11.07.24
Doubling down on her anti-noncompete stance, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo to all field offices expanding on her position to include “stay-or-pay” provisions as well.
In Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) news, the agency issued a report on the lack of diversity in the high-tech and filed—and settled—its first Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) cases.
Sexual harassment claims alleging continuing violations triggered the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA), rendering an arbitration agreement in an employee handbook unenforceable, according to a California appellate court.
California lawmakers finished the legislative session by enacting several employment-related bills signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom.
10.02.24
The First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed dismissal of a Title VII religious discrimination claim filed by a hospital employee who was terminated for not getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
Social media posts made by a coworker off-hours and off-site may still support a Title VII claim against an employer, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court has ruled.
Can a single incident of racial discrimination be sufficient to support a claim of Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) violations?
Aggrieved employees with their own Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) lawsuits are not automatically entitled to intervene in another employee’s PAGA action, according to the California Supreme Court.
06.17.21
As California announced its official statewide reopening on June 15, 2021, employers remained in the dark awaiting an official announcement from Cal/OSHA on new face-covering guidance.
05.21.21
In a new decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit announced a standard for when an employee has waived her rights to judicial remedies—and sent the plaintiff’s employment dispute to arbitration.
