Employee Handbooks

In what might once have been viewed as a remarkable development, but now generates little surprise, recreational marijuana use is now legal in California. On November 9, 2016, Californians approved…

Electronic cigarettes are battery-operated devices that emit vaporized doses of nicotine (or non-nicotine) that is inhaled.  The vapor produced by e-cigarettes is smokeless and does not contain the amount of…

Now that we have reviewed the laws that are affecting California employers beginning in 2014, we cast an eye forward to examine employment issues that could impact your workplace in…

For the first time since January 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) unquestionably has a quorum to issue rulings.  This comes on the heels of the U.S. Senate’s votes…

Take a look at our recent e-Alert on the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which found that President Obama’s recess appointments to the National…

You may have been surprised when, a few months ago, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for the National Labor Relations Board in Phoenix, AZ turned the world of employment law…

In the midst of a union decertification campaign, a union supporter made anonymous, vulgar statements about the employer.  On a union newsletter, he wrote “Dear Pussies, Please Read.”  On another…