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23 Dec NLRB Issues Several Rulings Favorable to Employers

Posted at 06:00h in Labor Law

The National Labor Relations Board is a federal agency that protects the rights of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve their wages, hours and working conditions. In December 2019, the Board issued several decisions, and announced a rule...

16 Dec Lawsuit Seeks to Prevent Enforcement of California’s Anti-Arbitration Law

Posted at 12:17h in Employment Law

On December 6, 2019, several business organizations filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California challenging the legality of Assembly Bill No. 51. AB 51 generally prohibits employers from requiring applicants and employees to enter agreements that require the...

10 Dec Overtime Rules Change in the Agricultural Occupations on January 1, 2020

Posted at 06:00h in Employment Law

In 2016, Assembly Bill No. 1066 created a timetable for agricultural workers to receive overtime compensation. Effective January 1, 2020, agricultural employees who work for employers with 26 or more employees must receive premium pay for all hours worked over 9 hours in a workday...

02 Dec A Legitimate Company Policy Mistakenly Applied Results in Disability Discrimination Liability

Posted at 08:00h in Employment Law

On November 12, 2019, a court of appeal in Glynn v. Superior Court reversed a trial court’s order granting an employer summary adjudication of an employee’s disability discrimination and retaliation claims. A temporary employee in the employer’s benefits department had fired the plaintiff because she...

13 Nov AB 673 Will Permit Employee to Keep All Penalties for Late Paid Wages

Posted at 06:00h in Employment Law

Effective January 1, 2020, employees will be able to keep all penalties, in the amount of $100 for the first violation and $200 for each subsequent violation, along with 25 % of the amount unlawfully withheld during their employment. On October 10, 2019, Governor Newsom...

15 Oct California Prohibits Certain Mandatory Arbitration Agreements in Employment

Posted at 06:00h in Employment Law

On October 10, 2019, the governor signed Assembly Bill No. 51 that will prohibit employers from requiring employees to enter agreements that provide for the resolution of claims related to discrimination and wage and hour matters by a private arbitrator. The new law will become...

08 Oct McDonald’s Corp. Not Liable as a “Joint Employer” with Franchises for Wage Claims

Posted at 06:00h in Uncategorized

On October 1, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Salazar v. McDonald’s Corp. affirmed summary judgment in favor of McDonald’s Corp. in a class action lawsuit brought by former hourly paid employees who alleged that they were denied overtime premiums,...

02 Oct Premium Wages Owed for Missed Meal Periods, but No Additional Remedies

Posted at 09:23h in Class Action

On September 26, 2019, a California court of appeal in Naranjo v. Spectrum Security Services, Inc. answered several important questions that arise in class action lawsuits alleging meal period violations under Labor Code section 226.7. The company’s policy required its security guards to take on-duty...

What’s New

23 Dec NLRB Issues Several Rulings Favorable to Employers

16 Dec Lawsuit Seeks to Prevent Enforcement of California’s Anti-Arbitration Law

10 Dec Overtime Rules Change in the Agricultural Occupations on January 1, 2020

02 Dec A Legitimate Company Policy Mistakenly Applied Results in Disability Discrimination Liability

13 Nov AB 673 Will Permit Employee to Keep All Penalties for Late Paid Wages

15 Oct California Prohibits Certain Mandatory Arbitration Agreements in Employment

08 Oct McDonald’s Corp. Not Liable as a “Joint Employer” with Franchises for Wage Claims

02 Oct Premium Wages Owed for Missed Meal Periods, but No Additional Remedies