Last week, the California Supreme Court declined to review a challenge to an appellate decision on the lawfulness of timekeeping policies that round employee punch in and out times.  The…

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In President Barack Obama’s 2013 State of the Union address, he called on Congress to raise the Federal Minimum Wage to $9.00 per hour.  Currently, California’s Minimum Wage is $8.00…

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As we previously posted, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found that President Obama’s recess appointments of two union-friendly members to the National Labor Relations Board was…

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We’ve all been there before.  It’s a normal day at work, you have a cup of coffee, sit down to the computer and then out of the blue someone asks…

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As courts and agencies battle over the standards applied to internal investigations, California courts have surprisingly sided with employers.  In a recent case, the California Court of Appeal found that…

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In recent years, the NLRB has earned a reputation for issuing pro-union decisions.  Whether this is fair is an open question – but the NLRB’s January 30, 2013 Advice Memorandum…

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Today, the California Supreme Court issued the much-awaited decision in Harris v. City of Santa Monica, a case which tested the viability of the so-called “mixed motive” defense for employers…

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Because of California’s employee-friendly laws on agreements containing restrictive covenants, whenever possible, employers include foreign state choice of law and forum selection provisions.  This frequently leads to a proverbial “race…

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