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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
Ninth Circuit Confirms Limits on Post-CBA Unilateral Changes
August 2, 2021 by Andrew Baker
Two years ago in MV Transportation, 368 NLRB No. 66 (2019), the Trump NLRB handed management a significant gift by adopting a new standard for applying contractual management-rights clauses to authorize unilateral actions during the… Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Two Attacks on Public Sector Union Representation
July 6, 2021 by Dale Brodsky and Andrew Baker
At least for the time being, public sector unions can breathe a sigh of relief that they may continue to serve as the exclusive bargaining representative for all of the public employees in a bargaining… Read More
Trump NLRB Destroys Historic Protections for Workers Engaged in Union Activities
August 31, 2020 by Andrew Baker
It can be discouraging keeping track of the Trump NLRB’s rollback of worker rights, but it’s important for unions and their members to keep abreast of the shifting legal landscape. One recent setback alters the… Read More
California Supreme Court Clarifies Application of California Wage Rules to Employees Working in More Than One State
July 8, 2020 by Andrew Baker
In companion cases involving application of the California labor code to the airline industry, the California Supreme Court has clarified how two important sections of the Labor Code apply to employees who perform work both… Read More
