California Employers have watched in recent years as an obscure provision in California Wage Orders has wreaked havoc in the courts. The provision requires “suitable seating” for employees when the nature of their work reasonably permits the use of seats. Not surprisingly, awareness of this issue came as a result of a warped interpretation of the provision by class action plaintiffs’ counsel.
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NLRB Continues Crackdown on Company Social Media Policies
By Ramona Carrillo on
Posted in Labor Law
By: James Kachmar
Those of you who attended our November 15, 2012 seminar, “Risks and Benefits of Social Media and Computers in the Workplace,” heard us discuss recent actions taken by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) regarding Social Media Use Policies adopted by employers to address the many issues that may arise with the increased use of social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.) by their employees. As we mentioned, the NLRB was slow to address the issue of social media in the workplace. However, the NLRB has recently become much more active and more critical in how it views social media policies and their impact on the rights of employees to organize.Continue Reading NLRB Continues Crackdown on Company Social Media Policies
AAAB Seminar: Recent Changes in California Department Law
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Posted in Labor Law
Weintraub Tobin attorneys Chuck Post and Paul Gaspari invite you to attend the Association of Asian American Bankers seminar “The Moving Target – Recent Changes in California Employment Law” July 17th at America California Bank.
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