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Archive for March, 2019
Employers Must Notify Employees of their Right to Decline Before Conducting Interviews in Preparation for PERB or Arbitration Hearings
March 28, 2019 by
Kena Cador
The NLRB has long had a rule that requires employers, prior to interviewing union members about an upcoming NLRB trial, to assure employees that their participation is voluntary and that no reprisals will be taken… Read More
NLRB Upholds Employee’s Right to Display Pro-Union Slogan and Strikes Down Discriminatory Handbook Provision
March 25, 2019 by
Stephanie Platenkamp
In Constellation Brands and Teamsters Local 601 (367 NLRB No. 79 (Jan. 31, 2019), the National Labor Relations Board affirmed that a cellar department employee engaged in protected activity by wearing a vest on which… Read More
Right to Union Representation Not Limited to Interviews
March 20, 2019 by
Kena Cador
In 2015, PERB held that the right to a union representative under California law is broader than the NLRA’s version under Weingarten. In 2017, in SEIU v. Sonoma County Superior Court, PERB extended Weingarten to… Read More
California Court Expands Reporting-Time Pay to On-Call Shifts
March 18, 2019 by
Sarah Kanbar
California’s Wage Orders include a requirement that employers pay employees at least two hours’ wages when an employee “reports for work” but is not actually put to work. A California Court of Appeal has now… Read More
NLRB to Uber: Let Your Employees Speak
March 13, 2019 by
Lorrie Bradley
The National Labor Relations Act prohibits employers from putting a muzzle on employees talking to each other about lawsuits addressing employee claims against their employers. And the NLRB’s General Counsel, the chief of NLRA enforcement,… Read More
Employers Must Notify Employees of their Right to Decline Before Conducting Interviews in Preparation for PERB or Arbitration Hearings
March 28, 2019 by Kena Cador
The NLRB has long had a rule that requires employers, prior to interviewing union members about an upcoming NLRB trial, to assure employees that their participation is voluntary and that no reprisals will be taken… Read More
NLRB Upholds Employee’s Right to Display Pro-Union Slogan and Strikes Down Discriminatory Handbook Provision
March 25, 2019 by Stephanie Platenkamp
In Constellation Brands and Teamsters Local 601 (367 NLRB No. 79 (Jan. 31, 2019), the National Labor Relations Board affirmed that a cellar department employee engaged in protected activity by wearing a vest on which… Read More
Right to Union Representation Not Limited to Interviews
March 20, 2019 by Kena Cador
In 2015, PERB held that the right to a union representative under California law is broader than the NLRA’s version under Weingarten. In 2017, in SEIU v. Sonoma County Superior Court, PERB extended Weingarten to… Read More
California Court Expands Reporting-Time Pay to On-Call Shifts
March 18, 2019 by Sarah Kanbar
California’s Wage Orders include a requirement that employers pay employees at least two hours’ wages when an employee “reports for work” but is not actually put to work. A California Court of Appeal has now… Read More
NLRB to Uber: Let Your Employees Speak
March 13, 2019 by Lorrie Bradley
The National Labor Relations Act prohibits employers from putting a muzzle on employees talking to each other about lawsuits addressing employee claims against their employers. And the NLRB’s General Counsel, the chief of NLRA enforcement,… Read More
