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Undocumented Workers: U.S. Supreme Court Denies Cert in Sierra Chemical v. Salas
Posted on 5 Dec 2014 by Karen C. Yotis

California WCAB applies Salas to another Salas case Karen C. Yotis, Esq., a Feature Resident Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , provides insights into workplace issues and the nuts and bolts of the workers’... Read More

Tags: undocumented workers , IRCA , preemption , Discrimination , immigration , California workers compensation , Immigration Reform and Control Act , FEHA , Fair Employment and Housing Act , unclean hands

Sierra Chemical v. Salas: Undocumented Worker Case Appealed to SCOTUS
Posted on 7 Oct 2014 by Robin E. Kobayashi

BREAKING NEWS: Sierra Chemical has filed a petition for writ of certiorari in which it "asks SCOTUS to determine whether and to what extent a State law authorizing a 'wrongful failure to hire' discrimination action by a person not legally... Read More

Tags: undocumented workers , FEHA , Workers Compensation Appeals Board , immigration law , unclean hands

Sierra Chemical v. Salas: Undocumented Worker Case Appealed to US Supreme Court
Posted on 7 Oct 2014 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

BREAKING NEWS: Sierra Chemical has filed a petition for writ of certiorari in which it "asks SCOTUS to determine whether and to what extent a State law authorizing a 'wrongful failure to hire' discrimination action by a person not legally... Read More

Tags: undocumented workers , Discrimination , FEHA , Workers compensation , immigration law , unclean hands

Deposit Premiums: California Workers' Comp Cases Roundup (10/13/2011)
Posted on 13 Oct 2011 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 76 No. 9 September 2011 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review © Copyright 2011... Read More

Tags: Case Law Developments , WCAB , deposit premiums , California , medical provider network , attorney's fee , industrial causation , serious and willful misconduct , Diminished Future Earning Capacity , unclean hands

The Salas Dilemma -- Full Frontal Assault on Workers’ Rights vs. Equitable Defenses to Illegal Conduct
Posted on 5 Jun 2014 by Karen C. Yotis

You be the judge in this controversial case involving what some call undocumented worker Armageddon Karen C. Yotis, Esq., a Feature Resident Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , provides insights into workplace issues... Read More

Tags: civil rights , after-acquired evidence , misrepresentation , seasonal worker , immigration , undocumented worker , California workers compensation , backpay , equitable estoppel , FEHA , Fair Employment and Housing Act , employment discrimination. Senate Bill 1818 , Social Security number , unclean hands

California: Unlawfully Employed Worker Denied Right to Seek Remedy for Discrimination
Posted on 10 Aug 2011 by Richard M. Jacobsmeyer

In a published opinion the 3rd Appellate District has held an employee who alleged discrimination by his employer on the basis of a work related injury and or disability was not entitled to maintain the cause of action based on the “after acquired... Read More

Tags: immigrant , rehire , Discrimination , self-incrimination , unlawfully employed worker , 5th amendment , Workers' Compensation , Social Security number , unclean hands

Deposit Premiums: California Workers' Comp Cases Roundup (10/13/2011)
Posted on 13 Oct 2011 by California Compensation Cases Staff

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 76 No. 9 September 2011 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review © Copyright... Read More

Tags: Case Law Developments , WCAB , deposit premiums , California , medical provider network , attorney's fee , industrial causation , serious and willful misconduct , Diminished Future Earning Capacity , unclean hands