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Archive for October, 2016

California Ready to Embark on Ambitious Employee Retirement Savings Program

October 17, 2016 by Andrew Baker

Signed by the Governor on September 29, SB 1234 creates the new California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program, an opt-out, 401(k)-type savings plan for almost all California private-sector employees not already eligible for a retirement… Read More

Governor Brown Signs Legislation to Expand Overtime for Three Groups of Employees

October 10, 2016 by Peter McEntee

Governor Jerry Brown in September signed three union-supported bills to expand overtime protections for farmworkers, private school teachers, and domestic workers.  All three of these new laws will help workers in these important occupations.Farmworkers AB… Read More

NLRB Rules CBA Expiration Bars Employers’ Discretionary, Unilateral Changes, No Matter What Past Practice Is

October 3, 2016 by Andrew Baker

When a union contract expires, so too does the management rights clause contained in that contract. Unilateral changes an employer may make in working conditions and terms of employment during the contract pursuant to the… Read More