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Week@Work

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Episode 32

September 21, 2026

Week@Work updates California employers on the most important legal news from the prior week. At the national level, we examine the EEOC’s new push encouraging workers to bring claims of anti-American discrimination and an NLRB ruling ordering the reinstatement of a tech employee fired after raising workplace concerns. In California, the Ninth Circuit upholds an $8 million verdict for employees denied religious accommodations, Drybar managers bring a new misclassification lawsuit, and a former employee on Shrinking alleges sexual misconduct, wage violations and retaliation. And our bizarre case of the week involves an IRS manager whose falling-out with her goddaughter triggered an investigation that uncovered considerably more than a family feud.

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Episode 31

September 14, 2026

Week@Work updates California employers on the most important legal news from the prior week. At the national level, this week’s episode addresses a $15 million independent contractor misclassification case in Hawaii and new class action wage and hour lawsuits brought against Dunkin’ Donuts and Boeing. In California, unions are getting creative, a severance agreement keeps former Meta employee from promoting her book, and Walmart gets sued for terminating a worker who tested positive for marijuana. And our bizarre case of the week discusses a twice-fired Ford worker who still may get his job back.

Episode 30

September 8, 2026

Week@Work updates California employers on the most important legal news from the prior week. At the national level, this week’s episode addresses Ford’s $2.3 million settlement in a graffiti harassment case and a finding that Microsoft employees weren’t protected from firing when they protested. In California, new bills may demote AI, suggestions of retirement prove costly for a school district, and the Warriors face employment claims brought by former team execs. And our bizarre case of the month explores just how far “inappropriate” behavior can go before the law says “enough.”

Episode 29

August 31, 2026

Week@Work updates California employers on the most important legal news from the prior week. At the national level, this week’s episode addresses a $21 million DEI bias settlement and a columnist’s firing over social media posts is overturned. In California, a dancing flight attendant’s suit has been dismissed while a religious accommodation lawsuit was reinstated by the Ninth Circuit. New lawsuits include a negligent supervision case brought by a former child star against Disney and a retaliation complaint brought by a whistleblower against TikTok. And our bizarre case of the month involves a termination meeting that may become the smoking gun in a bias lawsuit thanks to an AI tool.

Episode 28

August 24, 2026

In this week’s episode, Joe addresses the end of a religious discrimination battle involving Southwest Airlines and a federal court dismisses a race case finding the accused treated everyone equally poorly. In California, AI may have terminated the first human worker in San Francisco, restaurant chains pays $3 million to settle harassment charges, and a teacher at Beverly Hills High School claims she was fired for her political activity. And our bizarre case of the week involves a morgue employee who took the idea of “taking your work home” way too literally.

Episode 27

August 17, 2026

Week@Work updates California employers on the most important legal news from the last week. At the national level, this week’s episode addresses blacklash at the EEOC over the EEO-1 and a Ninth Circuit holding that proposed religious accommodations created an “undue hardship”. In California, a state court holds an employee working in Utah can’t assert arrest bias claim, Simi Valley pays $230K in harassment suit, and ABC News (and Matt Gutman, now of CBS News) has been hit with a high-profile employment case by a former producer. And our bizarre case of the week involves an EMT who claims she had to show colleagues naked pictures of a co-worker to protect them from sexual harassment.

Episode 26

August 10, 2026

Week@Work updates California employers on the most important legal news from the last week. At the national level, OpenAI agrees to pay $3M to settle claims it favored foreign workers while the NLRB adds a new member (and the authority to make new policy). In California, San Francisco adopts new rules on considering criminal convictions when making employment decisions, a court has reinstated a $13M gender bias verdict in favor of two male LAPD officers, and a new lawsuit against Tesla explores the interaction of disability accommodation and marijuana use. And our bizarre case of the week involves secret workplace recordings that may put a whistleblower in jail.

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