Labor and Employment

Employers Hail A Governor Brown Veto

A bill that would have prohibited California employers from requiring employees to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of employment […]

Explosion Of Gender Pay Lawsuits Predicted For CA

A far-reaching amendment to California’s existing gender pay equality law was signed into law earlier this month and will go into effect on January 1.

For Intern Test, Appeals Court Recognizes “Economic Realities”

An Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision appears to reject the Department of Labor’s six-factor test for determining whether an […]

Amazon Queries Employees On Workplace Problems

After a New York Times article painted a brutal picture of Amazon’s office work environment, the tech giant is using […]

Food Delivery Apps Face Worker Classification Lawsuits

Food delivery apps have become the latest companies in the on-demand economy to be hit by lawsuits claiming employees are […]

Contractors Brace For “Fair Pay And Safe Workplaces”

Executive Order E.O. 13673 (“Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces”) was issued in July of 2014. Given the breadth of this […]

Hard Lessons From A Grisly Accident

Following the horrific death of an employee, Bumble Bee Foods announced its agreement to pay $6 million in a criminal […]

Criminal Background Checks A Dilemma For Employers

There is currently no federal law that prohibits using conviction information in the hire decision or refusing to hire someone […]

Practical Steps For Franchisors To Avoid Joint Liability

With its August decision in the Browning-Ferris case, the National Labor Relations Board widened its working definition of joint-employer, and […]

NLRB: No Drug Test If No Union Rep Present

A recent National Labor Relations Board decision confirmed that if an employee requests the presence of a union representative during […]

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