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2012
- December 28, 2012: California Supreme Court Allows Peaceful Picketing on an Employer’s Private Property
- December 21, 2012:
Amended Pregnancy Disability Leave Regulations Take Effect
December 30
- June 25, 2012: United States Supreme Court Holds that Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives Qualify for the FLSA’s
“Outside Sales” Exemption
- April 16, 2012: DLSE Issues Revised Notice Template and Additional FAQs for Wage Theft Prevention Act
- April 12, 2012: California Supreme Court Decides Brinker, Holding That Employers Must Permit
Meal Periods, But Need Not Prohibit Employees From Working
- March 6, 2012: California Court Strikes Down Arbitration Agreement For Failing to Provide Arbitration Rules
to Employee
- February 3, 2012: DLSE (Again) Revises Wage Theft Prevention Act FAQs
- January 11, 2012: DLSE Publishes Template for Employee Notices Required by the Wage Theft Prevention Act
2011
- December 30, 2011: DLSE Publishes Template for Employee Notices Required by the Wage Theft Prevention Act
- December 29, 2011: NLRB Further Delays Effective Date of New Employee Rights Posting to April 30, 2012
- October 20, 2011: A Wave of New Employment Legislation
- October 6, 2011: NLRB Delays Effective Date of New Employee Rights Posting to January 31
- September 22, 2011: New Employee Rights Posting Requirement Takes Effect November 14
- July 14, 2011: California Court Limits Impact of Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decision Regarding Class Action Waivers
- July 5, 2011: California Supreme Court Applies Overtime Laws to Non-Resident Employees Temporarily Working in California
- June 20, 2011: Supreme Court Nixes Massive Sex Discrimination Class Action Against Wal-Mart
- May 20, 2011: DOL Announces New Smartphone App to Help Employees Independently Track Work Hours
- April 14, 2011: California Court Rules That An Employer Is Entitled To Terminate An Employee For Making Threats Even If That Conduct Is Caused By A Disability
- April 8, 2011: Preparing The Workforce For A Potential Federal Government Shutdown
- March 17, 2011: California Supreme Court Creates New Barrier to Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements
- January 21, 2011: Supreme Courts Upholds Broad-Ranging Background Checks for Employees of Federal Contractors
2010
- November 15, 2010: EEOC Issues GINA Regulations: Tightening the Grasp on Employer Acquisition of Genetic Information
- November 12, 2010: NLRB Sues Employer for Firing an Employee Based on Facebook Posts
- October 4, 2010: New Law Mandates Paid Leave
for Certain Organ and Bone Marrow Donors
- August 9, 2010: "Loose Lips Sink Ships" - Supreme Court Holds
That Stray Remarks Count Toward Bias
- August 2, 2010: Court Rules That Firing An Employee Based On A Non-Compete Agreement With Former Employer Violates California Law
- July 20, 2010: Court Holds Two California Statutes Limiting Employer's Right to Obtain Injunction During Labor Dispute are Unconstitutional
- June 18, 2010: Supreme Court Says Its Okay For Employers To Monitor Employee Text Messages
- June 4, 2010: Interim DOD Rule Clarifies Federal Contractor Law Prohibiting
Mandatory Arbitration of Certain Claims
- April 19, 2010: COBRA Subsidy Extended/DLSE Revises Unpaid Intern Test
- March 3, 2010: Stop-Gap Legislation Extends COBRA
Subsidy
- February 19, 2010: California’s
"Kin Care" Statute Applies Only to Measurable, Banked-Time Sick Leave Policies
2009
- December 28, 2009: New Law Extends COBRA Subsidy
- December 22, 2009: DLSE Approves Deductions of Fewer Than Four Hours From Exempt Employee Leave Banks
- November 23, 2009: What California Employers Need to Know About the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
- October 28, 2009: New FMLA Amendments Expand Military Leaves
- October 16, 2009: Employers Are Reminded to Let Employees Use the Restroom
- September 29, 2009: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules That Employer's Fitness For Duty Exam Was An Unlawful Medical Examination
- September 8, 2009: E-Verify Rule Effective for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors on September 8, 2009
- September 4, 2009: California Employers May Temporarily Reduce Hours and Salary of Exempt Staff Without Jeopardizing Overtime Exemption
- August 3, 2009: California Supreme Court Finds That Limited Employer Surveillance Does Not Violate Employees’ Privacy Rights
- July 1, 2009: California Supreme Court Holds Representative Claims Under PAGA Need Not Meet Class Action Requirements
- June 3, 2009: Court of Appeal Reverses $86 Million Verdict Against Starbucks
- April 3, 2009: Revised Form I-9 Mandatory for All Employers as of April 3, 2009
- April 1, 2009: United States Supreme Court Permits Mandatory Arbitration Of Federal Age Claims In The Union Context
