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New NLRB Election Rules a Hit!

August 6, 2015 by

Employers hate the new NLRB election rules that went into effect April 14 this year.  And we know that’s good news.  Employers are complaining that the speeded-up election process means employers have less time to… Read More

Pay Me, or Let Me Go Home!

August 3, 2015 by

Court OK’s Lawsuit Claiming Wages for Time Spent Undergoing Anti-Theft Searches at End of Shift. A federal court has given the green light for a class action lawsuit to proceed challenging Apple’s failure to pay… Read More

Legislature Cleans Up California’s New Paid Sick Leave Law

July 27, 2015 by

Last year, California became the first state to pass legislation mandating employers to provide paid sick leave to its employees.  The law, which became effective July 1, requires employers to provide paid sick leave to… Read More

An Employee By Any Other Name… Is Still An Employee

July 6, 2015 by

On June 3, 2015, the Department of Labor Standards Enforcement ruled that Uber driver Barbara Berwick is legally an employee.  Under California Labor Code Section 2802, employers must reimburse employees for all necessary business expenses. … Read More

Get Your Buttons On! NLRB Slaps Down Pac Bell’s Button Ban

June 29, 2015 by

The NLRB has for sixty years upheld the right of union members to wear union buttons on the job.  But that right comes with limitations.  An employer that demonstrates “special circumstances” sufficient to outweigh employees’… Read More

Court Rules Stress and Anxiety Caused by Manager Does Not Constitute Legally Protected Disability

June 8, 2015 by

Both California and Federal law protects disabled employees from discrimination, and requires employers to reasonably accommodate disabled workers. One threshold question in all disability accommodation claims is whether the alleged disability is one that is… Read More

Recent Developments in Anti-Discrimination Law

May 25, 2015 by

Courts reaffirmed California’s commitment to protecting workers from discrimination and harassment in two decisions published recently. In Hirst v. City of Oceanside, a California Court of Appeals affirmed the broad reach of California’s anti-harassment laws,… Read More

NLRB Ordena la Reincorporación Condicional de Trabajadores Indocumentados

May 11, 2015 by

Cuando un empleador conscientemente emplea individuos que no tienen autorización para trabajar en los Estados Unidos, y los despide en violación de la Ley Nacional de Relaciones Laborales (NLRA por su sigla en inglés), los… Read More

NLRB Orders Conditional Reinstatement of Undocumented Workers

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When an employer knowingly hires individuals who are not authorized to work in the U.S., and unlawfully terminates them in violation of the National Labor Relations Act, the employees may be reinstated to their former… Read More

Shop Stewards Have Weingarten Rights, Too.

May 4, 2015 by

Union members have the right to the presence of a union representative at an investigatory interview that the employee reasonably believes may result in discipline: this is the Weingarten right, named after the U.S. Supreme… Read More