January 18, 2013
Is Another California Supreme Court Employment Decision Bound For Reversal At The U.S. Supreme Court?
While we were all watching football and eating leftovers over the Christmas holiday, the California Supreme Court issued one of the most controversial decisions in years, finding that a union…
Read More ›December 18, 2012
New California Laws Govern Employer Access To Personal Social Media Accounts of Employees
The social media revolution continues to be born out of California. On January 1, 2013, two laws regulating social media go into effect altering the legal landscape concerning employees’ use…
Read More ›The U. S. Supreme Court continued its trend of pro-employer arbitration decisions in Nitro Lift Technologies, LLC v. Eddie Lee Howard, finding that the federal policy favoring arbitration trumped a…
Read More ›December 6, 2012
NLRB Judge Broadens Ruling Prohibiting Class Action Waivers
An NLRB Administrative Law Judge has issued a decision that significantly broadens the Board’s earlier decision that an arbitration agreement prohibiting class actions violates Section 7 of the Act. Were this decision to…
Read More ›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…
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