Supervisor and Third-Party Liability for Discrimination and Retaliation

The California Supreme Court ruled that supervisors are not personally liable for employment discrimination, but certain businesses performing employment-related work for an employer can be held directly liable for FEHA violations.

Supervisors Not Personally Liable

In Reno v. Baird, an employee claimed that she was terminated because she had cancer. The employee sued her employer and her supervisor for discrimination based on the medical condition, as well as for wrongful termination under FEHA. The court refused to hold the