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Bernstein & Friedland, P.C. Obtains Nearly $350,000 on Behalf of Employee in Unpaid Wage Case

For more than one year, Bernstein & Friedland, P.C. vigorously represented a blue-collar worker whose long-time former employer failed to pay him overtime and did not provide him legally compliant breaks.  The employer aggressively defended the case, which culminated in a one-week trial involving eight testifying witnesses.  Following trial, the court awarded our client approximately $86,000 for unpaid overtime wages, missed meal breaks, and related

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April 13, 2015

Jury Awards Fired Pregnant Worker Nearly $185 Million

Plaintiff Rosario Juarez sued her former employer, AutoZone Stores Inc., for demoting her and ultimately terminating her after she announced her pregnancy in 2005.  According to Juarez, when she informed her district manager that she was expecting, the manager responding by saying, “Congratulations…I guess.  I feel sorry for you.”  Juarez alleged that the company subsequently doubled her assigned list of tasks, making her work day substantially

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November 25, 2014

New Law Makes Paid Sick Leave Mandatory in California

Although many employers make paid sick leave available to employees, such paid time off has not been legally required in California.  However, with the passage of the “Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014,” California will become the second state in the nation to require paid sick leave. The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 will go into effect July 1, 2015. The Act

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September 17, 2014

New California Employment Law Requires Mandatory Anti-Bullying Training

California employers with 50 or more employees are legally required by Government Code Section 12950.1 to provide at least two hours of interactive training and education regarding the prevention of sexual harassment to all supervisory employees within six months of their assumption of a supervisory position, and once every two years thereafter. A new law that takes effect January 1, 2015 now requires such employers

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September 15, 2014

California Employers Must Reimburse Employees Who Use Their Personal Cell Phones for Business Purposes

California Labor Code Section 2802 requires employers to reimburse employees “for all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by the employee in direct consequence of the discharge of his or her duties, or of his or her obedience to the directions of the employer[.]” According to its legislative history, the purpose of this statute is “‘to prevent employers from passing their operating expenses on to their

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August 14, 2014

Polina Bernstein and Diana Friedland Awarded “Business Team of the Year”

The San Fernando Valley Business Journal honored Polina Bernstein and Diana Friedland as the “Business Team of the Year” during the publication’s 13th Annual Women in Business Awards held April 15, 2014 at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City.  The annual event, which was attended by more than 550 professionals, and which solicited more than 120 nominations, recognized women business leaders in the San

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April 15, 2014

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