The Ambedkar International Center, a U.S.-based organization fighting against caste discrimination, March 2 approached the California Supreme Court to be admitted as an amicus curiae in a case that involves caste discrimination in the workplace.
Amicus curiae, literally meaning âfriend of the court,â is a person or organization who is not party to the litigation at hand but is allowed to advise the court on a point of law or fact directly concerning the lawsuit.
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing vs Cisco Systems Inc., Sundar Iyer and Ramana Kompella case of caste discrimination in the workplace is scheduled for hearing this week.
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the agency charged with administering California’s employment discrimination statute and regulations, has updated its COVID-19 guidance for employers. The updates cover many issues that employers had been struggling with during the pandemic, including:
COVID-19 Inquiries and Protective Equipment
Employees with COVID-19 Symptoms or Infection
Job-Protected Leave
Vaccination
COVID-19 Inquiries
The DFEH states that employers may ask employees if they are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, which is also required under many of California’s local health orders. Employers can also ask an employee why they did not report to work if they suspect the absence was for a medical reason. However, employers must keep confidential any illness or medically related information disclosed by the employee. The guidance provides that employers may also take an employee’s temperature or requir
California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the agency charged with administering California’s employment discrimination statute and regulations, has updated its.
Private companies with 100+ employees (and with at least one California-based employee) must report Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) pay and other data to the California Department of.
California s Legal Ground in Battling Caste Discrimination Takes Centre Stage in Historic Cisco Case
The California government used sections of the Civil Rights Act, which emerged out of the struggle against segregation, to file a lawsuit on grounds that a Dalit had been discriminated against by his upper caste supervisors.
A visitor walks past a Cisco advertising panel as she looks at her mobile phone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 27, 2014. Photo: Reuters/Albert Gea/File Photo
World10/Mar/2021
San Francisco: A California trial court has stayed the hearing of petitions filed by US multinational Cisco seeking to dismiss a caste-discrimination lawsuit against the company. The hearings, which were to begin on Tuesday, have been postponed to September.