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AB 375 Expands Uses For Differential LeaveLegislative Counsel’s Digest 2015) ........................................................................... 1
SB 406 Expands California Family Leave ActCalifornia PERB Blog (Sept. 15, 2015) ...................................................................... 2
AB 987 Forbids Retaliation For Requesting Reasonable AccommodationCalifornia Employment Law Letter (Aug. 10, 2015, Vol. 25, No. 9) .............................. 3
AB 215 Caps Superintendents’ Final PayMonterey Herald, Claudia Melendez Salinas (Sept. 3, 2015) ......................................... 4
New Amendments Clarify (Attempt to Clarify) California’s Paid Sick Leave LawInland Valley Daily Bulletin, Beau Yarbrough (Aug. 17, 2015) ...................................... 6
Lawsuit Says Schools Are Breaking Law In Teacher EvaluationsAssociated Press, Christine Armario (July 16, 2015) ................................................... 8
DISABILITY/ACCOMMODATION
Did School District Have Notice Of Teacher’s Disability And Need For Accommodation?LRP School Law Briefings (Jan. 2015); Pollard v. Baltimore County Bd. of Education(Nov. 4, 2014, D. Md. No. CCB-13-3220) ................................................................ 10
Does Employee Have Right To Be Transferred To Another Supervisor?As FEHA Accommodation - Higgins-Williams v. Sutter Medical Foundation(May 26, 2015, No. 34-2011-00102428).................................................................. 11
Disability Makes Employee Late for Work – What Next?Employment Law Report (Feb. 2015); Taylor-Novotny v. Health Alliance Medical Plans,Inc. (Nov. 26, 2014, 7th Cir. No. 13-3652) [2014 WL 6680137] .................................. 13
Did Employer Lawfully Fire Employee For Violating Policy While On CFRA Leave?Employment Law Letter (Feb. 2015); Richey v. Autonation, Inc.(Jan. 29, 2015, No. S207536) ................................................................................ 14
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DISCIPLINE/DISCRIMINATION
Is Possession Of “Alcoholic Cupcakes” Cause For Dismissal?First Student, Inc. and Teamsters Local Union 95 (May 26, 2015) 134 LA 1699 ........... 17
Should An Employee Who Failed Alcohol Test Be Offered Rehab Chance?U.S. Steel Corp. and United Steelworkers Local 1299(Oct. 3, 2014, Case No. USS-47817) 135 LA 46 ...................................................... 18
What Directives Are Lawful In Letter Placing Employee On Paid Administrative Leave?Perez v. Los Angeles Community College District (2014) PERB Decision No. 2404 ........ 19
Is Teacher’s Challenge To Curriculum, Remedial Program Protected Activity?Brian Crowell v. Berkeley Unified School District (2015) 39 PERC ¶ 982404 ................. 21
BROWN ACT
Does The Labor Negotiations Exception To Open-Meeting Requirements Of BrownAct Permit Community College Boards To Meet In Closed Session?Kamala D. Harris v. Lawrence M. Daniels (Sept. 18, 2015) 14 C.D.O.S. 1054225 ......... 22
FIRST AMENDMENT
Employer Refuses To Accommodate Sun Worshipping Atheist’s ReligiousRequirement For Eight Hours Of Daily Sleep – Is This Discrimination?Copple v. Calif. Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Mar. 24, 2015, No. G050690) . 23
Is Abercrombie’s “Look Policy” Prohibiting Wearing Headscarf Religious Discrimination?EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores (June 1, 2015, U.S.S.C. No. 14-86) ..................... 25
Is Teachers’ Challenge To Union Dues A Protected First Amendment Right?April Bain, et al. v. California Teachers Association, et al.L.A. Times, Howard Blume (October 1, 2015) .......................................................... 26
TECHNOLOGY
Another Potential Pitfall Of BYODs: What Do You Do When Employees Quit?Employment Law Report (Jan. 2015); Rajaee v. Design Tech Homes, LTD(Nov. 11, 2014, S.D. Tex. No. 13-2517) [2014 WL 5878477] ..................................... 28
Was Facebook Exchange Protected?California Employer Advisor (Jan. 2015); Richmond District Neighborhood Center(Oct. 28, 2014) 361 NLRB No. 74 .......................................................................... 29
Court Rejects Suit By Teacher Fired Over BlogNatalie Munroe v. Central Bucks School District (Sept. 4, 2015, 3d Cir. No. 14-3509) ... 31
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LABOR RELATIONS
Is EERA Right To Representation Broader Than Weingarten?CSEA, Chapter 224 v. Capistrano Unified School District (2015) PERB Dec. No. 2440[40 PERC ¶ 24] ......................................................................................................32
Was Court Employee Entitled To Union Rep During Interactive Process Meeting?SEIU, Local 1021 v. Sonoma County Superior Court (2015) 39 PERC ¶ 88......................33
Can You Refuse To Bargain With A Particular Person?Anaheim Union High School District v. AFSCME, Local 3112 (2015) PERB Dec.No. 2434 [40 PERC ¶ 9] ..........................................................................................35
Just What Is The Scope Of Negotiations Over Calendar And Work Year Anyway?Pasadena City College Faculty Assoc. v. Pasadena Area Community College Dist.(2015) PERB Dec. No. 2444 .....................................................................................37
Was “Hard Bargaining” Lawful?Solano Probation Peace Officers’ Ass’n v. County of Solano (2014) 39 PERC ¶ 78 ............39
Did County Commit Unfair Practice By Repudiating Expired MOU Provisions?SEIU, Local 521 v. County of Tulare (2015) 39 PERC ¶ 111 .........................................40