California Computer Software Employee Overtime Exemption Rate to Increase...
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...
View ArticleClass Certification Denied: California Court of Appeals Holds That Reliance...
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”...
View ArticleFifth Circuit to Consider In Re D.R. Horton in Light of Recent Court of...
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...
View ArticlePut up your Dukes! Supreme Court Clarifies that Damages Must be Capable of...
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,...
View ArticleParty Foul! NLRB Orders Reinstatement and Back Pay for Party Bus Guide After...
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...
View ArticleFurther Down the Rabbit-Hole we go: California’s Troubling Treatment of...
On July 17, 2013, the California Supreme Court denied review of the Second Appellate District’s decision in Gonzalez v. Downtown LA Motors, 2013 Cal. App. LEXIS 257 (Cal. App. 2d Dist. Mar. 6, 2013),...
View ArticleSan Francisco “Flexible Workplace” Measure May be Tip of the Iceberg of...
October 2013, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the “Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance,” which if signed by the mayor will expand protections for workers with family...
View ArticleCourt is (Still) in Session: Updates On Three Key Employment Cases Pending...
Back on October 8, 2013, we highlighted three cases currently pending on the United States Supreme Court docket that employers will definitely want to follow. The cases address issues ranging from the...
View ArticleCalifornia Court of Appeal Holds Employer Cannot Shorten Statute of...
Can employers enter into binding agreements with employees to shorten the statute of limitations on discrimination and other employment claims? A California Court of Appeal decision answered that...
View ArticleNew Law Puts California Businesses On The Hook For Wage And Workers’...
A new law exposes California businesses to potential liability for claims by temporary workers. On September 28, 2014, Governor Brown signed into law AB 1897, which created California Labor Code §...
View ArticleFederal Contractors: In the Line of Regulatory Fire
On October 10, 2014, the White House hosted a listening session regarding President Obama’s “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” Executive Order, one of many new laws imposing significant new requirements on...
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