Insights

Effective January 1, 2008, Assembly Bill 650 requires California employers to provide written notice to their employees of their possible right to an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).  This requirement applies to all...

In a long-awaited decision, the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) has ruled that an employer may lawfully prohibit its employees’ use of company e-mail to solicit support for outside businesses and...

Effective January 1, 2008, the minimum wage in California increased to $8.00 per hour. However, a higher minimum wage of $9.36 per hour applies to employees working in San Francisco. Posters advising employees of the new...

While existing California law provides certain benefits for “qualifying members” of the U.S. Armed Forces, National Guard, and Reserves, those rights have been extended through Section 395.10 of the Military and...

On October 10, 2007, U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer issued a preliminary injunction barring the Department of Homeland Security from enforcing new regulations that created significant obligations for employers to...

In a recent decision, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), rejecting the contrary position of two federal appeals courts, has adhered to its longstanding rule that a unionized employer may implement new work...

Under legislation adopted in 2004 (AB 1825), California employers with 50 or more employees are required to provide two hours of sexual harassment training to all supervisors at least once every two...

On July 3, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that a Department of Labor (“DOL”) regulation implementing the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (“FMLA”) prohibits both the prospective and...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York has recently concluded that at-will employees can sue for racially discriminatory discharge under 42 U.S.C. § 1981. Lauture v. Int’l. Business Machines...

On July 3, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, reversing its prior ruling, confirmed that damage awards for non-physical injury, such as emotional distress and injury to professional...