In County of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission, the California Supreme Court recently addressed an important issue involving employee privacy in public sector union representation. The…
Read More ›The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently published Guidelines for employers to handle issues involving employees or applicants who are victims of sexual assault, domestic or dating violence, or stalking. …
Read More ›It is hard to think of a job in the United States that does not involve some type of multi-tasking. Every day, employees all around the country talk on the…
Read More ›On May 20, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision to hear its first-ever Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower case in Lawson v. FMR LLC et al. The lower court’s controversial…
Read More ›When the California Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Brinker Restaurants a year ago, it was greeted with predictions that it would stem the flow of meal and rest…
Read More ›A recent case from the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District is a veritable grab bag of issues for employers. You name it – the court gave guidance…
Read More ›Several weeks ago, the NLRB filed a petition for certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to reverse the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit…
Read More ›As previously reported, in August 2011 the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) adopted a rule that required most private-sector employers to notify employees of their rights under the National Labor…
Read More ›Most employers have been educated, either in the school of hard knocks or by the guidance of their counsel, to manage within the law and avoid employment discrimination—whether as to…
Read More ›Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, the NLRB issued two new decisions in social media cases, one ordering the reinstatement of a tour…
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