Let’s Keep the Workplace Working
Cook Brown’s attorneys are known as skilled advocates for employers facing labor relations issues at any stage, from developing merit shop strategies and creating union organizing campaigns to defending unfair labor charges and counseling employers on responding to job-site picketing and strikes. Over several decades, our attorneys regularly and successfully have litigated numerous matters before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Many employers believe that labor rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) only apply in a unionized workplace or where union organizing is taking place. However, that is not the case. All employees, union and non-union, are protected under the NLRA. For non-union entities, the key protection is to engage in concerted activities for mutual aid or protection. This is referred to as “protected concerted activities” (PCA). Learn more in our latest blog post.
The California Supreme Court recently held in Iloff v. LaPaille (2025) Cal.5th 551 that employers who claim good faith ignorance of minimum wage laws are still subject to ...
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Random drug testing is generally only permitted in California for employees in “safety-sensitive” positions. However, the law does not clearly define the term ...
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In the recent decision of Kruitbosch v. Bakersfield Recovery Services, Inc. (CA5 F087809 partial pub. 9/8/25), a California court held that, although sexual harassment by a ...
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