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Kristel B. Haddad is a principal in the Los Angeles, California, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Kristel represents employers and individual defendants in a broad range of employment litigation including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, leaves of absence, failure to provide reasonable accommodations, and unfair business practices. She also handles class action wage and hour lawsuits and other complex employment litigation matters.

As California proceeds through the stages of reopening businesses in the wake of the COVID19 pandemic, the California state legislature is considering various bills to lighten the load for employers as they attempt to recover from the various degrees of business closures. One such bill is Assembly Bill 2457. Though the bill was introduced in