California Supreme Court Holds that Supervisors are not Personally Liable for Retaliation

In Reno v. Baird, 18 Cal.4th. 640 (1998), the California Supreme Court held that while an employer may be held personally liable for discrimination under the California Fair Employment & Housing Act ("FEHA"), nonemployer individuals are not personally liable for that discrimination. The Supreme Court has now echoed that statement with respect to retaliation claims under the FEHA, holding that nonemployer individuals also can not be held personally liable for FEHA-based retaliation. To read the Supreme Court's decision in Jones v. The Lodge at Torrey Pines Partnership regarding personal liability for retaliation claims click here.