The Institute Welcomes Karen Maoki As Interim Executive Director
On September 1, NELA and The Institute welcomed Karen Maoki as our Interim Executive Director. Although new to the role, Karen has a long history with NELA and The Institute. Karen joined the staff of NELA nineteen years ago, and prior to this promotion, served as Director of Operations for both NELA and The Institute. We are very excited to have such a dedicated member of the NELA family leading us through this important transition.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), on September 10,
abandoned the "clear and unmistakable waiver" standard and made it easier for companies to unilaterally impose narrow changes in the workplace without consulting unions.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a
worker misclassification bill into law which, among other things, provides that Californians will be considered to be employees of a business unless the employer can show the work performed meets a detailed set of criteria.
The number of EEOC investigators focused on civil rights complaints last year—the fewest in nearly a decade. (Politico)
In The Courts
On September 12, the California Supreme Court, in
Zions Bancorporation, v. Superior Court Of San Diego County, ruled that workers cannot collect unpaid wages under the state's Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), weakening one of workers' most effective weapons against forced arbitration.
In Jaswinder Singh v. Uber Technologies Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, on September 12, vacated an order to compel a driver for Uber to resolve his employment dispute in arbitration, finding that an arbitration exemption applies to drivers transporting passengers, not just goods.
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Employee Rights Briefing reports on employment law and policy developments from the federal government to state legislatures to the courtroom and everywhere in between. Our goal is to provide you with a digestible snapshot of the events shaping employment law and policy, so that you can be kept abreast of the most important issues facing today's workers.
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