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In the final days of 2017, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) nixed yet another Obama-Era decision, overruling a highly controversial decision in Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, 357 NLRB 934...

Employers should breathe a sigh of relief.  On December 14, 2017, the National Labor Relations Board overturned the dramatic expansion of the joint employer test it established just two years ago in the controversial...

In a case of first impression in Nevada, Neville v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court, 133 Nev. Adv. Op. 95 (Dec. 7, 2017), the Nevada Supreme Court held that employees have a private right of action to recoup unpaid wages under...

This month’s key California employment law cases involve disability discrimination claims and procedural issues related to workers’ compensation proceedings. Disability Discrimination – Neufeld v. WinCo Holdings,...

A California Court of Appeal has confirmed that additional insured endorsements (“AIE”) granting coverage for liability arising out of a named insured’s “ongoing operations,” and in effect during those “ongoing...

The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) prohibits discrimination and harassment in the workplace. Under current law, employers with 50 or more employees must provide at least two hours of prescribed...

Expanding California’s efforts to not cooperate with federal immigration authorities, Assembly Bill 450 imposes new requirements on employers when responding to government immigration worksite enforcement actions. The new...

Assembly Bill 1008 broadens the current “ban the box” law beyond public employers to apply to private employers. The new law makes it an unlawful employment practice for public and private employers with five or more...

The California Supreme Court has confirmed that the attorneys’ fees an insured is compelled to incur due to a carrier’s bad faith (its “Brandt fees”) are compensatory damages to be considered when...

This month’s key California employment law cases involve wage-and-hour issues, arbitration, and employment discrimination based on marital status. Wage and Hour – Lopez v. Friant & Assocs., LLC, 2017 WL 4251126 (Cal....

Senate Bill 63 significantly expands job-protected leave for millions of Californians. The new law allows employees who work for a company with 20 or more employees within a 75-mile radius to take up to 12 weeks of leave to...

Assembly Bill 168 amends the California Equal Pay Act to prohibit an employer from relying on the salary history information of an applicant for employment as a factor in determining whether to make an offer or what salary to...