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Archive for April, 2016
Supreme Court Rejects Employer Attack on California’s Workplace Seating Requirement
April 20, 2016 by
Christopher Hammer
The California Supreme Court has issued an important decision confirming the right of California workers to take a seat on the job when the nature of the work allows. In issuing this decision, the Court… Read More
Public School Teachers Dodge Another Bullet (after Friedrichs) as the Court of Appeal Refuses to Void the Education Code in Vergara v. State of California
April 18, 2016 by
Dale Brodsky
First, as a direct result of Judge Scalia’s unexpected demise, a four-four split on the U.S. Supreme Court granted a reprieve to public sector unions whose agency fees and opt-out provisions were on the chopping… Read More
Can You Tell the Difference Between Protected & Unprotected Activity?
April 13, 2016 by
Sheila Sexton
Unions and their advocates have been fighting nationwide for paid sick leave, with California implementing a new leave law in 2014. In Minnesota, there is no paid sick leave law – yet – but one group of… Read More
TEAMSTERS PRESS RELEASE: Teamsters, Lyft Drivers Applaud Decision Protecting Workers
April 9, 2016 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
(SAN FRANCISCO) –– Today, a federal judge denied preliminary approval of a proposed Lyft class-action settlement that would continue to misclassify Lyft employees in California as independent contractors. The decision comes after the Teamsters Union… Read More
FILLED – Open Position in Oakland Office for Associate Attorney
April 6, 2016 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
UPDATE – This position has been filled. Our Oakland office has a position open for an associate attorney whose practice will focus on representing individual members and local associations affiliated with the California Teachers Association…. Read More
New DOL Rule Demands the Curtain Be Pulled Aside on Union Busting Consultants
by
Andrew Baker
“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. The great Oz has spoken,” the actor Frank Morgan thundered in the famous 1939 movie. If you believe in what an outside expert drafted for you… Read More
Court OK’s Single-Issue MMBA Factfinding
April 4, 2016 by
Susan Garea
A California Court of Appeal has rejected employer challenges to Meyers-Milias-Brown Act factfinding. AB 646 enables a union to require an employer to participate in advisory factfinding before an employer can unilaterally impose its last,… Read More
Supreme Court Rejects Employer Attack on California’s Workplace Seating Requirement
April 20, 2016 by Christopher Hammer
The California Supreme Court has issued an important decision confirming the right of California workers to take a seat on the job when the nature of the work allows. In issuing this decision, the Court… Read More
Public School Teachers Dodge Another Bullet (after Friedrichs) as the Court of Appeal Refuses to Void the Education Code in Vergara v. State of California
April 18, 2016 by Dale Brodsky
First, as a direct result of Judge Scalia’s unexpected demise, a four-four split on the U.S. Supreme Court granted a reprieve to public sector unions whose agency fees and opt-out provisions were on the chopping… Read More
Can You Tell the Difference Between Protected & Unprotected Activity?
April 13, 2016 by Sheila Sexton
Unions and their advocates have been fighting nationwide for paid sick leave, with California implementing a new leave law in 2014. In Minnesota, there is no paid sick leave law – yet – but one group of… Read More
TEAMSTERS PRESS RELEASE: Teamsters, Lyft Drivers Applaud Decision Protecting Workers
April 9, 2016 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
(SAN FRANCISCO) –– Today, a federal judge denied preliminary approval of a proposed Lyft class-action settlement that would continue to misclassify Lyft employees in California as independent contractors. The decision comes after the Teamsters Union… Read More
FILLED – Open Position in Oakland Office for Associate Attorney
April 6, 2016 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
UPDATE – This position has been filled. Our Oakland office has a position open for an associate attorney whose practice will focus on representing individual members and local associations affiliated with the California Teachers Association…. Read More
New DOL Rule Demands the Curtain Be Pulled Aside on Union Busting Consultants
by Andrew Baker
“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. The great Oz has spoken,” the actor Frank Morgan thundered in the famous 1939 movie. If you believe in what an outside expert drafted for you… Read More
Court OK’s Single-Issue MMBA Factfinding
April 4, 2016 by Susan Garea
A California Court of Appeal has rejected employer challenges to Meyers-Milias-Brown Act factfinding. AB 646 enables a union to require an employer to participate in advisory factfinding before an employer can unilaterally impose its last,… Read More
