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Employment Law
Gearing Up For Widespread Teacher Layoffs
January 13, 2009 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
In recent years, layoff of school employees has unfortunately been an annual Spring ritual for many school districts, as the state budget battle has waxed and waned, impacting school budgets projections and leading districts to… Read More
San Francisco Sick Leave Law Update
June 13, 2007 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Starting June 5, 2007, San Francisco’s new law requiring employers to provide paid sick leave is fully operational. Employers had been given a grace period of sorts through June 5 permitting them to delay paying… Read More
Provisionally Credentialed Teachers’ Due-Process Rights Affirmed
Two recent Court of Appeal cases, one of which was filed by the Beeson firm, have clarified that teachers with provisional teaching credentials are entitled to due process and the right to preferential re-hire when… Read More
Missed Rest Break Victory in California Supreme Court
In April the California Supreme Court unanimously held that the “additional hour of pay” provided for in Labor Code Section 226.7 to compensate employees for missed meal and rest periods is a wage, not a… Read More
Prevailing Wage Law Applies to Undocumented Aliens
A California Court of Appeal has ruled that California’s prevailing wage laws apply to undocumented aliens. In the case of Reyes v. Van Elk, Ltd, 148 Cal.App.4th 604, four workers sued their employer for failure… Read More
Court Approves Manager’s Dual Role As Both Investigator and Skelly Hearing Officer
Public employees often are amazed to find out that their right to a due process Skelly hearing is not all it’s cracked up to be. Unfortunately, a decision by the Court of Appeal in Flippin… Read More
Public Employee Fifth Amendment Rights Examined
A California Court of Appeal has ruled that a public employer cannot discipline an employee for refusing to answer potentially incriminating questions during the course of an employment investigation, unless the employee is granted immunity… Read More
Visa Expiration Does Not Automatically Trump Just-Cause Protection
California laws apply to all citizens regardless of their immigration status. Federal law, however, prohibits employers from knowingly employing an illegal alien. In Incalza v. Fendi, 479 F.3d 1005, the Ninth Circuit looked at the… Read More
Seventh Circuit Makes it Harder for Employers to Compel Employees to Burn Vacation During FMLA Leave
Two recent decisions from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals could give pause to employers who require employees to burn their accrued vacation while on family medical leaves of absence. In Repa v. Roadway Express,… Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Public Employees’ Workplace Speech Protections
October 13, 2006 by
Beeson Tayer & Bodine
This past spring the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling narrowing the on-the-job, free-speech rights of public employees. In Garcetti v. Ceballos the Court held that public employees who make statements pursuant to their… Read More
Gearing Up For Widespread Teacher Layoffs
January 13, 2009 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
In recent years, layoff of school employees has unfortunately been an annual Spring ritual for many school districts, as the state budget battle has waxed and waned, impacting school budgets projections and leading districts to… Read More
San Francisco Sick Leave Law Update
June 13, 2007 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Starting June 5, 2007, San Francisco’s new law requiring employers to provide paid sick leave is fully operational. Employers had been given a grace period of sorts through June 5 permitting them to delay paying… Read More
Provisionally Credentialed Teachers’ Due-Process Rights Affirmed
Two recent Court of Appeal cases, one of which was filed by the Beeson firm, have clarified that teachers with provisional teaching credentials are entitled to due process and the right to preferential re-hire when… Read More
Missed Rest Break Victory in California Supreme Court
In April the California Supreme Court unanimously held that the “additional hour of pay” provided for in Labor Code Section 226.7 to compensate employees for missed meal and rest periods is a wage, not a… Read More
Prevailing Wage Law Applies to Undocumented Aliens
A California Court of Appeal has ruled that California’s prevailing wage laws apply to undocumented aliens. In the case of Reyes v. Van Elk, Ltd, 148 Cal.App.4th 604, four workers sued their employer for failure… Read More
Court Approves Manager’s Dual Role As Both Investigator and Skelly Hearing Officer
Public employees often are amazed to find out that their right to a due process Skelly hearing is not all it’s cracked up to be. Unfortunately, a decision by the Court of Appeal in Flippin… Read More
Public Employee Fifth Amendment Rights Examined
A California Court of Appeal has ruled that a public employer cannot discipline an employee for refusing to answer potentially incriminating questions during the course of an employment investigation, unless the employee is granted immunity… Read More
Visa Expiration Does Not Automatically Trump Just-Cause Protection
California laws apply to all citizens regardless of their immigration status. Federal law, however, prohibits employers from knowingly employing an illegal alien. In Incalza v. Fendi, 479 F.3d 1005, the Ninth Circuit looked at the… Read More
Seventh Circuit Makes it Harder for Employers to Compel Employees to Burn Vacation During FMLA Leave
Two recent decisions from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals could give pause to employers who require employees to burn their accrued vacation while on family medical leaves of absence. In Repa v. Roadway Express,… Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Public Employees’ Workplace Speech Protections
October 13, 2006 by Beeson Tayer & Bodine
This past spring the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling narrowing the on-the-job, free-speech rights of public employees. In Garcetti v. Ceballos the Court held that public employees who make statements pursuant to their… Read More
