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Archive for July, 2009
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Makes Filing Pay Discrimination Claims Easier
July 12, 2009 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
In late January President Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The Fair Pay Act overturns the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2007 decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire. The Fair Pay Act applies… Read More
Probationary Teacher’s Discriminatory Non-reelection Not Subject To Arbitration
The Public Employment Relations Board may order a school district to rehire a second-year, probationary teacher who was not rehired because of union activities, but an arbitrator may not, according to the court of appeal… Read More
Tougher Standards for Age Discrimination Complaints
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision will make it significantly harder for employees to win age discrimination suits. In Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. (2009), the Supreme Court held that employees who accuse employers… Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Rules CBA Can Require Employees to Arbitrate Statutory Claims
The U.S. Supreme Court in a decision issued this spring has decided that when a collective bargaining agreement, Requires statutory discrimination claims to be resolved under the contract’s grievance procedure, and allows an individual covered… Read More
Unions Denied Standing to Sue for Members’ Labor Code Violations
The California Supreme Court has issued two decisions that clarify the procedures for bringing complaints against employers charged with Labor Code violations. In ATU Local 1756 v. Superior Court (First Transit, Inc.) (2009) 46 Cal.4th… Read More
Vallejo Uses Bankruptcy to Void Union Contracts
The City of Vallejo bankruptcy case is the first significant example of a city attempting to use a Chapter 9 bankruptcy to void Union contracts. In May 2008 the City filed its petition in federal… Read More
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Makes Filing Pay Discrimination Claims Easier
July 12, 2009 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
In late January President Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The Fair Pay Act overturns the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2007 decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire. The Fair Pay Act applies… Read More
Probationary Teacher’s Discriminatory Non-reelection Not Subject To Arbitration
The Public Employment Relations Board may order a school district to rehire a second-year, probationary teacher who was not rehired because of union activities, but an arbitrator may not, according to the court of appeal… Read More
Tougher Standards for Age Discrimination Complaints
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision will make it significantly harder for employees to win age discrimination suits. In Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc. (2009), the Supreme Court held that employees who accuse employers… Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Rules CBA Can Require Employees to Arbitrate Statutory Claims
The U.S. Supreme Court in a decision issued this spring has decided that when a collective bargaining agreement, Requires statutory discrimination claims to be resolved under the contract’s grievance procedure, and allows an individual covered… Read More
Unions Denied Standing to Sue for Members’ Labor Code Violations
The California Supreme Court has issued two decisions that clarify the procedures for bringing complaints against employers charged with Labor Code violations. In ATU Local 1756 v. Superior Court (First Transit, Inc.) (2009) 46 Cal.4th… Read More
Vallejo Uses Bankruptcy to Void Union Contracts
The City of Vallejo bankruptcy case is the first significant example of a city attempting to use a Chapter 9 bankruptcy to void Union contracts. In May 2008 the City filed its petition in federal… Read More
