We are excited to continue our video series – Tips from the Table. In these monthly videos, members of LCW’s Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented at your bargaining tables. …
Category Archives: Labor Relations
Subscribe to Labor Relations RSS FeedOrigins and Applications of the Home Rule Doctrine
Posted in Constitutional Rights, Labor Relations, Personnel Issues, Public Sector, Wage and Hour
This post was authored by Lisa S. Charbonneau.
Under Article XI, Sections 4 and 5 of the California Constitution, charter cities and counties have exclusive authority to regulate and determine their own municipal affairs, free from intrusion by the …
Paid Time Off for Union Leaders: New Law Extends Requirements for Public Employers to Grant Leaves of Absence for Union Stewards and Officers
Posted in Labor Relations
This post was authored by Heather R. Coffman.
A concept known as “lost time” in some negotiated Memoranda of Understanding is now State law. Effective January 1, 2019, public employers may be required to grant paid leaves of absence …
Top 10 Questions about Senate Bill 866 – New State Legislation Impacting How Public Employers Communicate with Employees and Manage Employee Organization / Union Membership Dues
Posted in Labor Relations
The post was authored by Erin Kunze.
On June 27, 2018, Governor Brown signed into law the Final State Budget, along with budget trailer bill, Senate Bill 866. In brief, though there is little comment in the Bill’s legislative …
Mandatory Agency Shop Fees Ruled Unconstitutional in Janus v. AFSCME
Posted in Labor Relations 
This post was authored by Kevin J. Chicas.
The United States Supreme Court today, on Wednesday June 27, 2018, reversed the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Janus v. AFSCME, and held that mandatory agency shop service fees are …
Tips from the Table: Negotiating Personnel Rules
Posted in Labor Relations, Tips from the TableWe are excited to continue our video series – Tips from the Table. In these monthly videos, members of LCW’s Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented at your bargaining tables. …
Preparing for Janus: What Local Agencies Can Do In Anticipation of the Most Important Public Sector Case of the Year
Posted in Labor Relations
This post was authored by Erik M. Cuadros.
Public-sector employers and unions anxiously await the outcome of Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, a case currently pending before the United States Supreme Court. Janus challenges agency shop arrangements and …
Tips from the Table: Evaluating “Flores” Compliance at the Table
Posted in Labor Relations, NegotiationsWe are excited to continue our video series – Tips from the Table. In these monthly videos, members of LCW’s Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented at your bargaining tables. …
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Agency Shop Fees Case
Posted in Labor RelationsThis post was authored by Joshua A. Goodman.
In October 2017, we reported that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review Janus v. AFSCME, a case out of Illinois challenging the constitutionality of mandatory agency shop fees for …
Tips from the Table: Grievances & Statute of Limitations Provisions For Contract Violations
Posted in Labor RelationsWe are excited to continue our video series – Tips from the Table. In these monthly videos, members of LCW’s Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented at your bargaining tables. …
Labor Negotiations in 2017 – My Life at the Table
Posted in Labor Relations, Negotiations, Pension, Wage and Hour
This post was authored by Peter J. Brown
As 2017 comes to a close, it is a time of reflection for me since I have spent so much time this year in collective bargaining negotiations and in Board and Council …
Tips from the Table: Use of Supposals, Packaged Supposals & Proposals
Posted in Labor Relations, NegotiationsWe are excited to continue our video series – Tips from the Table. In these monthly videos, members of LCW’s Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented at your bargaining tables. …
Disaster and Medical Relief Workers: How to Compensate Public Employees Deployed to Help Others
Posted in Labor Relations, Military Leave, Wage and Hour, Workplace Policies
This post was authored by Stephanie J. Lowe and Brett A. Overby
Over the past two months, a series of hurricanes has caused devastation to the United States, Puerto Rico, and other regions. As a result, the National Disaster Medical …
Tips from the Table: Negotiating Modifications & Coalition Bargaining
Posted in Labor Relations, NegotiationsWe are excited to continue our video series – Tips from the Table. In these monthly videos, members of LCW’s Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented at your bargaining tables. …
Accommodating the Religious Practices of a Diverse Workforce
Posted in Constitutional Rights, Disability, Discrimination, Employment, Ethics, First Amendment, Labor Relations, Legislation, Workplace Policies
Religious diversity, including the protection of religious minorities, is a core American value, as shown by its prominent placement in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, in the establishment and free exercise clauses. California is, unsurprisingly, a leader in …
Trump Administration Ends Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”)
Posted in Employment, Hiring, Labor Relations, Legislation, Public Sector
This post was authored by Pilar Morin and Jenny Denny
On September 5, 2017, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program, a 2012 program created under the Obama administration …
Is Your Agency’s Disciplinary Appeal Process Compliant With POBRA? You Might Be Surprised
Posted in Labor Relations, Litigation, Public Safety Issues, Workplace Policies
A California Court of Appeal recently found that the City and County of San Francisco’s disciplinary procedure for police officers is not compliant with the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act (“POBRA”), which requires that all California law …
New FLSA Decision Sheds Light On Employee “Off-The-Clock” Claims
Posted in FLSA, Labor Relations, Litigation, Wage and Hour, Workplace Policies
This post was authored by Jolina A. Abrena
Over the past decade, employers have been daunted with increased litigation, including overtime cases filed under the Fair Labor and Standards Act (“FLSA”). Indeed, in the 2016 Fiscal Year, the Wage and …
Retaliation Claims- Unique Concerns And How To Be Prepared
Posted in Employment, Labor Relations, Litigation, Retaliation
Often times, an employee may know that discipline or a poor performance evaluation is imminent. Occasionally, such an employee will engage in a preemptive strike—“You can’t discipline me or give me a poor performance evaluation now since I have submitted …
Lessons Learned From LCW’s “How to Avoid Claims of Disability Discrimination” Seminar
Posted in Disability, Discrimination, Employment, Labor Relations, Lessons Learned, Litigation, Workplace Policies
This post was authored by Matthew Nakano.
On July 11, 2017, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore’s Jennifer Rosner partnered with Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) Assistant Chief Counsel Paula Pearlman to present a seminar on “How to Avoid Claims …
Tips from the Table: Preparing for Factfinding
Posted in Labor Relations, NegotiationsWe are excited to continue our video series – Tips from the Table. In these monthly videos, members of LCW’s Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented at your bargaining tables. …
Legislature Passes Employee Orientation Bill (AB 119) – What Do Public Employers Need to Know?
Posted in Labor Relations, Legislation, Negotiations
This post was authored by Ashley Bobo
On Tuesday, June 27, 2017, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 119 into law. The law applies to public agencies including cities, counties, special districts, trial courts, state civil service agencies, the Los Angeles …
Tips from the Table: Negotiations: The Timing and Order of Settlements
Posted in Labor Relations, NegotiationsWe are excited to continue our video series – Tips from the Table. In these monthly videos, members of LCW’s Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented at your bargaining tables. …
Tips from the Table: Dealing with Elected Officials
Posted in Labor Relations, NegotiationsWe are excited to continue our video series – Tips from the Table. In these monthly videos, members of LCW’s Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining practice group will provide various tips that can be implemented at your bargaining tables. …