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Archive for June, 2007
Employee Right to Fraternize Restored
June 13, 2007 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
There was a time when the NLRB issued pro-union decisions and the DC Circuit Court of Appeal routinely struck them down. Today, however, the DC Court is often in the position of saving workers from… Read More
Public Employee Fifth Amendment Rights Examined
A California Court of Appeal has ruled that a public employer cannot discipline an employee for refusing to answer potentially incriminating questions during the course of an employment investigation, unless the employee is granted immunity… Read More
Visa Expiration Does Not Automatically Trump Just-Cause Protection
California laws apply to all citizens regardless of their immigration status. Federal law, however, prohibits employers from knowingly employing an illegal alien. In Incalza v. Fendi, 479 F.3d 1005, the Ninth Circuit looked at the… Read More
Seventh Circuit Makes it Harder for Employers to Compel Employees to Burn Vacation During FMLA Leave
Two recent decisions from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals could give pause to employers who require employees to burn their accrued vacation while on family medical leaves of absence. In Repa v. Roadway Express,… Read More
Employee Right to Fraternize Restored
June 13, 2007 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
There was a time when the NLRB issued pro-union decisions and the DC Circuit Court of Appeal routinely struck them down. Today, however, the DC Court is often in the position of saving workers from… Read More
Public Employee Fifth Amendment Rights Examined
A California Court of Appeal has ruled that a public employer cannot discipline an employee for refusing to answer potentially incriminating questions during the course of an employment investigation, unless the employee is granted immunity… Read More
Visa Expiration Does Not Automatically Trump Just-Cause Protection
California laws apply to all citizens regardless of their immigration status. Federal law, however, prohibits employers from knowingly employing an illegal alien. In Incalza v. Fendi, 479 F.3d 1005, the Ninth Circuit looked at the… Read More
Seventh Circuit Makes it Harder for Employers to Compel Employees to Burn Vacation During FMLA Leave
Two recent decisions from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals could give pause to employers who require employees to burn their accrued vacation while on family medical leaves of absence. In Repa v. Roadway Express,… Read More
