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Class Actions Task Force

Our Labor and Employment attorneys understand that employment class, collective, and mass action litigation presents special risks to employers, and are fully prepared to help employers maneuver through the special challenges these complex cases present.
 
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California's Kin Care Benefits Do Not Apply to Uncapped Sick Leave Plans

California employers should take note that this week, the California Supreme Court limited benefits offered under California's kin care laws and held that kin care benefits do not apply to uncapped sick leave plans.

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NLRB Remedy Shows Agency Clout - $41 Million Settlement Unprecedented

In one of the largest back pay awards in the agency's history, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) concluded a settlement with five Michigan beer distributors that required the companies to pay $41 million in back pay to employees and the Teamsters. Findings from an ALJ, supported by the NLRB and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, concluded that the five companies colluded to systematically oust the union by separately engaging in bad faith bargaining, unlawfully declaring impasse, and then implementing their respective labor contracts with substantially lower wages and benefits.

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