Articles from California Labor and Employment Defense Blog

Card Check is Officially Dead, But Has Been Replaced By Bill For Faster Union Elections
Jul 20, 2009 1:21 PM [EST]

Employer's Uniform Classification of Its Own Employees Does Not Justify Class Treatment -- Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Overtime Pay Litigation
Jul 13, 2009 1:56 PM [EST]

Between A Rock and A Hard Place -- Ricci v. DeStefano Addresses the Conflict Between Disparate Treatment and Disparate Impact Theories
Jun 30, 2009 2:10 PM [EST]

Binding Effect of PAGA Decisions Is An Alternative To Class Certification -- Arias v. Superior Court
Jun 30, 2009 10:08 AM [EST]

Arias v. Superior Court - Class Action Requirements Clarified By California Supreme Court
Jun 29, 2009 7:19 PM [EST]

The Supreme Court Tweaks Burden of Proof for Age Discrimination -- Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
Jun 20, 2009 7:25 PM [EST]

A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Come? -- Government Mandated Paid Sick Leave Under The Healthy Families Act
Jun 12, 2009 10:58 AM [EST]

Incentive Awards for Class Representatives -- Rodriguez v. West Publishing Corporation
Jun 10, 2009 10:28 PM [EST]

Employment Ruling At Center Stage For Sotomayor Confirmation
Jun 2, 2009 5:42 PM [EST]

Managers Who Provide Table Service May Share in Tip Pool -- Appellate Court Reverses Award Against Starbucks
Jun 2, 2009 2:53 PM [EST]

UCL ClassAction Standards are Clarified By California Supreme Court -- In re Tobacco Cases II
May 25, 2009 1:22 PM [EST]

Supreme Court Upholds "Grandfathered" Seniority System -- AT&T v. Hulteen
May 19, 2009 09:47 AM [EST]

Watkins v. Wachovia Corporation - New Class Action Opinion On The Effects Of Releases In Severance Agreements And Individually Settling With Named Plaintiffs
Apr 19, 2009 10:30 PM [EST]

Unions Can Require Their Members to Arbitrate Claims For Violation of Individual Statutory Rights -- 14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett
Apr 16, 2009 6:16 PM [EST]

The Perfect Storm
Apr 10, 2009 10:21 AM [EST]