NLRB Settles Facebook Case
Late last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) came after a Connecticut employer, claiming that it had illegally fired an employee over comments she made about her supervisor on Facebook.
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Survey Says–Economic Slump Hits HR Departments
By BLR Founder and CEO Bob Brady A warm “Thank you” to the 2,800 HRDA readers who responded to our recent survey concerning the effect of the economic slump on your organizations and your departments! Here’s a summary of the results. Smaller Businesses Hit Hardest While the slumping economy is hurting businesses of all sizes, […]
News Notes: Courts Disagree Over Retroactivity Of Disability Bias Law
We earlier reported on a ruling by a California Court of Appeal in Los Angeles that a new law broadening California’s disability bias statutes, effective Jan. 1, 2001, was a major change that could not be applied retroactively. Now a different appeals court in Los Angeles has come to the opposite conclusion, holding that the […]
News Notes: Electronics Retailer Settles Overtime Misclassification Lawsuit
Video game retailer Electronics Boutique of America has agreed to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit filed in a Los Angeles court charging the company misclassified managers in the retailer’s California stores as exempt from overtime. The lawsuit charged that managers regularly worked overtime without additional pay and spent more than 50 percent of their […]
Employee Leave: SF Proposes Paid Sick Leave Regulations
On Feb. 5, 2007, San Francisco’s landmark paid sick leave ordinance (adopted as Chapter 12W of the San Francisco Administrative Code) took effect, providing paid sick leave for full- and part-time employees working in the City and County of San Francisco.
News Notes: Delayed Harassment Claim Thrown Out
In one of the first sexual harassment decisions in California since the U.S. Supreme Court issued new guidelines this summer (see CEA August 1998), an employee who waited almost two years before complaining about being harassed has had her case dismissed. The federal court found the employer had exercised reasonable care to prevent and remedy […]
News Notes: Proposed Raise In Limits For Retirement Accounts Moves Forward
The full Senate will soon consider a bill that would raise contribution limits for individual retirement accounts and 401(k) plans. The maximum annual contribution for 401(k) plans would increase from $10,500 to $15,000. IRA limits would rise from $2,000 per year to $5,000, and “catch-up” provisions would allow workers aged 50 and older to put […]
Bulletin Item: Supreme Court to Review Overtime Class Action Case
We earlier reported on a California appeals court ruling thata class action alleging that Sav-On Drug Stores misclassified managers as exempt from overtime couldn’t proceed. The court’s reasoning was that whether or not each manager was properly classified as exempt was an issue that was individual to each store and therefore couldn’t bedecided on a […]
New Ruling on Liability for Injuries to Contractor’s Employee
In a series of cases in recent years, the California Supreme Court has discussed the circumstances under which an employee of an independent contractor can sue the hirer of that contractor for work-related injuries, rather that just collect workers’ compensation benefits. Now the high court has further clarified when you can be sued for damages […]
Race Bias Charges and Lawsuits Result in Costly Settlements
A federal judge recently granted final approval of a settlement resolving a class action race bias lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Walgreens Co., the nation’s largest drugstore chain. Under the settlement, Walgreens will pay over $24 million to approximately 10,000 African-American workers who charged they were discriminated against in […]