If you asked 100 non-union employers whether they thought they would be required to admit union representatives to inspections of their facilities, probably 99 of them would say no. It…
Read More ›As we have blogged before (see our Social Media tab for more posts), the NLRB continues its storm of decisions on social media cases. The NLRB recently awarded reinstatement and…
Read More ›In yet another sign that the tide is turning in employers’ favor on the wage/hour class action front, a California appellate court has upheld the denial of certification in a…
Read More ›Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a report that provides guidance to public companies that want to use social media to disclose important information about their business activities….
Read More ›Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court found that a plaintiff could not maintain a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) when her former employer had offered her full monetary…
Read More ›It’s as much a Spring rite of passage as Opening Day in baseball or Tax Day: the California Chamber of Commerce’s annual list of “job killer” bills. Ever since Arnold…
Read More ›Over the last two years, California employers have gotten progressively better news from the state and federal courts on the wage and hour class action front. The trend began in…
Read More ›Right now, the answer to that question just depends on your appetite for risk. If you are risk adverse and do not want to have to update your arbitration agreement…
Read More ›On March 28, 2013, the California Court of Appeals upheld a Los Angeles Court’s ruling in Hatai v. Dept. of Transportation, precluding the Plaintiff, Hatai, from presenting “me too” evidence…
Read More ›In mid-April 2009, the Rio Hondo Community College District advised the California School Employees Association (CSEA or Union) of its intent to install surveillance cameras in its new Learning Resource…
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