After the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, the issue of gun control rose to the forefront of the political debate. While legislators debate assault weapons and magazine cartridges, what went…
Read More ›Last week, the California Supreme Court declined to review a challenge to an appellate decision on the lawfulness of timekeeping policies that round employee punch in and out times. The…
Read More ›In President Barack Obama’s 2013 State of the Union address, he called on Congress to raise the Federal Minimum Wage to $9.00 per hour. Currently, California’s Minimum Wage is $8.00…
Read More ›As we previously posted, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found that President Obama’s recess appointments of two union-friendly members to the National Labor Relations Board was…
Read More ›We’ve all been there before. It’s a normal day at work, you have a cup of coffee, sit down to the computer and then out of the blue someone asks…
Read More ›As courts and agencies battle over the standards applied to internal investigations, California courts have surprisingly sided with employers. In a recent case, the California Court of Appeal found that…
Read More ›In recent years, the NLRB has earned a reputation for issuing pro-union decisions. Whether this is fair is an open question – but the NLRB’s January 30, 2013 Advice Memorandum…
Read More ›Today, the California Supreme Court issued the much-awaited decision in Harris v. City of Santa Monica, a case which tested the viability of the so-called “mixed motive” defense for employers…
Read More ›Because of California’s employee-friendly laws on agreements containing restrictive covenants, whenever possible, employers include foreign state choice of law and forum selection provisions. This frequently leads to a proverbial “race…
Read More ›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…
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