By Michael Booth | July 21, 2017
Legislation that would greatly expand the state's 8-year-old paid family leave program was met with a conditional veto.
By Charles Toutant | July 21, 2017
A federal judge has awarded legal fees to a hospital as the prevailing party in an ex-employee's whistleblower claim after the plaintiff could not name any laws or regulations broken by the defendant.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 21, 2017
Trial court properly denied school district's petition to vacate an arbitration award reinstating school bus driver after she was terminated for testing positive for amphetamines during a random drug test because the arbitrator found that the drug ingestion was a single "misadventure" not likely to be repeated, there was no evidence that she was impaired and there was nothing in the CBA to limit arbitrator's authority to modify discipline Affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 21, 2017
Uninsured Employer's Guaranty Fund did not relieve employer of its obligation to pay its injured employee's workers' compensation benefits, such that the employer remained liable for penalties in the event a claimant did not receive payment of benefits within 30 days of award. Order of the WCAB affirmed.
By C. Ryan Barber | July 21, 2017
The U.S. Department of Labor on Friday ordered Wells Fargo & Co. to reinstate a former branch manager fired for blowing the whistle on three subordinates who were opening new accounts for customers without their knowledge—the conduct at issue in the bank's $185 million settlement last year with federal regulators and the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | July 20, 2017
NYC Human Rights Law Claims Dismissed; Triable Issues Raised Regarding Termination
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | July 20, 2017
Fact Questions Raised if Worker Sole Proximate Cause of Injuries, Denying LL §240(1) Motion
By P.J. D'Annunzio | July 20, 2017
A federal judge has given final approval to an $865,000 settlement that resolved claims from 55 behavioral health professionals alleging they were denied overtime pay by the clinic where they worked.
By Samuel H. Pond and Susan Nanes | July 20, 2017
In everyone's favorite weekend afternoon movie on TNT, "The Shawshank Redemption," Morgan Freeman's character, Red, describes Tim Robbins' character Andy's love of geology: "Geology is the study of pressure and time. That's all it takes really. Pressure and time."
By Ethan M. Dennis | July 20, 2017
Over the past few years, Congress has operated at a deadlock, preventing major new federal workplace legislation from being adopted. Although in its infancy, it seems increasingly unlikely that this congressional term will see a wave of new workplace legislation. Despite this congressional deadlock, federal workplace law continues to evolve as the courts and agencies interpret, and sometimes make, policy.
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