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Court Upholds Union Right to Banner Secondary
April 29, 2006 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the NLRB’s conclusion that a union’s banner displayed in front of a secondary employer constituted a secondary boycott. In the process, the Court has confirmed the free… Read More
Boss Can’t Prevent Workers From Discussing Wages
April 20, 2006 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
The NLRB has re-affirmed that employers may not prohibit employees from discussing wages and other terms and conditions of employment. Cintas Corporation, 344 NLRB No. 118 (2005). During an organizing campaign among Cintas employees, UNITE… Read More
Partial Lockout Ruled Unlawful
April 6, 2006 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
A Circuit Court of Appeals has issued the conservativedominated NLRB a rare rebuke, reversing the Board’s decision that an employer lawfully locked out only those of its employees who had honored a picket line. After… Read More
California Supreme Court to Determine Whether Medical Marijuana Users Have Job Protection
April 4, 2006 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
In 1996 California voters passed the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, which decriminalized the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes under a physician’s recommendation. The Act specifically prohibits the criminal prosecution of an individual for… Read More
Arbitrator Orders Back Pay for Skelly Violation
In a public sector discharge case handled by Beeson, Tayer & Bodine attorney Sheila Sexton for AFSCME, Arbitrator Tom Angelo denied the grievant reinstatement, but ordered Valley Transit Authority to pay the grievant twelve months… Read More
New USERRA (Vet Reemployment Rights) Regulations
The US Department of Labor in December issued final regulations interpreting the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). The regulations answer numerous questions about the meaning of the law and provide insight as… Read More
CALIFORNIA’S NEW INJUNCTION LAWS STRENGTHEN WORKERS’ RIGHT TO PICKET
November 13, 2000 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
In our December 1999 newsletter we noted the enactment of new Labor Code provisions aimed at strengthening workers’ right to picket. The first appellate court decision discussing the new laws, United Food and Commercial Workers… Read More
Federal Case Update
Employer’s Seniority Policy Does Not Trump Disabled Employee’s Request for Accommodation The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Barnett v. U.S. Air, Inc. (October 4, 2000) ruled that non-union employer’s seniority policy does not automatically… Read More
Legislative Update
New Law Makes Significant Changes for Workers Governed by the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act Governor Davis signed into law SB 739 by Senator Hilda Solis (D-El Monte). The new law, which goes into effect on July 1,… Read More
NLRB Case Update
Employer Must Provide Union With Worker’s Medical Information The NLRB has ruled that an employer must provide the union with an employee’s medical information when that information is relevant to the processing of a grievance…. Read More
Court Upholds Union Right to Banner Secondary
April 29, 2006 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the NLRB’s conclusion that a union’s banner displayed in front of a secondary employer constituted a secondary boycott. In the process, the Court has confirmed the free… Read More
Boss Can’t Prevent Workers From Discussing Wages
April 20, 2006 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
The NLRB has re-affirmed that employers may not prohibit employees from discussing wages and other terms and conditions of employment. Cintas Corporation, 344 NLRB No. 118 (2005). During an organizing campaign among Cintas employees, UNITE… Read More
Partial Lockout Ruled Unlawful
April 6, 2006 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
A Circuit Court of Appeals has issued the conservativedominated NLRB a rare rebuke, reversing the Board’s decision that an employer lawfully locked out only those of its employees who had honored a picket line. After… Read More
California Supreme Court to Determine Whether Medical Marijuana Users Have Job Protection
April 4, 2006 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
In 1996 California voters passed the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, which decriminalized the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes under a physician’s recommendation. The Act specifically prohibits the criminal prosecution of an individual for… Read More
Arbitrator Orders Back Pay for Skelly Violation
In a public sector discharge case handled by Beeson, Tayer & Bodine attorney Sheila Sexton for AFSCME, Arbitrator Tom Angelo denied the grievant reinstatement, but ordered Valley Transit Authority to pay the grievant twelve months… Read More
New USERRA (Vet Reemployment Rights) Regulations
The US Department of Labor in December issued final regulations interpreting the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). The regulations answer numerous questions about the meaning of the law and provide insight as… Read More
CALIFORNIA’S NEW INJUNCTION LAWS STRENGTHEN WORKERS’ RIGHT TO PICKET
November 13, 2000 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
In our December 1999 newsletter we noted the enactment of new Labor Code provisions aimed at strengthening workers’ right to picket. The first appellate court decision discussing the new laws, United Food and Commercial Workers… Read More
Federal Case Update
Employer’s Seniority Policy Does Not Trump Disabled Employee’s Request for Accommodation The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Barnett v. U.S. Air, Inc. (October 4, 2000) ruled that non-union employer’s seniority policy does not automatically… Read More
Legislative Update
New Law Makes Significant Changes for Workers Governed by the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act Governor Davis signed into law SB 739 by Senator Hilda Solis (D-El Monte). The new law, which goes into effect on July 1,… Read More
NLRB Case Update
Employer Must Provide Union With Worker’s Medical Information The NLRB has ruled that an employer must provide the union with an employee’s medical information when that information is relevant to the processing of a grievance…. Read More
