Civil Litigation
Dec. 6, 2014
California courts continue to chip away at-will doctrine
While it's now codified in the California Labor Code, there has long been judicial protection for those wrongly accused of, and terminated for, whistleblowing.
Timothy D. Reuben
Reuben MediationTim Reuben spent more than 40 years handling complex legal disputes in California's state and federal courts. As the founder and managing partner of Reuben Raucher & Blum in Los Angeles, he has worked on a wide range of matters through jury and bench trials, arbitration, mediation, judicial reference, and settlement conferences across multiple areas of civil law, including commercial, real estate, construction, employment, intellectual property, insurance, professional liability, and unfair competition.
By now, California employment law practitioners should be well aware of the Jan. 1, 2014, amendment to California Labor Code Section 1102.5(b), which contains language expressly prohibiting employers from retaliating against employees believed to have filed reports to government or law enforcement agencies - even if the employee did not in fact make such a complaint. In Diego v. Pilgrim United Church of Christ, 2014 DJDAR 15586 (Nov. 21, 2014), the 4th District Court of Appea...
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