U.S. SUPREME COURT EMPLOYMENT LAW DECISIONS 2011-2012

by Jennifer Brown Shaw and Amy K. Lee | The Daily Recorder | Aug 7, 2012

The United States Supreme Court decided several important cases affecting employers during its October 2011 Term. Below is a summary of the Court’s major labor and employment law decisions in chronological order. We intentionally have omitted the healthcare...

DRAFTING A LAWFUL SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY IS TRICKY

by Jennifer Brown Shaw and Alayna Schroeder | The Daily Recorder | Jul 24, 2012

Much has been written about employers’ concern with employees’ use of social media outside of work, particularly when employees express negative sentiments about their employers or co-workers, and when employees share employers’ confidential...

U.S. SUPREME COURT DECIDES PHARMACEUTICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVES ARE EXEMPT

by Jennifer Brown Shaw and Timothy Reed | The Daily Recorder | Jul 10, 2012

California and federal law each exempt from various wage and hour laws employees who sell goods and services outside the employer’s place of business. California employers must comply with both laws, generally by applying the one that is more generous to...

KEEPING UP WITH THE EEOC

by Jennifer Brown Shaw and Jasmine L. Anderson | The Daily Recorder | Jun 26, 2012

It has been a busy year for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”). So far in 2012, the EEOC has issued regulations or policy guidance with respect to the “reasonable factors other than age” defense under the Age...

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