Let’s Keep the Workplace Working
Cook Brown works with employers to develop optimum and creative strategies for defending against employee claims in jury and bench trials in state and federal courts, before administrative tribunals, such as the Department of Labor, Fed-OSHA, and Cal-OSHA, and in court-ordered or private arbitration.
In a move that impacts employer strategies when implementing both mass layoffs and individual terminations, the National Labor Relations Board recently held that an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act when it extends a severance agreement with provisions that “would restrict employees’ exercise of their NLRA rights” such as the right to discuss the terms and conditions of their employment, including wages, hours, and working conditions.
Updated February 16, 2023
In a win for employers who rely on arbitration agreements to resolve workplace disputes, a panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth ...
[Read more] about Ninth Circuit Rules Arbitration Agreements Can Be Required as a Condition of Employment
In light of the tight labor market, many employers are offering employees the opportunity to increase their income with commission-based pay. There is no fixed formula on ...
[Read more] about Six Must-Know Considerations and Requirements When Offering Commissions
Updated February 15, 2023
And Why the Rest of the Nation May Soon Follow California’s Ban on Non-Compete Agreements
As the federal government considers limiting or ...
[Read more] about How California Employers Have Handled Competition in the Absence of Non-Compete Agreements
