Debra Ackerman v. Western Electric Company, Inc., a Corporation, Debra Ackerman v. Western Electric Company, Inc., a Corporation

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• finding no Section 301 12 preemption of FEHA disability discrimination claim because the right not to be discriminated against 13 because of physical handicap is “defined and enforced under state law without reference to the terms of 14 any collective bargaining agreement”
• finding a handicap discrimination suit brought under FEHA not preempted
• in regard to a California Fair Employment and Housing Act claim, “[a] wrongfully terminated employee is not entitled to back pay for a period when he or she would not have been on the job in any event for a reason unrelated to the unlawful conduct of the employer”

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