If starting salary is based on prior salary, that's not a defense to an Equal Pay Act suit.
It will be hard to prove a company is a joint-employer under the NLRB's new rule.
NLRB case for non-union workplaces: Employees have no right to use employer's email system for organizing a union.
In Janus v. AFSCME (2018) the US Supreme Court held that it was unconstitutional to compel public sector employees to pay fair share fees to their union. Now the 9th and 7th Circuits have held that the employees cannot recover a refund of payments they made prior to the Janus decision.
An employee had a double mastectomy because she has the BRCA1 gene mutation, but she can't win an Americans with Disabilities Act case because she has no cur...
My First Arbitration Case - #1 in a series: Arbitration Boot Camp by Ross Runkel.
Opening Statement - #4 in a series: Arbitration Boot Camp by Ross Runkel.
Selecting your arbitrator - #2 in a series: Arbitration Boot Camp by Ross Runkel.
Cross Examination in arbitration: #5 in a series: Arbitration Boot Camp by Ross Runkel.
Pre-Hearing Preparation - #3 in a series: Arbitration Boot Camp by Ross Runkel.
Post Hearing Briefs: #6 in a series: Arbitration Boot Camp by Ross Runkel.
California Court of Appeal applies Dynamex ABC test retroactively. An Employment Law Notable Case by Ross Runkel. Part of a series.
Employment retaliation claim: (1) Alleged perpetrator was not an "employer," and (2) Alleged victim was not an "employee." An Employment Law Notable Case by Ross Runkel. Part of a series.
9th Circuit withdraws retroactivity opinion, and certifies the issue to the California Supreme Court. As it should. Employment Law Case of the Week for Jul 24, 2019 - Part of a series.
Obesity is always an "impairment" under the anti-discrimination law in Washington State. Employment Law Case of the Week for Jul 17, 2019 - Part of a series.
"Bikini baristas" - Wearing less than bikinis. Doing more than your typical barista. Employment Law Case of the Week for Jul 10, 2019 - Part of a series.
Another example of an unconscionable arbitration agreement. Employment Law Case of the Week for Jun 26, 2019 - Part of a series.
The United States Supreme Court has decided a Title VII case in favor of an employee unanimously. An error on the EEOC formal charging document did not deprive courts of jurisdiction. Employment Law Case of the Week for Jun 5, 2019 - Part of a series.
A police officer was fired for having an extra-marital affair. Does that violate her constitutional right to privacy and intimate relationship? Ross Runkel's Employment Law Case of the Week for May 29, 2019 - Part of a series.
A hospital terminated a physician's hospital privileges, and she thought she had a Title VII case. But she was not an employee of the hospital. Ross Runkel's Case of the Week for May 15, 2019 - Part of a series.
California's ABC test for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor as opposed to an employee looks like the death knell for complex franchising arrangements in California. Employment Law Case of the Week - Part of a series.
3.8 million is a big jury verdict. That's what a federal jury in Arizona awarded to a breastfeeding paramedic who says the fire department didn't provide a proper place for lactation, and retaliated against her after she complained. Part of a series by Ross Runkel.