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Supreme Court to address private employee whistleblower protections and public entity damages for covering up childhood sexual assault

At the Lectern

It followed a default judgment in the Labor Commissioner’s action for damages and statutory penalties against a since-closed night club after the club owner fired a bartender and threatened to report her to “immigration authorities” when she complained about unpaid wages. ” (Link added.) Newsom (2020) 10 Cal.5th

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Can Civilians ‘Reimagine Safety’ on Troubled Transit Systems?

The Crime Report

She says all of their non-carceral safety personnel are directly employed by BART and unionized, meaning they have more agency over how much they are paid and what benefits they receive compared to contracting with a private company, a move that they believe cultivates worker motivation to keep the system safe.