Get ready for new California employment laws *

USA - November 16 2012
The California State Legislature had a busy year amending existing employment laws or adding new laws in a wide variety of areas, including wage and hour, anti-discrimination and social media.

Co-authors: Julie Patterson, Kaye Steinsapir, Leslie Helmer.

California court of appeal rejects NLRB decision barring class action waivers in arbitration agreements *

USA - July 27 2012
On January 6, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board in D.R. Horton, Inc. (2012) 357 NLRB No. 184 (D.R. Horton) ruled that agreements requiring employees to arbitrate their employment disputes on an individual basis and preventing them from pursuing such claims on a classwide basis in any forum, whether in arbitration or in court, violated Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

Co-authors: Julie Patterson, Kaye Steinsapir, Leslie Helmer.