Last June, the California Supreme Court in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation, 59 Cal. 4th 348, decided that the waiver of class action participation in an arbitration agreement was enforceable, but the waiver of a representative action under the Private Attorneys General Act (“PAGA”)
For decades, employers have relied on IRS policy that says when meals are provided for “the convenience of the employer,” the value of the meal is not taxable income. That policy is apparently about to change. The IRS announced on August 26, 2014 in its Priorities Guidance Plan that one of its new “priorities” will
On July 30, we blogged about the recent efforts of the National Labor Relations Board to hold corporate franchisors, such as McDonald’s, liable for the acts of individual franchisees toward employees under the theory that the “parent” company is a “ joint employer.” We opined that this effort was a “stretch” to deviate from traditional
In the quest to expand liability for real and imagined violations of employment laws, and to find more and deeper pockets, the latest target for plaintiffs’ lawyers and unions is the “joint employer.” The joint employment concept is a decades-old doctrine that applies where two companies are so intertwined and jointly involved with the
The City of San Francisco is at it again. In addition to the already-mandated super-minimum wage, mandatory health insurance, and paid time off, Supervisor Erich Mar is now introducing the Retail Workers Bill of Rights to eliminate part-time and irregular schedules. He says in a San Francisco Chronicle editorial that the measure is needed