Employment Law Firm Outten & Golden Announces Promotion of Five Lawyers in New York City and Washington, DC Offices
Cassandra W. Lenning, Christopher M. McNerney, Amy F. Shulman, Daniel S. Stromberg, and Chauniqua D. Young elected to partnership effective January 1, 2021
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NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Employment law firm Outten & Golden LLP announced today the promotion of Cassandra W. Lenning, Christopher M. McNerney, Amy F. Shulman, Daniel S. Stromberg, and Chauniqua D. Young to partnership effective January 1, 2021.
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Cassandra W. Lenning is part of the Firm s individual practice group where she represents employees and executives in litigation, arbitration, and negotiation matters. Her practice focuses on claims of discrimination, retaliation, equal pay, and breach of contract, as well as representing individuals sued by their employers for alleged violations of restrictive covenants. She
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With the new year comes new laws that affect California employers. The following are the A to Z of changes in the law that may affect your business in 2021.
Attorneys Fees for Whistleblower Retaliation and Extended Filing Period for DLSE Claim (AB 1947)
This new legislation expressly authorizes a court to award reasonable attorneys fees to a plaintiff who prevails in a “whistleblower” action under Labor Code Section 1102.5. The new legislation also lengthens the period of time in which employees can file complaints with the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE). An employee who believes he/she has been discharged or otherwise discriminated against in violation of any law enforced by the Labor Commissioner now has one year to file a DLSE complaint.
these facts are correct. and you ve spoken to over 200 whistle-blowers. when you hear the president talk like we just heard and see the tweets from the president calling the whistle-blower a spy, treasonous, a liar, do you think this will have an impact or deter other whistle-blowers from coming forward in the future? well let me say, this is standard 101 whistle-blower retaliation. so you think it is a violation of the law? i certainly do. this person was guaranteed anonymity and challenging that is a bigger problem and it is a way of shifting focus from the facts to the person and personalize this and to see what kind of person they are and it is a smoke screen to deflect from the truth. it will scare certain people away but make another group of people, those 12 people referenced in the complaint perhaps even more determined to come forward. we ve heard of one perhaps more that are willing to become whistle-blowers themselves. this is the community of whistle-blowers that is