California Employee Rights Blog

The panel affirmed the district court’s order denying Amazon.com Services, LLC’s motion for a preliminary injunction to stop administrative proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board (Board) after Amazon was charged with unfair-labor practices under the National Labor Relations Act for refusing to recognize and bargain with the Teamsters Amazon National Negotiating Committee (Teamsters), which represent a group of former Amazon delivery drivers. Amazon argued

The panel reversed the district court’s order remanding to state court an action brought by a class of individual plaintiffs who alleged they were injured while working at the Clark County Government Center because they were exposed to toxic waste dumped at the site. Plaintiffs originally brought this case in Nevada state court alleging that some of the waste dumped at the site contained polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and that the former Monsanto Company (Old Monsanto)

The panel denied a petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc of the panel’s decision affirming the district court’s dismissal of an action, brought by a physician instructor of continuing medical education (CME) courses and a nonprofit comprised of healthcare professionals and policymakers, alleging that the Medical Board of California’s requirement that CME courses eligible for credit include information about implicit bias violates the Free Speech Clause of the Fir

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment for the Central Valley School District (“CVSD”) and individual school administrators in a suit brought by Randy Thompson, a former middle school assistant principal, alleging retaliation in violation of the First Amendment. Thompson was placed on paid administrative leave and subsequently transferred to a teaching position as a result of his posting on Facebook a comment about the Democratic National Convention that

Plaintiffs Justin Spilman, Teresa Chase, and Jacob Tyler (collectively “Spilman”) worked full time for the Salvation Army, a nonprofit organization, in various operations that supported its retail thrift stores. Spilman worked without wages as part of a six-month, residential, substance abuse rehabilitation program. He now alleges that, under California law, the Salvation Army was required to pay him the minimum wage and overtime. The trial court determined that the wage l