Labor and Employment Law Blog

NLRB Update: 2015 Joint Employer Standard Revised

In what is seen as a victory for employers, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a 3-2 decision in HyBrand Industrial Contractors, Ltd. and Brandt Construction Co. (“HyBrand”) striking down the joint employer standard stated in Browning Ferris Industries of California, Inc. d/b/a BFI Newby Island Recyclery (“Browning-Ferris”), and returning to the pre-2015 […]

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CA Law Prohibits Reliance on Salary History

Last week, in a law designed to narrow the gender wage gap, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 168, which prohibits all employers[1] from relying on the salary history information of an applicant to determine: (1) whether to offer employment or (2) what salary to offer.  An employer “shall not, orally or in […]

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