Partner can sue partnership for retaliation 
Published: May 18, 2012
Tags: retaliation, sexual harassment
A partner in a professional medical practice could sue the partnership for retaliating against her based on her opposing the sexual harassment of employees, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in reversing judgment.
Home care provider isn’t entitled to overtime
Published: May 17, 2012
Tags: overtime, wage and hour
An employee hired to provide in-home care for an elderly woman was not entitled to overtime, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in reversing a $123,000 judgment.
Labor contractor agrees to settle harassment suit
Published: May 17, 2012
Tags: California, sexual harassment
A California farm labor contractor has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal agency’s suit on behalf of female vineyard workers in Sonoma and Mendocino counties who said a crew supervisor harassed them with crude remarks and demanded sex to keep their jobs.
Jury awards $1 million to police sergeant for retaliation
Published: May 17, 2012
Tags: California, police, police misconduct, retaliation
A jury awarded $1 million to a Los Angeles police sergeant who claimed he faced retaliation for reporting misconduct by a superior officer.
Social media privacy bill advances in California
Published: May 16, 2012
Tags: Facebook, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, privacy, social media, social networking, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Employers would be prohibited from asking employees and job applicants for their Facebook passwords under a bill moving swiftly through the California legislature.
Decision may limit claims of employee computer fraud
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: May 16, 2012
Tags: circuit split, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, confidential information, Congress, Employment Law, Suprme Court
A recent 9th Circuit decision has cast doubt on a tool that is increasingly being used by employers to go after employees who use confidential information from company computer systems.
Federal court strikes down NLRB union election rule
Published: May 15, 2012
Tags: NLRB, President Obama, quorum, recess appointment, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, union election
WASHINGTON – A federal court has struck down new labor union election regulations, ruling that the National Labor Relations Board violated voting procedures when it voted to approve the rules.
Starbucks can enforce ‘one button’ dress code
Published: May 14, 2012
Tags: labor law, NLRB
Starbucks didn’t commit an unfair labor practice when it implemented a dress code limiting employees to wearing only one pro-union button on their work uniforms, the 2nd Circuit has ruled.
Walgreens not liable for disability discrimination
Published: May 14, 2012
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, disability discrimination
Walgreens didn’t violate federal disability discrimination law when it fired a store manager whose knee injury prevented her from working extended hours and helping subordinates stock shelves, the 1st Circuit has ruled in affirming summary judgment.
Employee can’t get ‘convenient’ commute under ADA
Published: May 14, 2012
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, disability discrimination
An employee who suffered from narcolepsy was not entitled to a more convenient commute time as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the 6th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
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