Articles Workplace Violence Safety Act In 1994, the California Legislature passed the Workplace Violence Safety Act. The Act can be…adminNovember 19, 2003
Articles Violent Employees – How to Spot them and What to Do About Them OSHA estimates that employee violence accounts for 10 percent of workplace homicide, and that percentage…adminOctober 19, 2003
Articles Unreasonable Bosses are Bad for Employees Blood Pressure We all know that constant job stress can have a detrimental effect on an individual’s…adminAugust 19, 2003
Articles Union Contract Does Not Bar Worker’s Right to Sue for Unpaid Overtime In Gregory v. SCIE, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit filed by…adminApril 19, 2003
Articles Lie-Detector Tests: Junk Science? Under California law, a private sector employer cannot require a polygraph, lie detector or similar…adminNovember 19, 2002
Articles 9th Circuit Agree that Federal Discrimination Claims are Subject to Mandatory Arbitration In a case involving one of San Diego’s oldest law firms, the Ninth Circuit Court…adminOctober 19, 2002
Articles New State Law Allows Public Employees to Unionize With the Stroke of a Pen Our state legislature has given organized labor a tremendous gift this year. Effective on January…adminMarch 19, 2002
Articles Alcoholism: A Protected Disability The Americans with Disabilities Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) both…adminOctober 19, 2001
Articles Use of “Salary” as a Criterion for Layoffs May Constitute Age Discrimination Because of recent slowdowns in the nation’s economy, many employers today, large and small are…adminApril 19, 2001
Articles Employees Seeking Decertification Allowed to Use Company-Wide Email System to Campaign Against Union In a victory for employers, the National Labor Relations Board ruled in Lockheed Martin Skunk…adminOctober 19, 2000