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Archive for April, 2006
Court Upholds Union Right to Banner Secondary
April 29, 2006 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the NLRB’s conclusion that a union’s banner displayed in front of a secondary employer constituted a secondary boycott. In the process, the Court has confirmed the free… Read More
Boss Can’t Prevent Workers From Discussing Wages
April 20, 2006 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
The NLRB has re-affirmed that employers may not prohibit employees from discussing wages and other terms and conditions of employment. Cintas Corporation, 344 NLRB No. 118 (2005). During an organizing campaign among Cintas employees, UNITE… Read More
Partial Lockout Ruled Unlawful
April 6, 2006 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
A Circuit Court of Appeals has issued the conservativedominated NLRB a rare rebuke, reversing the Board’s decision that an employer lawfully locked out only those of its employees who had honored a picket line. After… Read More
California Supreme Court to Determine Whether Medical Marijuana Users Have Job Protection
April 4, 2006 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
In 1996 California voters passed the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, which decriminalized the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes under a physician’s recommendation. The Act specifically prohibits the criminal prosecution of an individual for… Read More
Arbitrator Orders Back Pay for Skelly Violation
In a public sector discharge case handled by Beeson, Tayer & Bodine attorney Sheila Sexton for AFSCME, Arbitrator Tom Angelo denied the grievant reinstatement, but ordered Valley Transit Authority to pay the grievant twelve months… Read More
New USERRA (Vet Reemployment Rights) Regulations
The US Department of Labor in December issued final regulations interpreting the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). The regulations answer numerous questions about the meaning of the law and provide insight as… Read More
Court Upholds Union Right to Banner Secondary
April 29, 2006 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the NLRB’s conclusion that a union’s banner displayed in front of a secondary employer constituted a secondary boycott. In the process, the Court has confirmed the free… Read More
Boss Can’t Prevent Workers From Discussing Wages
April 20, 2006 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
The NLRB has re-affirmed that employers may not prohibit employees from discussing wages and other terms and conditions of employment. Cintas Corporation, 344 NLRB No. 118 (2005). During an organizing campaign among Cintas employees, UNITE… Read More
Partial Lockout Ruled Unlawful
April 6, 2006 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
A Circuit Court of Appeals has issued the conservativedominated NLRB a rare rebuke, reversing the Board’s decision that an employer lawfully locked out only those of its employees who had honored a picket line. After… Read More
California Supreme Court to Determine Whether Medical Marijuana Users Have Job Protection
April 4, 2006 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
In 1996 California voters passed the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, which decriminalized the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes under a physician’s recommendation. The Act specifically prohibits the criminal prosecution of an individual for… Read More
Arbitrator Orders Back Pay for Skelly Violation
In a public sector discharge case handled by Beeson, Tayer & Bodine attorney Sheila Sexton for AFSCME, Arbitrator Tom Angelo denied the grievant reinstatement, but ordered Valley Transit Authority to pay the grievant twelve months… Read More
New USERRA (Vet Reemployment Rights) Regulations
The US Department of Labor in December issued final regulations interpreting the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). The regulations answer numerous questions about the meaning of the law and provide insight as… Read More
