Labor and Employment Law
Ca. Labor & Emp't Rev. November 2014, Volume 28, No. 6
Content
- Labor & Employment Law Section Executive Committee 2014-2015
- Animals in the Workplace: New Accommodation for Employees with Disabilities
- Arbitrating Independent Contractor Agreements
- Cases Pending Before the California Supreme Court
- Employment Law Notes
- Improving Results in Mediation: Practical Lessons From the Science of Decision Making
- Inside the Law Review
- Introducing
- Masthead
- MCLE Self-Study: This Is Not Your Father's (or Mother's) Investigation: How Workplace Investigations Have Changed Over the Past 10 Years
- Nlra Case Notes
- Public Sector Case Notes
- The Labor and Employment Law Section's New Executive Committee Members
- Wage and Hour Update
- Message From the Chair
Message From the Chair
By Michael E. Whitaker
Michael E. Whitaker is a Supervising Deputy Attorney General with the California Department of Justice in Los Angeles. Michael received his B.A., with Distinction, in Political Science from the University of Hawaii. He obtained his J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law, and served as a Managing Editor for the Oregon Law Review. As a Deputy Attorney General, Michael was the lead counsel in Thomas v. Department of Corrections, 77 Cal. App. 4th 507 (2000)—the first California appellate opinion defining the term "adverse employment action" under the Fair Employment and Housing Act. He also has served on the City of Culver City Civil Service Commission from 2006-2014.
THANK YOU, MR. TAKAHASHI
As I write my first Chair Message, one thought that continually crosses my mind is: "How did I get to this point? How does a kid from Hawaii like me end up being Chair of the California State Bar’s Labor and Employment Law Section?" Sometimes it is surreal.