Military contractor Hydraulics International Inc. is right that a former employee was unable to sue it for failing to discuss with him potential job accommodations to care for his sick mother, but it still must pay the $1.3 million a jury awarded him, the California Court of Appeal ruled.
California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act provides causes of action for an employer’s failure to accommodate a disabled worker and for failing to engage a worker in the interactive process required to try to identify a suitable accommodation, the court said in an unpublished ruling. But those provisions don’t extend to ...
; ; ; agreed to pay $17.07 million to settle federal allegations of illegal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hiring practices on Friday, marking the Justice Department's first resolution unde...