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Legislative Update 2025 (Part Two): New Job Posting & Employment Discrimination Protections
January 22, 2025 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Driver’s License Discrimination Ban (SB 1100) By: Grant Reed-Hoos This bill, effective January 1, 2025, prohibits employers from advertising that a position requires a driver’s license unless the employer reasonably believes both that the… Read More
2025 Legislative Update (Part One): New Employee Protections, Leave Laws, and Union Representation
January 21, 2025 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Captive Audience Meeting Ban (SB 399) By: Grant Reed-Hoos This bill, effective January 1, 2025, prohibits employers from disciplining or withholding pay from employees who decline to attend an employer-sponsored meeting regarding the employer’s… Read More
Biden Board Restores Traditional Test for Assessing Waivers Under Management Rights Clauses
January 20, 2025 by
Andrew Baker
In what are now the waning days of the Biden NLRB, the Board has overturned one more precedent from the first Trump Board. In Endurance Environmental Solutions (12/10/24), the Board struck down MV Transportation, 368… Read More
NLRB Bans Employer Captive Audience Meetings Bolstering the Standing of State Bans
December 19, 2024 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
By Grant Reed-Hoos The Biden Board has issued a decision prohibiting employers from forcing employees under penalty of discipline to attend anti-union presentations prior to union elections. The decision in Amazon.com Services (November 13, 2024)… Read More
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
2024 Legislative Update, Part Four: Public Sector Developments
February 7, 2024 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Public Sector Temporary Employees Added to Regular Employee Bargaining Units (AB 1484) By: Andrew Baker This bill, for all Meyers-Milias-Brown Act employers, automatically folds into any existing bargaining unit all temporary employees who perform… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part Three: New Wage Laws
February 5, 2024 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Minimum Wage for Healthcare Workers (SB 525) By: Lorrie Bradley The bill increases the minimum wage for most healthcare workers starting June 1, 2024. This applies very broadly, encompassing any health care facility employee… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part Two: New Workplace Violence and Labor Code Enforcement Laws
February 1, 2024 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Workplace Violence Prevention (SB 553) By: Peter McEntee Part 1: As of January 1, 2025, this bill allows collective bargaining representatives to initiate a request for a workplace temporary restraining order on behalf of… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part One: New Leave Laws and Job Protections
January 30, 2024 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Expanded Paid Sick Leave (SB 616) By: Lorrie Bradley Starting January 1, 2024, state-managed PSL increases from 3 days (24 hours) to 5 days (40 hours. Employees will now accrue 1 hour for every… 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
Legislative Update 2025 (Part Two): New Job Posting & Employment Discrimination Protections
January 22, 2025 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Driver’s License Discrimination Ban (SB 1100) By: Grant Reed-Hoos This bill, effective January 1, 2025, prohibits employers from advertising that a position requires a driver’s license unless the employer reasonably believes both that the… Read More
2025 Legislative Update (Part One): New Employee Protections, Leave Laws, and Union Representation
January 21, 2025 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Captive Audience Meeting Ban (SB 399) By: Grant Reed-Hoos This bill, effective January 1, 2025, prohibits employers from disciplining or withholding pay from employees who decline to attend an employer-sponsored meeting regarding the employer’s… Read More
Biden Board Restores Traditional Test for Assessing Waivers Under Management Rights Clauses
January 20, 2025 by Andrew Baker
In what are now the waning days of the Biden NLRB, the Board has overturned one more precedent from the first Trump Board. In Endurance Environmental Solutions (12/10/24), the Board struck down MV Transportation, 368… Read More
NLRB Bans Employer Captive Audience Meetings Bolstering the Standing of State Bans
December 19, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
By Grant Reed-Hoos The Biden Board has issued a decision prohibiting employers from forcing employees under penalty of discipline to attend anti-union presentations prior to union elections. The decision in Amazon.com Services (November 13, 2024)… Read More
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
2024 Legislative Update, Part Four: Public Sector Developments
February 7, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Public Sector Temporary Employees Added to Regular Employee Bargaining Units (AB 1484) By: Andrew Baker This bill, for all Meyers-Milias-Brown Act employers, automatically folds into any existing bargaining unit all temporary employees who perform… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part Three: New Wage Laws
February 5, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Minimum Wage for Healthcare Workers (SB 525) By: Lorrie Bradley The bill increases the minimum wage for most healthcare workers starting June 1, 2024. This applies very broadly, encompassing any health care facility employee… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part Two: New Workplace Violence and Labor Code Enforcement Laws
February 1, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Workplace Violence Prevention (SB 553) By: Peter McEntee Part 1: As of January 1, 2025, this bill allows collective bargaining representatives to initiate a request for a workplace temporary restraining order on behalf of… Read More
2024 Legislative Update, Part One: New Leave Laws and Job Protections
January 30, 2024 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Expanded Paid Sick Leave (SB 616) By: Lorrie Bradley Starting January 1, 2024, state-managed PSL increases from 3 days (24 hours) to 5 days (40 hours. Employees will now accrue 1 hour for every… 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
