Providing yet another example of how online social networking can amount to protected conduct under the National Labor Relations Act, the NLRB ruled earlier this month in New York Party Shuttle, LLC and Fred Pflantzer, CN:...more
5/16/2013 - Back Pay Facebook NLRA NLRB Protected Concerted Activity Social Media Unions
The United States Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, Case No. 11-864 (March 27, 2013) reinforces class certification requirements as spelled out in Wal-Mart v. Dukes. However, the closely divided court...more
4/3/2013 - Class Action Class Certification Comcast Comcast v. Behrend Damages Dukes v Wal-Mart Rule 23 SCOTUS
A recent D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down several recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board has cast doubt over one of the NLRB’s most controversial decisions from 2012....more
2/6/2013 - Barack Obama Canning v NLRB D.R. Horton NLRB Pro Forma Sessions Recess Appointments
On October 10, 2012, a California Court of Appeal held that a wage and hour class action could not be certified where the common company-wide policy at issue did not answer the “central liability” question of the case....more
11/28/2012 - Class Action Class Certification Wage and Hour
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) released its 2013 hourly rate and minimum salary requirement adjustment for exempt computer software employees. Beginning January 1, 2013, the minimum hourly rate of pay...more
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