- February, 27, 2009: California Supreme Court Clarifies a State Public Employee's Right to Sue under the California Whistleblower Protection Act
- February, 27, 2009: California Court of Appeal Holds that Employee Releases of Disputed Wage Claims are Enforceable
- February, 25, 2009: California Modifies Its Alternative Workweek Schedule Rules
- February, 18, 2009: Stimulus Package Creates New Employer Obligations Under COBRA
- January 29, 2009: President Obama Signs Legislation Extending Time For Employees To File Discrimination Claims
- January 26, 2009: The United States Supreme Court Clarifies Title VII Retaliation - Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
2008
- December 11, 2008: Starbucks Narrowly Escapes $26 Million in Penalties for Impermissible Question on Job Application
- November 17, 2008: DOL Publishes Long Awaited FMLA Regulations
- October 29, 2008: Another Favorable Decision On Meal And Rest Period Rules/Supreme Court Issues Further Guidance On Administrative And Judicial Exhaustion
- October 22, 2008: California Supreme Court Grants Review of Important Appellate Decision Regarding Meal And Rest Period Rules
- October 1, 2008: Governor Signs Bill Eliminating Requirement to Track Hours Worked by Exempt "Computer Professional" Employees
- September 30, 2008: Governor Signs Amendment to Labor Code to Prohibit Requiring Employees to Sign False Time Cards
- August 11, 2008: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Employer Funding Provisions of San Francisco's Health Care Security Ordinance
- August 7, 2008: California Supreme Court Again Strikes Down A Non-Compete Agreement And Reinforces The Sanctity Of Labor Code Protections
- July 22, 2008: California Appellate Court Issues Favorable Decision Regarding Meal and Rest Period Rules
- June 18, 2008: "No Match" Letters Alone Are Insufficient Evidence Of Ineligibility to Work
- May 19, 2008: California Supreme Court Denies Review in Administrative Exemption Case
- April 8, 2008: California Supreme Court Addresses CFRA Rights of Employee Who Works Similar Job During Medical Leave
- March 3, 2008: Supervisors, and Other Individuals, Cannot be Held Liable for FEHA Retaliation
- February 22, 2008: United States Supreme Court Refuses To Stop Enforcement Of San Francisco’s Health Care Security Ordinance; Compliance Deadlines Approach
- January 29, 2008:New Federal Law Expands FMLA - Relatives Of Injured Servicemen And Women Provided Up To 26 Weeks Of Protected Leave
- January 24, 2008:California High Court Affirms Termination of Employee for Medical Marijuana Use
- January 9, 2008:Court Lifts Hold On San Francisco's Health Care Security Ordinance - New Law To Take Effect Immediately
2007
- August 30, 2007: California Supreme Court Issues Class Action Arbitration Decision
- August 24, 2007: California Supreme Court Approves Profit-Based Incentive Plans
- August 17, 2007: Employers Face New Requirements For Responding To "No Match" Letters
- July 30, 2007: Final Sexual Harassment Training Regulations Issued
- June 26, 2007: Court Strikes Down No-Hire Provision
- April 16, 2007: California Supreme Court Sets Limitation Period On Meal And Rest Period Claims At Four Years
- April 6, 2007: Court Permits Employer To Proceed With Novel Claim Against Competitor For Soliciting Its Employees
- January 23, 2007: California's Labor Commissioner Adjusts "Professional" Overtime Exemption
- January 5, 2007: San Francisco Paid Sick Leave Law Goes Into Effect On February 5, 2007
2006
- January 27, 2006: Meal and Rest Period Law in California Remains Unsettled
- February 23, 2006: The Supreme Court Lines Up a Busy Year on the Employment Law Front
- May 1, 2006: Dealing With a Political Boycott: What Should You Do?
- May 2, 2006: California Supreme Court Rules on Friends Case and Ninth Circuit Upholds Makeup/Grooming Policy
- June 7, 2006: Reasonable Accommodations Must Be Considered for Individuals Who Are "Regarded As" Disabled
- June 23, 2006: U.S. Supreme Court Expands Retaliation Claims
- July 9, 2006: California Supreme Court Defines "Discharge"
- September 1, 2006: Court Holds Release Agreements With Confusing Legalese Are No Bar to Age Discrimination Claims
- October 2, 2006: Court Rules Employers Have No Obligation Under CFRA to Offer Reasonable Accommodations
- December 15, 2006: Communications Decency Act of 1996 Provides Employers with Immunity for Employee Cyber-threats
2005
- February 2, 2005: Employers May Delay Giving Employees Records Obtained in an Investigation
- February 17, 2005: California Court Approves Commission Charge Back Policy
- April 13, 2005: DLSE Issues Revised Meal Period Regulations
- April 26, 2005: Pre-Hire Medical Exams and Drug Tests Must Be The Last Step in the Hiring Process
- July 14, 2005: Personality Test Administered by Employer Found to Violate Federal Disability Discrimination Laws
- July 19, 2005: Favoritism Based on Consensual Sexual Relationships May Constitute Unlawful Sexual Harassment Under California Law
