Jennifer Shaw appeared on “The Afternoon News with Kitty O’Neal” to discuss the corporate board diversity law that was recently struck down by a Los Angeles County judge. You can listen to the interview here.
Archives for April 7, 2022
Organizational Spring Cleaning (employment law update)
Supreme Court Considers Scope of FAA’s Transportation Worker Exemption
Do an airline’s ramp workers qualify as “transportation workers” exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)?
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmed to U.S. Supreme Court
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman and the third Black Justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Washington State’s New Law on NDAs and Settlement Agreements
On March 24, 2022, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed into law the “Silenced No More Act,” which becomes effective June 9, 2022 (“Effective Date”). The Act prohibits agreements containing non-disclosure and non-disparagement provisions that restrict applicants, employees, and independent contractors from openly discussing conduct or a legal settlement involving conduct that the applicant, employee, or contractor “reasonably believed” was illegal discrimination, harassment, retaliation, a wage and hour violation, a sexual assault, or conduct that is “against a clear mandate of public policy.” This new law does not prohibit an employer from keeping confidential the amount paid in the settlement of any claim, nor does it prohibit employers from protecting trade secrets, proprietary information, or confidential information that does not involve illegal conduct.
Union Activity is Rising at an Aggressive Rate
Yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) put out a press release showing that there has been significant growth in the number of representation petitions being filed for union elections with the Board.
Work-from-home costs are adding up. Employees are suing to get their bosses to pay up
In the more than two years since the pandemic shut down many offices, white-collar employees across the country have been forced to set up desks in cluttered kitchens and cramped bedrooms, reinventing how to work, day in day out, on the fly.
EEOC slaps employer with lawsuit after failing to hire a deaf applicant
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently warned employers that a failure to hire qualified applicants because of their disability would have serious legal consequences.
Biden Labor Appointee Pursues Ban On Anti-Union Meetings At Work
Atop labor official appointed by President Joe Biden has taken aim at mandatory anti-union meetings at work, saying she will seek a ban on them.
Here are the signs the job market is hot for workers
Initial claims for unemployment benefits are a proxy for layoffs. Claims last week fell near an all-time low set in November 1968.
Understanding Your Workplace Retirement Plan Or 401(k) Status—Are You Taking Advantage Of All You Can Do?
In the past, people worked for decades for the same company and received a pension when they retired.
California Nonsolicitation Clause Held Enforceable Under Narrow Exception for Sale of a Business
California law generally prohibits the enforcement of nonsolicitation agreements, but the law includes a narrow exception associated with the sale of a business. In Blue Mountain Enterprises, LLC v. Owen, a recent decision from the Court of Appeal of the State of California, First Appellate District, the appellate court upheld
California Superior Court Finds AB 979 is Unconstitutional
On September 30, 2020, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 979, which required publicly held corporations headquartered in California to diversify their boards of directors with directors from “underrepresented communities” by December 31, 2021. AB 979 followed similar legislation in Senate Bill (SB) 826, which required gender diversity on boards of directors. Read
What Is Retaliation in the Workplace? Here Are Your Rights and What to Know
“I didn’t receive guidance on healthy and unhealthy signs of working relationships, what is/is not okay, what workplace retaliation means, and how [all of] these turn on power dynamics.”
A groundbreaking California law to address workplace diversity was overturned. What happens now?
A California judge struck down a law mandating corporate diversity, a measure many believed was necessary to increase the numbers of underrepresented people in boardrooms.