October 2, 2014
Supreme Court To Decide Religious Accommodation Case
Last year, we reported on a decision from a federal judge in San Francisco granting summary judgment to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a case brought on behalf…
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FAQ About California’s New Sick Leave Law
In what is potentially the biggest change to California’s employment laws, beginning July 1, 2015, all California employers will be required to provide paid sick leave to all employees who…
Read More ›August 4, 2014
NLRB Ratifies Pre-Noel Canning Actions
Although many suspected that the Supreme Court would invalidate all actions taken by the National Labor Relations Board in Noel Canning v. NLRB, the question remained just how many of the…
Read More ›August 4, 2014
Workplace Law Has Come a Long Way, Baby!
In 1964, Nicholas Katzenbach, the Attorney General of United States, ordered Ollie’s Barbecue, a tiny restaurant in Birmingham, Ala., to desegregate. When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld that order, the…
Read More ›Number 47: Same Sex Harassment Is Illegal It seemed like a simple enough issue. In 1984, the Supreme Court found that sexual harassment — when it is severe or pervasive…
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