- July 25, 2005: Partial Day Vacation Deduction For An Exempt Employee Does Not Violate California Law
- August 15, 2005: The California Supreme Court Clarifies Retaliation Law
- August 23, 2005: California's New Emergency Heat Illness Regulations
- September 8, 2005: No Protection for Pot Smoker
- October 21, 2005: Court of Appeal Clarifies Defenses Applicable to Labor Code Section 132a Claims
- November 28, 2005: Refusing to Communicate with Former Employee's Attorney May Be Viewed as a Failure to Accommodate
- December 1, 2005: California Supreme Court Reviews Medical Marijuana Decision
- December 20, 2005: Transferring Employees to Another Employer Without A Change in Employment Terms Does Not Trigger the California WARN Act Notice Requirements
- December 21, 2005: Newly Proposed Regulations for Sexual Harassment Training Under California Law
2004
- February 10, 2004: Pre-Dispute Jury Waiver Agreement Unenforceable Under California Law
- February 25, 2004: U.S. Supreme Court Closes the Door on Reverse Age Discrimination Claims
- March 11, 2004: California Court of Appeal Refines Definition of "Supervisor" Under FEHA
- April 20, 2004: New DOL Overtime Rules
- June 16, 2004: The Supreme Court Applies the Ellerth/Faragher Defense to Constructive Discharge Claims
- June 23, 2004: Paid Family Leave Benefits Available to Employees Beginning July 1
- August 9, 2004: California Labor Code "Bounty Hunter Act" Gets Amended
- August 26, 2004: Wage and Hour Class Actions Are Alive and Well
- October 7, 2004: Governor Schwarzenegger Says "Hasta La Vista, Baby" to Majority of Bills Affecting California Employers
- October 13, 2004: Super Tuesday is Three Weeks Away: Are You Prepared?
- October 20, 2004: California Court Defines "Discharge"
- October 22, 2004: Sexual Harassment Training: A Mandatory Ounce of Prevention
- December 14, 2004: Good News for Employers and Employees: DLSE Proposes Emergency Regulation to Modify Meal and Rest Periods
- December 23, 2004: The Meal and Rest Period Regulations Saga Continues . . .
2003
- January 15, 2003: New California Withholding Law for Bonuses and Stock Options
- February 20, 2003: EEOC Issues Guidence Regarding Telecommuting as a Reasonable Accommodation
- February 28, 2003: California Supreme Court Approves Arbitration for Wrongful Termination in Violation of Public Policy Claims
- May 15, 2003: Ninth Circuit Again Muddles Arbitration Issue
- May 28, 2003: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Right to Family Leave for State Employees
- June 9, 2003: Another California Appellate Court Holds that Employers are not Liable for Client or Customer Harassment
- July 25, 2003: Individualized Assessment of an Individual's Health Condition is Required in Order to Utilize Direct Threat Defense Under the ADA
- August 6, 2003: California Amends FEHA to Prohibit Discrimination or Harassment Based on Gender Perception or Identity
- August 14, 2003: California Supreme Court Provides Employers Some Assistance in Managing Workers' Compensation Leaves
- September 16, 2003: More Anti-Employer Legislation?
- October 14, 2003: California Employers Face a Potential Hurricane of Labor Code Litigation
- October 20, 2003: EEOC Issues Guidance Regarding Applicants With Disabilities
- October 30, 2003: How to Handle Employee Issues When Disaster Strikes
- November 17, 2003: Former Employees Liable for Cyberspace Defamation
- November 24, 2003: Court Upholds Employer's Ability to Enforce Non-Fraternization Policy
- November 25, 2003: California Supreme Court Clarifies Liability and Damages Rules in Sexual Harassment Cases
- December 3, 2003: Supreme Court Upholds Employer Policy Not to Rehire Former Employees Terminated for Workplace Misconduct
- December 11, 2003: Post-Termination Customer Non-Solicitation Agreement Ruled Unlawful
2002
- January 9, 2002
- February 5, 2002
- February 14, 2002
- March 14, 2002
- March 26, 2002
- April 1, 2002
- April 23, 2002
- April 24, 2002
- May 1, 2002
- May 1, 2002
- June 10, 2002
- June 10, 2002
- July 1, 2002
- September 4, 2002
- September 16, 2002
- September 17, 2002
- September 24, 2002
- September 30, 2002
2001
- March 17, 2001
- March 20, 2001
- March 21, 2001
- April 12, 2001
- April 24, 2001
- May 14, 2001
- June 18, 2001
- June 25, 2001
- July 11, 2001
- September 14, 2001
- October 10, 2001
- November 7, 2001
- November 30, 2001
2000
- January 5, 2000
- January 20, 2000
- February 9, 2000
- April 19, 2000
- May 12, 2000
- June 12, 2000
- June 15, 2000
- August 11, 2000
- August 22, 2000
- August 24, 2000
- September 13, 2000
- September 27, 2000
- October 13, 2000
- October 27, 2000
- November 14, 2000
- December 27, 2000
1999
- May 27, 1999
- June 8, 1999
- June 23, 1999
- July 9, 1999
- July 16, 1999
- August 4, 1999
- September 3, 1999
- October 6, 1999
- November 22, 1999
- December 9, 1999
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