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The First Amendment In Public Employment And Education - Six Issues For The...
2012 promises to be a significant year for freedom of expression in America, not only because protest movements are expanding across the country in various forms, but also because 2012 is an election...
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California Supreme Court Upholds Law Eliminating Redevelopment Agencies
The California Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding a law that eliminated redevelopment agencies throughout the State. This closely watched lawsuit stemmed from two measures passed by the...
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Handling Layoffs After Elimination Of Redevelopment Agencies
This guest post was authored by Melanie L. Chaney. Since the California Supreme Court issued its ruling at the end of last month upholding the 2011 statute (AB 1X 26) that eliminated redevelopment...
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New Maryland Law Prohibits Employers from Asking for Social Media Passwords
Maryland recently became the first in the nation to ban employers from asking job applicants and employees for their Facebook and other social media passwords. The law was signed into legislation by...
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PERB Publishes Proposed Regulations On Mandatory Factfinding
This guest post was authored by Connie C. Almond The Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) recently published proposed regulations to implement AB 646 (Chapter 680, Statutes of 2011), which requires...
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From Diego To The Bay: California Voters Love Pension Reform, But It's Not As...
Two pension reform ballot measures were overwhelmingly passed by voters in San Diego and San Jose last week. Now, other cities, counties and districts in California that participate in CalPERS or...
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The Supreme Court Upholds The Individual Mandate Under the Patient Protection...
This guest post was authored by Heather L. DeBlanc This morning, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius addressing the Patient...
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California Legislature Enacts Further Changes To Post-Retirement Employment...
In an effort to keep public employers and retirees confused, the Legislature made more changes to the limitations of post-retirement employment for retirees of the California Public Employees’...
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California Supreme Court Holds Charter Cities Exempt From State Law Requiring...
This guest post was authored by Randy ParentState law requires payment of the general prevailing rate of wages to construction workers employed by contractors performing public works projects under...
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Now Open: A Second Window For Certificated Layoffs
This guest post was authored by Alison Neufeld and Alison Carrinski From July 2 to August 15 of this year, school districts have an unusual second opportunity to conduct certificated layoffs in order...
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San Diego Pension Reform: The Litigation Has Begun
This guest post was authored by Alison NeufeldThe City of San Diego has been ordered to delay implementation of the pension reform initiative that was approved by an overwhelming majority of voters at...
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Is The Window On Open Government Closed? What The State's Suspension Of...
This guest post was authored by Meredith Karasch Buried within the State’s 2012-2013 budget, is a new provision that may have the effect of suspending portions of the Brown Act. In an effort to reduce...
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Comprehensive Pension Reform For California's Local Public Employers Will...
Does your public agency contract with, or a member of, CalPERS, STRS, or a ’37 Act system? Have you exhausted all possible ways under those systems to reduce pension costs such as reducing benefits...
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Big Changes Are Coming to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing
The way complaints for violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act (“FEHA”) are processed and enforced by the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”) is about to undergo a significant...
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Governor Announces Agreement on Comprehensive Pension Reform Pending Approval...
This guest post was authored by Steve M. Berliner Governor Brown issued a press release today indicating that an agreement was reached with legislative Democrats on public employee pension reform at...
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How the Latest Proposed Pension Reform Bill Will Impact Public School and...
Pension reform might still have a fighting chance. As we mentioned in yesterday’s Special Bulletin, Governor Brown announced that he had reached an agreement with Legislative Democrats to move forward...
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The California Public Employees Pension Reform Act Of 2013 Will Be Addressed...
This guest post was authored by Alison Neufeld Public sector pension reform has been a hot topic for months. But despite the public focus on the Governor’s 12-Point Pension Reform Plan, voter...
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New California Laws Limit Access to Employee, Student Usernames and Passwords
Governor Jerry Brown last week signed two new privacy laws that will go into effect January 1, 2013. AB 1844 and SB 1349 prohibit employers, colleges and universities from requiring or asking...
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REMINDER: Certain Employers Must Report The Cost of Employer-Sponsored Group...
This guest post was authored by Heather DeBlanc The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires employers to report the cost of employer-provided group health plan coverage on the 2012 Forms...
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Are the NLRB's 2012 Decisions Void?
A decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia recently cast into doubt the validity of all National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) decisions in the year 2012 by holding that...
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