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NLRB (for now) Bans Employer Threats to Eliminate Meetings Addressing Employee Concerns
December 4, 2024 by Andrew Baker
The Biden Board has issued a decision barring employers from threatening employees during an organizing campaign that if they unionize the employer will no longer address their individual grievances. The decision in Starbucks (Nov. 8,… Read More
NLRB Trims Employer Right to Take Unilateral Action
September 25, 2023 by Andrew Baker
In another case overturning a Trump NLRB decision that deviated from established law, the Board has issued a decision eliminating employer reliance on past practices that involve discretion as a defense to unilateral action. The… Read More
NLRB Restores Broad Test for Determining when Individual Action is “Concerted Activity”
September 18, 2023 by Andrew Baker
In one of several decisions released August 31st overturning decisions issued by the Trump NLRB that deviated from established precedent, the Board in Miller Plastic Products returned to the long-established test, “based on the totality… Read More
NLRB Restores Vigorous Standard for Vetting Employer Work Rules
August 14, 2023 by Andrew Baker
The NLRB has thrown out another Trump-era, pro-employer rule that departed from a long-established standard. The rule at issue here determines whether ambiguous employer rules on their face unlawfully interfere with employee Section 7 rights…. Read More
2021 Legislative Summary, Employment Law – Part 4
December 23, 2021 by Stephanie Platenkamp, Kena Cador, Sarah Kanbar, Gianpaolo Ciocco, Angela Yahaira Breining, Ruby Acevedo and Andrew Baker
We are presenting our annual Legislative Summary of Employment Law in four parts this year. This is Part Four. Penalties for Violating the PECC (SB 270) In anticipation of the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus… Read More
2021 Legislative Summary, Employment Law – Part 3
December 21, 2021 by Stephanie Platenkamp, Kena Cador, Sarah Kanbar, Gianpaolo Ciocco, Angela Yahaira Breining, Ruby Acevedo and Andrew Baker
We are presenting our annual Legislative Summary of Employment Law in four parts this year. This is Part Three. Warehouse Worker Protection Bill (AB 701) This bill requires large warehouse employers to implement major protections… Read More
2021 Legislative Summary, Employment Law – Part 2
December 15, 2021 by Stephanie Platenkamp, Kena Cador, Sarah Kanbar, Gianpaolo Ciocco, Angela Yahaira Breining, Ruby Acevedo and Andrew Baker
We are presenting our annual Legislative Summary of Employment Law in four parts this year. This is Part Two. Cal/OSHA Enforcement Powers Beefed Up (SB 606) SB 606 significantly increases Cal/OSHA’s enforcement powers. SB 606… Read More
2021 Legislative Summary, Employment Law – Part 1
December 13, 2021 by Stephanie Platenkamp, Kena Cador, Sarah Kanbar, Gianpaolo Ciocco, Angela Yahaira Breining, Ruby Acevedo and Andrew Baker
We are presenting our annual Legislative Summary of Employment Law in four parts this year. This is Part One. Scope of “Family” Expanded for Family Leave (AB 1033) The California Family Rights Act, like the… Read More
Scabby Lives: NLRB Rejects Attack On The Rat
August 16, 2021 by Andrew Baker
Scabby the Rat – a large, fanged, red-eyed rodent balloon – has become a popular tool for Unions to use to publicize labor disputes, in particular at “secondary” sites where pickets are not allowed. The… Read More
PERB Limits Public Employer Use of Scabs
August 9, 2021 by Andrew Baker
The California Public Employment Relations Board has issued a decision clarifying the right of striking public employees to return to work following a strike and limiting the ability of public employers to use the employment… Read More
