Private Sector Legal Developments
Archive 2016
- Paid Time Off to Vote in California
- Student–Employees at Private Universities Win Right to Unionize
- Ninth Circuit protects California workers’ right to bring class action lawsuits against their employer
- Successor Owner has a Duty to Bargain as Soon as it is “Perfectly Clear” that it will Retain the Prior Workforce
- Protections for California janitorial workers (AB 1978)
- Expanding Overtime Pay for California’s Farm Workers (AB 1066)
- Single-user restrooms in California, now “all gender” restrooms (AB 1732)
- Overtime protections for California domestic workers are here to stay (SB 1015)
- Criminal Background Checks for Uber/Lyft Drivers in California (AB 1289)
- Leveling the Playing Field in California Paychecks (SB 1063/AB 1676)
- In California, arbitrators, not courts, decide whether an Arbitration Clause permits workers to bring Class claims in arbitration
- In Miller & Anderson, Inc., the NLRB reestablished the right of workers who share a community of interest to form one bargaining unit, even if some of the workers are temps
- Workers get their jobs back during ULP processing, judge rejects Employer’s demand that workers first prove they are authorized to work
- Two Big Wins for Workers Through the NLRB
- Employers Who Remove Union Flyers While NLRB Election is Pending May be Breaking the Law
- A Win For Workers Who Dare To Stand Up For Their Economic Security, Employers Cannot Permanently Hire Scabs To Discourage Future Strikes
- Huge Change to Federal Rule about Who is Exempt from Overtime—Double or Nothing!
- California employers must reasonably accommodate employees who are caretakers of disabled persons
- In a Win for Workers, Supreme Court Rules Employees Can Use Statistical Evidence in Class and Collective Actions
- California First in the Nation To Raise Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour
- DOL Rule on Persuader Disclosure Increases Transparency for Workers
- Clarity in Mail Ballot Elections conducted by the NLRB
- California’s New Year’s Resolution, Better Laws for Workers
- NLRB Finds Employer Rule Prohibiting Audio and Image Recording at Work Violates Employees' Labor Rights
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