Bay Area Employment Lawyer Blog

The concept of the “stray remarks doctrine” has really never made any sense whatsoever. It is a judicially created doctrine that has historically been used to attempt to circumvent and discount discriminatory statements made by an employer or an employer’s employees or agents. Courts – especially federal courts – have held that the “stray remarks…

In the modern world it is easy to slip into writing private emails, texts or other communications and expect that that what you write in confidence will remain confidential. After all, employees should and do have a reasonable expectation of privacy, correct? However, an employee should remember that – especially when you are using an…