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Archive for April, 2018

Historic Gender-Based Wage Disparity Cannot Justify Future Gender-Based Disparity

April 30, 2018 by Christopher Hammer

In a significant decision expanding the protections of the Federal Equal Pay Act, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an employer cannot lawfully rely on an employee’s prior salary history, either alone… Read More

Court Upholds Right to Picket on School Premises

April 23, 2018 by Sarah Kanbar

In the seminal case, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, the United States Supreme Court explained that “[i]t can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom… Read More

California SC Decides How to Factor Bonus into Overtime

April 16, 2018 by Christopher Hammer

California law requires employers to pay non-exempt employees for all hours worked over eight in a day, or forty in a week, at a premium rate of 1.5 times the “regular rate” of pay –… Read More