Legal Opinion
Jones v. Tracy School District
California Supreme Court
Decided May 12, 1980No. S.F. 24045PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RICHARDSON, J.
Is a female employee who establishes an unlawful wage discrimination practice which is violative of Labor Code section 1197.5 subject to the two-year limitations period for recovery of back wages, and is she entitled to the attorney’s fees which she incurred in asserting her claim? We will conclude that under the applicable statutory provisions, (1) recovery of back wages is ordinarily limited to the two-year period preceding the filing of a complaint for wage discrimination, but under the circumstances herein presented the period may be extended because plaintiff filed a…
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