Case: Individual Employment Rights/Whistleblowing (Cal. Ct. App.)

The county of Sacramento is entitled to summary judgment on an administrative service officer’s claim of whistleblower retaliation alleging she was released from her promotion and returned to her prior position, during her probationary period, after complaining about her work assignments being below her classification level, a California appellate court ruled. The court found that while the trial court applied the wrong standard when initially granting summary judgment for the county, the administrator’s repeated insubordinate, dishonest, and disrespectful behavior was a legitimate, independent reason for release from her promotion and that the county showed by clear and convincing evidence that ...