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The following articles were gleaned from Employers Group’s Weekly Workplace Employment Law Update for the month of February, highlighting current judicial, legislative, and other employer–related news:
Ninth Circuit to Rehear Antitrust Case Against California Grocery Chains
LOS ANGELES—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth circuit Feb. 11 ordered an en banc rehearing of a case brought by the state of California charging Southern California supermarket chains with violating federal antitrust statues when the companies agreed to share profits during a 2003-2004 strike by, and lockout of, union employees during a labor dispute (California v. Safeway Inc., 9th Cir., No. 08-55671, order for en banc rehearing 2/11/11).
click here to read Employers Will Change Plans, Not Drop Them
Predictions that employers will drop group health plan coverage when the new health care law takes full effect are overblown, but new research suggests that there will be a modest shift from employer-sponsored group health plan coverage to individual health insurance coverage, Sanjay Saxena, western region practice leader for health at Booz & Co., and co-author of a new report, told BNA Feb. 2.
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Analyst’s Office Questions Gov. Brown’s Plan To Cut Compensation for State Employees
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A budget proposal from California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) that would cut state employees’ wages and health benefits is unlikely to achieve the $580 million in savings estimated by the governor, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office said Feb. 3.
In his fiscal year 2011-2012 budget proposal, released Jan. 10, Brown proposed the compensation cuts to help erase a $25.4 billion deficit in the current and next fiscal years (7 DLR A-10, 1/11/11).
click here to read Meal Break Case Ordered Depublished
On October 30, 2010, we posted on the newly published case, Hernandez v. Chipotle, holding that employers need not ensure employees take meal breaks so long as they are provided an opportunity to take the breaks.
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March 2011 CA Employer
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