Labor & Employment Law Blog

Again and again, California appellate courts have held various features of employment arbitration agreements to be unconscionable and therefore unenforceable.

As we previously reported here, shortly after Republican Scott Brown's victory in Massachusetts to fill the Senate Seat Edward Kennedy held for 46 years, Senate Republicans joined by a number of Democrats successfully used the filibuster to block President Obama's controversial nomination of attorney Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board. One Wall Street Journal commentator has referred to Mr. Becker as "Labor's Secret Weapon."

In Jaimez v. DAIOHS USA, Inc., a decision we think is wrongly decided in many ways, the California Court of Appeal might have made it significantly easier for plaintiffs to obtain class certification in wage and hour cases.

As we previously reported here, on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, Republican Scott Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election to fill the United States Senate seat previously held by Democrat Edward Kennedy for 46 years.

California employers are required to post where employees can easily read them a variety of documents concerning wages, hours, and working conditions, such as Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Orders, California Minimum Wage Notice, California Pay Day Notice, and many others.

Click here to view a list of the required postings identified by the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement with ...