Labor Days
A Union Strikes a Revolutionary Blow in Tech
The labor movement sent a powerful and potentially revolutionary signal to the tech industry this past week on September 24: contract employees of HCL Technologies, working under a renewable contract with Google, voted…
NLRB: Employers Win When Their Employees Can’t “Opt-In”
In the first post- Epic Systems decision regarding arbitration agreements, the NLRB has underscored just how pro-arbitration courts and regulators have become. In Cordúa Restaurants, the Board put its stamp of…
The Rumor Mill Is Now Your Problem? Yes, According to the Fourth Circuit
In a decision that could have wide-ranging implications for all employers, the Fourth Circuit recently held that an employer’s failure to stop a false rumor that a female employee slept with her male boss to obtain a…
When Arbitration is in Play, Class Action is off the Table
In the decision rendered by the Supreme Court in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, employers are able to enforce individual arbitration proceedings if arbitration was agreed to in an employment contract. Settling a Circuit…
Arbitration Face Off between California and the Federal Government leaves California employers in Limbo
AB 3080, a bill inspired by the #MeToo movement that would bar employers from inserting binding arbitration clauses into contracts as a condition of employment, passed the California State Assembly on May 31, 2018. The…