For updates on Assembly Bill 51 and using arbitration agreements to resolve workplace disputes, read this article.
What does that mean for California employers?
Last week Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 51, which outlaws mandatory ...
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Updates
California Allows Parents to Take Protected Time Off for Unexpected School Closures
In an attempt to avoid wildfires caused by winds damaging power equipment, California utilities took the unprecedented step to proactively shut off power to about 800,000 customers across Northern California this week. Such power outages have placed ...
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Cook Brown Victory in Withdrawal Liability Dispute
The arbitrator in a hotly contested withdrawal liability dispute just ruled in favor of Cook Brown’s client–soundly rejecting the Pension Fund’s claim that the client was liable as a successor to a contractor which ceased much of its construction ...
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Gig Economy Bill Signed into Law
Assembly Bill 5, also known as the “Gig Economy Bill,” was just signed into law by Governor Newsom. How will it impact employers that employ independent contractors in California?
Most importantly, it will require a comprehensive review of such ...
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Stemming the Tide of PAGA Litigation: An Ongoing Battle for California Businesses
Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson just ruled that although a California trade association can challenge the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”) on equal protection grounds, it cannot pursue a claim that PAGA violates due process ...
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NLRB Proposes to Overhaul Union Election Procedures
The National Labor Relations Board recently issued the first of its planned regulations overhauling parts of its union election procedures. These updates arguably make it easier for workers to remove a labor union representing a bargaining unit. ...
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Have Project Labor Agreements Been Taken Too Far?
For more than a century the interplay between labor and antitrust law has been a difficult one. Congress has attempted to strike a balance between protection of worker rights and prohibitions of anticompetitive activities.
Environmental laws, such ...
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Cook Brown Attorneys Named to 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers
Cook Brown is pleased to announce five of our partners have been selected to the 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Dennis B. Cook, Ronald W. Brown, Brian D. Bertossa, ...
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