The social media revolution continues to be born out of California.  On January 1, 2013, two laws regulating social media go into effect altering the legal landscape concerning employees’ use…

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The U. S. Supreme Court continued its trend of pro-employer arbitration decisions in Nitro Lift Technologies, LLC v. Eddie Lee Howard, finding that the federal policy favoring arbitration trumped a…

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An NLRB Administrative Law Judge has issued a decision that significantly broadens the Board’s earlier decision that an arbitration agreement prohibiting class actions violates Section 7 of the Act.  Were this decision to…

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HK Partner and workplace violence expert Glen Kraemer recently published an article titled “Decisionpoint” in the Workplace Violence Prevention eReport.  The Decision Point article describes difficult real life situations involving…

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In a post-Brinker and Dukes world, employer-friendly wage-hour decisions are becoming more and more common.  The decision of the California First District Court of Appeal’s decision in Morgan v. Wet…

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On election night, San Jose, California voters passed a measure increasing the city’s minimum wage from $8.00 to $10.00/hour.  The state’s minimum wage is currently $8.00.  The wage increase is…

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You may have been surprised when, a few months ago, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) for the National Labor Relations Board in Phoenix, AZ turned the world of employment law…

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In addition to the new laws relating to religious accommodation and social media (reported in our recent eAlerts), Governor Brown recently signed into law the following bills affecting employers.  Unless…

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On September 8, 2012, Governor Jerry Brown signed the Workplace Religious Freedom Act of 2012 into law. It amended the California Fair Employment and Housing Act to specifically state that…

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Investigations conducted by internal staff, usually human resources professionals, occur every day in union and non-union workplaces.  The employer has the responsibility to conduct a good faith investigation and reach…

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