On June 1, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision some have deemed a blow to the right to strike. The 8-1 decision crossed ideological lines, as both conservative and liberal members of the Court either joined...
Employment Law Letter
Imagine an employee in a workplace meeting stands up and—in a profanity-laced tirade—calls the manager several names not fit for print. Most employers would immediately discipline, if not fire, the employee for violating...
As we have previously written, the limits that can be placed on employment arbitration agreements has been a back-and-forth battle between the supreme courts of the state of California and the United States of America...
The California Legislature is poised to pass Senate Constitutional Amendment (SCA) 7, called “the Right to Organize and Negotiate Act.” If approved by the voters, SCA 7 would grant all Californians the right to join a...
On July 6, 2023, the California Supreme Court issued its ruling that employers aren’t legally responsible in preventing the spread of COVID-19 to nonemployee household members who contracted the virus as a result of...
As generative artificial intelligence (GAI) technology, such as ChatGPT, finds new and greater uses in the workplace, employers must consider the myriad of legal and other issues that come with it. For good reason...
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the recruiting and hiring process has seen increased popularity in recent years. Many businesses, seeking to lower hiring costs and reduce potential discrimination claims, have...
A former Lyft driver filed suit against the rideshare company under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA), alleging it misclassified him and other drivers as independent contractors rather than employees...
The United States Supreme Court ended its term in June this year with a series of blockbuster decisions, three of which may have profound implications for employment issues. If there’s a common theme among them, it’s an...
The California Supreme Court held that a provision of the Government Claims Act protects public entities and their employees from liability for wrongful prosecutions or administrative proceedings but doesn’t immunize...
Typically, harassment claims involve allegations that an individual has been harassed by a coworker or supervisor. A recent case involving an Illinois casino demonstrates the importance of employers guarding against...
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Q: We have an employee with a severe food allergy. Can we ask all employees to refrain from bringing the specific food into the workplace? Should we ask the employee for a doctor’s note to verify the allergy? Generally...
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People rely on all kinds of technology to get their work done. Zoom meetings, Slack messages, scheduling apps, and other tools keep the workplace humming. But at what point does all that tech do more harm than good? Can...
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With politics and economics seemingly working against employer efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workforce, many DEI proponents are worried about the future. And a recent report from a...
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The European Union (EU) General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR), adopted in 2016 and effective in 2018, was one of the first major pieces of data privacy legislation, and in many ways, it has set the standard for other...