. An overview of the federal and California equal employment opportunity laws, including the substantive and procedural aspects of the federal and state statutes and regulations.
3. An extended discussion of the forms of unlawful sexual harassment recognized by the law, the potential liability of an employer for the acts of its supervisors, employees and non-employees, the potential liability of the individual perpetrator, damages and remedies available to the victim, special obligations imposed on employers in California, etc.
4. How to investigate allegations of sexual harassment promptly and properly.
5. Defenses available to an employer.
6. Legal strategies for providing a harassment-free workplace.
7. The potential of a lawsuit from the alleged harasser.

The management labor and employment law attorneys of Rediger, McHugh & Hubbert, LLP have presented many seminars, and have litigated numerous cases, involving all types of equal employment matters, including sexual harassment. The attorneys have put together a two-hour program to put your company in compliance with Assembly Bill 1825. The program will be led by an experienced attorney and include questions and answers, brochures, excepts from judicial and administrative decisions, notices, policies, and "war stories" involving actual sexual harassment cases litigated by the lecturer in court and before the EEOC and DFEH.

The "Sexual Harassment Training For Supervisors" program will be presented at your Sacramento facility or at our law firm, depending on your preference, for a total cost of $600.00. To schedule a training session, call Sara at (916) 442-0033 or send an email to info@rmlaw.net.

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