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Archive for February, 2015
New Year Brings New Commercial Driver Rules
February 23, 2015 by
Teague Paterson
States Must Enforce Cell-Phone Use Restrictions and Commercial Driver License (CDL) Penalties As of January 3, 2015, states have begun enforcement of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rule prohibiting the “use” of mobile… Read More
Sarah Sandford-Smith returns to Beeson, Tayer & Bodine
February 20, 2015 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
We are pleased to announce that Sarah Sandford-Smith will be re-joining our Oakland office on May 1, 2015. Sarah’s practice will focus on the representation of teachers and other individual employees. For more information about… Read More
Employment Law Ruling – ‘On-Call’ Rest Breaks Permissible in California
February 16, 2015 by
Christopher Hammer
A California Court of Appeal recently held that employers are not required to relieve their employees of all duties during paid rest breaks. (Augustus v. ABM Security Services, Inc., 14 C.D.O.S. 1123 (January 30, 2015).) … Read More
NLRB Improves Arbitration Deferral Standard
February 10, 2015 by
Susan Garea
The NLRB for many years has placed on hold union and employee unfair labor practice (ULP) charges filed during the term of a collective bargaining agreement, and instead deferred the charge to the parties’ contractual… Read More
2015 Legislative Update
February 2, 2015 by
Peter McEntee
In this year’s legislative session, as has become a tradition for Governor Brown, a number of labor and employment related statutes were signed (and others vetoed). Some of these new laws are groundbreaking and provide… Read More
New Year Brings New Commercial Driver Rules
February 23, 2015 by Teague Paterson
States Must Enforce Cell-Phone Use Restrictions and Commercial Driver License (CDL) Penalties As of January 3, 2015, states have begun enforcement of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rule prohibiting the “use” of mobile… Read More
Sarah Sandford-Smith returns to Beeson, Tayer & Bodine
February 20, 2015 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
We are pleased to announce that Sarah Sandford-Smith will be re-joining our Oakland office on May 1, 2015. Sarah’s practice will focus on the representation of teachers and other individual employees. For more information about… Read More
Employment Law Ruling – ‘On-Call’ Rest Breaks Permissible in California
February 16, 2015 by Christopher Hammer
A California Court of Appeal recently held that employers are not required to relieve their employees of all duties during paid rest breaks. (Augustus v. ABM Security Services, Inc., 14 C.D.O.S. 1123 (January 30, 2015).) … Read More
NLRB Improves Arbitration Deferral Standard
February 10, 2015 by Susan Garea
The NLRB for many years has placed on hold union and employee unfair labor practice (ULP) charges filed during the term of a collective bargaining agreement, and instead deferred the charge to the parties’ contractual… Read More
2015 Legislative Update
February 2, 2015 by Peter McEntee
In this year’s legislative session, as has become a tradition for Governor Brown, a number of labor and employment related statutes were signed (and others vetoed). Some of these new laws are groundbreaking and provide… Read More
