Employment Arbitration

Yahoo Faces More Employment Cuts

February 27, 2016 | by Nassiri Law

Yahoo has been having trouble for a while now, and that is not much of a secret. We have already seen a major round of employee layoffs, and, according to a recent news article from the San Francisco Gate, the company is about to make another significant reduction in the number of employees. This current round of job cuts will mostly be in the magazine division of the company.

This latest round of job losses involves over 300 employees who are currently working at the company’s California location. The employees were told that their respective last days on the job would be April 18 of this year. Company officials say that cutting their workforce will reduce the overall operating budget, and if they are not able to do that, they will likely not be able to survive. Continue Reading ›

CA Governor Vetoes Ban on Employment Arbitration Agreements

November 8, 2015 | by Nassiri Law

Businesses throughout California were up-in-arms about legislation that would have effectively prohibited employers from requiring signed arbitration agreements as an employment condition. Assembly Bill 465 was passed by the California legislature, despite complaints from employer groups that the bill could be a job killer. Governor Brown, however, vetoed AB 465 and issued a strong veto statement, citing prior California supreme Court decisions related to employee arbitration agreements.

A Southern California employment law attorney knows, many clients would prefer to have their day in court when a dispute arises related to their working conditions or the way they were treated on the job. AB 465 was intended to make sure employers couldn’t require workers to give up their right to a trial when a problem arises. Since it did not pass, the status quo remains and employers may continue to make signing an arbitration agreement a condition of employment as long as the agreement meets existing requirements.

Ban on Employment Arbitration Agreements is Vetoed

LA Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Teacher’s Union

October 8, 2015 | by Nassiri Law

Unions have been around for a long time, and they have done a lot of good for workers across the country. There was a time when workers had no rights and no benefits, and factory owners would actually have security guards physically harm any workers protesting or participating in a strike. There were even famous cases where security company employees hired by wealthy employers fired upon striking workers.

However, over the years, there have been some incidents involving corruption in unions, and this has helped those who are against unions make a case to workers that unions are no longer necessary. That being said, in many cases, unions are still a very strong tool disgruntled workers can use to fight for better treatment and fair pay. Continue Reading ›

Employers Call California Assembly Bill 465 a “Job Killer”

September 9, 2015 | by Nassiri Law

There has been a lot of news lately about Assembly Bill 465 (AB 465). While employees and labor rights organizations are heralding the new law a major improvement in the rights of employees, employers are calling it a “job killer,” according to a recent article by the National Law Review.

AB 465 makes it illegal to force employees to sign mandatory employment arbitration agreements as a condition of employment. The mandatory employment arbitration agreements are supposed to be mutually beneficial and must consider an employee’s rights to due process under the law, but in reality they rarely do. Continue Reading ›