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Displaced Workers Sue NUMMI, Toyota Over Discrimination in Severance Package
A group of displaced Fremont NUMMI workers who were on medical or other leave during the last six months of the plant’s operation sued their former employer, and its parent company Toyota, alleging that the severance package offered by the auto giant discriminates against injured and disabled employees. The severance package included a bonus enhancement based on years of service. However, these workers were not entitled to the enhancement, no matter how long they had worked at the plant. Read more
LAS-ELC attorneys receive La Raza Award
La Raza Centro Legal, San Francisco’s oldest Latino community legal services organization, recently honored the LAS–ELC team that partnered with La Raza to litigate Serralta v. Khan to a successful conclusion. At La Raza’s 37th Anniversary Awards Celebration on Friday, May 14, LAS–ELC lead attorney Christopher Ho, along with former LAS–ELC attorneys Carole Vigne, Christina Chung, and Matt Goldberg, were cited for their “courageous advocacy for workers’ rights” in representing Vilma Serralta, a domestic worker who stood up against her wealthy employers to demand her rights under Federal and state wage and hour law.
Same-Sex Couples, State Workers, Sue IRS and CalPERS for Insurance Discrimination
The LAS–ELC has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of same-sex couples in California who are seeking equal access to California’s long-term care insurance program for public employees and their families. The named plaintiffs are three California state employees who work in public health care and their same-sex partners. Read more
Federal Appeals Court Orders A New Trial for Immigrant Women
In a stunning victory for the 23 Latina and Southeast Asian workers represented by LAS–ELC in the Rivera v. Nibco litigation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ordered a new trial in the case. The court ruled that Nibco used its “peremptory” strikes of prospective jurors for discriminatory purposes, removing at least one Latina juror on account of her ethnicity. Read more