The Personnel Policies Exception to a Whistleblower Complaint Employers will likely bring a “personnel records exception” to a whistleblower case on the grounds that the employee’s complaint is not grounded in a statute, regulation, or constitutional...
Anti-vaxxers are in a huff. My office is getting some insistent callers who just don’t buy the legality of mandated vaccination. These employees are clearly convinced that their personal freedom [T]rumps the public health. When I advise employees that the...
California Arbitration Restrictions Upheld by Ninth Circuit – For Now. The Ninth Circuit has delivered a wobble-legged victory to employees that may have to be carried out on a stretcher from the U.S. Supreme Court. Under employer attack is Labor Code Section 432.6. ...
DOL Unemployment Insurance Guidelines Delay Benefit Payouts The U.S. Department of Labor delays providing sufficient guidance to States on how to process federal subsidies for unemployment insurance [U.I.] benefits, and this, in turn, is causing a pipeline problem at...
THE ANSWER TO THIS ZOONOTIC QUESTION IS “A LOT.” Here’s a word to add to your vocabulary, and of life-threatening significance: “zoonotic,” as in animals passing deadly viruses to humans that result in worldwide pandemics. Think SARS, Ebola, HIV/AIDS,...
