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CDF Labor Law LLP

No Showing of Prejudice Required to Argue Waiver of Right to Arbitration

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Many California employers require their employees to sign agreements to submit any disputes arising out their employment to binding arbitration. If an employee files a lawsuit in court, the employer then has the option of...more

Jenner & Block

NLRB Settles Noncompete Regulatory Action

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In May 2023, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) published a memorandum stating that an employer who requires a nonmanagerial/nonsupervisory employee to sign a noncompete agreement violates...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

NLRB Holds Home Depot Broke the Law by Banning “BLM” From Employee’s Apron

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Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) ruled that Home Depot — “Where Doers Get More Done” — had done too much when it discharged an employee, Antonio Morales, for refusing to remove the hand-drawn letters...more

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NLRB Limits Employers’ Use of Non-Disparagement and Confidentiality Provisions in Employment-Related Agreements and Policies

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Employers have historically used non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions when resolving threatened or actual claims employees may pursue. The logic of proposing such clauses flows from the reasonable desire to bring...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

NLRB Gives Workers Greater Leeway to Engage in Abusive Conduct

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On May 1, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) issued its decision in Lion Elastomers LLC II and made it more difficult for employers to discipline employees for misconduct and outbursts. Now employers must...more

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Dealing With Workplace Conflict

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The workplace can be a source of tremendous collaboration, collegiality and productivity. It can also be home to conflict and mistreatment by fellow employees and employers. Workplace discrimination is just one example of the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

California Supreme Court Decision Places Higher Burden on California Employers in Whistleblowing Retaliation Claims

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On January 27, 2022, the California Supreme Court provided clarification in Lawson v. PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc. to lower courts reviewing whistleblower retaliation claims. In what it calls an “unsurprising” decision,...more

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