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Everyone in Southern California Would Need to be Accommodated If This Were a Disability
A former employee in New Jersey sued her employer for wrongful termination after she requested an accommodation for her disability: an inability to drive in rush hour traffic due to anxiety and depression.
Last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), through its Region 13 Regional Director ruled that Northwestern University football players who receive grant-in-aid scholarships and have not exhausted their playing eligibility are “employees” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), and therefore have the right to unionize and engage in collective bargaining with their “employer.”
This blog was authored by Alex Polishuk
Employer email policies often prohibit employees from using workplace emails for communications that do not relate to business purposes. However, under a recent National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) decision, business-use-only email policies may now be unlawful. In Purple Communications, Inc. (2014), the NLRB ruled that
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently ruled that Northwestern University football players who receive grant-in-aid scholarships and have not exhausted their playing eligibility are “employees” under the National Labor Relations Act, and therefore have the right unionize and engage in collective bargaining with their “employer.” (Northwestern University v. College Athletes Players Association (CAPA)
This blog post was authored by Adrianna E. Guzman, Brian P. Walter and Shardé C. Thomas
Today the California Supreme Court published a decision, County of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission, that requires a public employer to disclose home contact information for all bargaining unit members to the representative for
A decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia recently cast into doubt the validity of all National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) decisions in the year 2012 by holding that three of the current Board members were invalidly appointed. Thus, in this Court’s view, potentially all the Board’s decisions for the
Last month, the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency overseeing private sector labor relations, issued its much anticipated decision in Karl Knauz Motors, Inc dba Knauz BMW and Robert Becker (“Knauz BMW”). The Board held that the BMW dealership’s “courtesy” rule, which among other things prohibited employees from making remarks that were
The National Labor Relations Board issued a new report discussing seven social media cases handled by the agency. This report is the third released by the NLRB regarding social media in the last year, and focuses on the policies of seven companies. The report provides guidance to employers who have social media policies or are
This post was co-authored by Elizabeth Arce
It seems that every time you turn on the news some new technological innovation is being announced. For example, recent weeks have seen the unveiling of new tablet computers and smartphones. In addition, social media platforms such as Facebook and LinkedIn are constantly announcing upgrades to their
This week the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that a settlement has been reached in a closely watched case involving the firing of an ambulance service employee for posting negative comments about her supervisor on her Facebook page. This case created a buzz among employers throughout the nation. Given the prevalence of social