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2024 Legislative Update, Part Four: Public Sector Developments
February 7, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Public Sector Temporary Employees Added to Regular Employee Bargaining Units (AB 1484) By: Andrew Baker This bill, for all Meyers-Milias-Brown Act employers, automatically folds into any existing bargaining unit all temporary employees who perform… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part Three: New Wage Laws
February 5, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Minimum Wage for Healthcare Workers (SB 525) By: Lorrie Bradley The bill increases the minimum wage for most healthcare workers starting June 1, 2024. This applies very broadly, encompassing any health care facility employee… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part Two: New Workplace Violence and Labor Code Enforcement Laws
February 1, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Workplace Violence Prevention (SB 553) By: Peter McEntee Part 1: As of January 1, 2025, this bill allows collective bargaining representatives to initiate a request for a workplace temporary restraining order on behalf of… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part One: New Leave Laws and Job Protections
January 30, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Expanded Paid Sick Leave (SB 616) By: Lorrie Bradley Starting January 1, 2024, state-managed PSL increases from 3 days (24 hours) to 5 days (40 hours. Employees will now accrue 1 hour for every… Read More
Open Associate Position in our Sacramento Office
January 25, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Beeson, Tayer and Bodine – Sacramento Associate Attorney – Collections & Benefits Beeson, Tayer and Bodine is a progressive 16-Attorney law firm with offices in Oakland and Sacramento, California. The firm’s practice includes all aspects… Read More
NLRB Reverses Trump Board Independent Contractor Standard
July 17, 2023 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
The Biden NLRB issued an important decision in June restoring an earlier, more worker-friendly test for distinguishing between employees, who are covered by the NLRA, and independent contractors, who are not. In FedEx Home… Read More
NLRB Restores Historic Protections for Workers Engaged in Section 7 Activity
May 25, 2023 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
On May 1, 2023, the NLRB issued a decision that reverses a horrible Trump Board decision from 2020 and restores traditional standards applicable to discipline or discharge of workers who engage in offensive or abusive… Read More
FILLED – Open Associate Positions in our Sacramento Office
May 16, 2023 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Sacramento, CA – Associate Attorney – Education or Collections & Benefits Law Beeson, Tayer and Bodine is a progressive 17-Attorney law firm with offices in Oakland and Sacramento, California. The firm’s practice includes all aspects… Read More
NLRB Reinstates Rule Barring Overly Restrictive Severance Agreements
March 10, 2023 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
On February 21, 2023, an NLRB majority overturned a pair of Trump-era rulings that made it easy for employers to use severance agreements to limit the legally protected union rights of former employees. In their… Read More
2022 Annual Legislative Summary, Employee Protections – Part 4
January 11, 2023 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
We are presenting our annual Legislative Summary in four parts this year – this is part four: AB 984 – Motor Vehicle Tracking by Alex J. Ellenberger This bill authorizes the development of “alternative devices”… Read More
