United States: No Matter Where Employees Come From, You Can’t Ignore California Law For Work They Do In California

A Silicon Valley-based printing technology firm brought over employees from India and paid them their normal wages for the work they did in California. As reported on BBC News, Electronics for Imaging brought over 8 employees, worked them 122 hours in a week, and paid them $1.21 per hour, with no overtime. Plus it paid them in rupees.

This isn’t the first time that a company brought employees into California and paid them as if […]

By | November 4th, 2014 ||

United States: Employers Beware: Legal Recreational Use Of Marijuana May Be Expanding

Next week, residents of Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, D.C. will vote on initiatives to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana, reflecting a nationwide trend toward legalization. Given these and similar initiatives in other states, employers will face new challenges in managing their workforce. Policies implicated by these new laws are as varied as disability accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, drug testing, pre-employment background checks and zero tolerance programs.

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By | November 3rd, 2014 ||

United States: Watch Where You Place That Pickle! NLRB Rules Against Burger King Franchisee For "Union Busting" Activities

Last month the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that a multi-unit Burger King franchisee violated the National Labor Relations Act (Act) by threatening pro-union employees with termination; maintaining a policy that denied access to off-duty employees to all areas of its premises and prohibited solicitation; and disciplining a pro-union employee for engaging in activity protected by the Act.

In 2013, multi-unit owner EYM King purchased a Burger King location in the Ferndale section of […]

By | November 3rd, 2014 ||