NLRB Goes One Step Further, Holds Optional Waiver of Class Action Arbitrations Illegal -
Why it matters -
Reiterating its stance against arbitration agreements that prohibit class or collective actions, a panel of...more
12/14/2015
/ Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
IBM ,
NLRB ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers
FTC Offers Employers Lesson in FCRA Compliance—And Limited Exceptions -
Why it matters:
A California employer recently received a lesson in Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) compliance from the Federal Trade...more
10/5/2015
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Background Checks ,
Ban the Box ,
Barnes and Noble ,
Conditional Job Offers ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Consent ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Chance Act ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Equity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Individual Accountability ,
Internal Reporting ,
Job Applicants ,
Judicial Review ,
Mach Mining v EEOC ,
Notice Requirements ,
Pending Legislation ,
Remand ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Split of Authority ,
Title VII ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Yates Memorandum
From the California Legislature: New Employment Laws, Bills Set for Signature:
Why it matters -
The California Legislature has been busy with employment-related bills, passing measures to provide additional...more
9/16/2015
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Amended Legislation ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Class Certification ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Discrimination ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Employee Releases ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
FEHA ,
FRCP 23 ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Governor Brown ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Code ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Misclassification ,
New Legislation ,
Pay Secrecy ,
Pending Legislation ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Retaliation ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Title VII ,
Uber ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
Work Suspensions
To Accommodate or Not to Accommodate? U.S. Supreme Court Weighs in on Pregnant Employees -
Why it matters:
The U.S. Supreme Court decided the first of two major employment law cases this term when a 6-3 majority of...more
4/21/2015
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Facebook ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Obscenity ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Union Related-Speech ,
Whistleblowers ,
Young v United Parcel Service