Today we’d like to introduce you to Carla Barboza. … [Read more...]
October 2009 | CELA Member Profile: Carla Barboza
By Michelle A. Reinglass California Employment Lawyers Association • October 2009, Volume 23, No. 10 Carla Barboza has been a full time neutral in Los Angeles since 1998. She handles mediations, and is a member of the AAA Labor and Employment Panel. She also serves as an investigator and special master. … [Read more...]
November 1999 | Bridging Sides
By Liz Valsamis Los Angeles Daily Journal • November 19, 1999 This Los Angeles employment lawyer usually represents plaintiffs, but defense attorneys call her for mediation work based on her labor law knowledge. … [Read more...]
July 1998 | Court Upholds Immigrants’ Rights in the Workplace
By Davan Maharaj Los Angeles Times • July 30, 1998 In a decision that significantly broadens the legal rights of undocumented employees, a state appeals court has ruled that they are protected by California's anti-discrimination laws and can sue employers over sexual harassment and other job abuse. … [Read more...]
March 1998 | With Sexual-Harassment Ruling, State Enhances Its Workers’-Rights Image
By Stuart Silverstein Los Angeles Times • March 29, 1998 If you're a target of sexual harassment at work, there's at least a little bit of good news: In trend-setting California, it may be getting easier to sue your employer for damages. … [Read more...]
March 1998 |‘Supervisor’ Defined Broadly in Harass Case
By Jenna Ward The Recorder • March 19, 1998 A California appellate court has for the first time defined what makes someone a supervisor when it comes to sexual harassment – and not in the way employers were hoping. … [Read more...]
July/August 1996 | Harassment & Discrimination: Evaluation of the Case & the Client
By Carla Barboza Advocate • July/August 1996 The case evaluation process necessarily begins with the initial interview. Counsel should create an environment that will encourage open and honest communication without fear of judgement. It is best to meet with the prospective client in a quiet, private place and to allow no interruptions. It is best to meet with the prospective client in a quiet, private place and to allow no interruptions... … [Read more...]
March 1996 | Plaintiff’s Attorney Advises Tough Stance and Early Preparation in Harrassment Cases
NEW ORLEANS – Plaintiffs’ attorney should keep a data base of form motions at hand to respond quickly to defense tactics that delay sex harassment cases from moving forward, plaintiffs’ attorney Carla D. Barboza advised March 1. … [Read more...]
September 1994 | Reports of Sexual Harassment at DWP Emerging
By Frederick M. Muir and Robert J. Lopez Los Angeles Times • September 24, 1994 She was the new employee, and the first woman to work in the warehouse. … [Read more...]
May 1994 | Work Force Diversity: EEOC: The Mill Grinds Slowly
By Patrick Lee Los Angeles Times • May 16, 1994 In a real-life episode that invites comparisons to the Michael Crichton bestseller "Disclosure," Sabino Gutierrez alleged that his boss at a Pomona spa company regularly embraced him, kissed him, fondled him and told him of her desire to have sex with him. … [Read more...]