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The following articles were gleaned from Employers Group’s Weekly Workplace Employment Law Update for the month of September, highlighting current judicial, legislative, and other employer–related news:
Obama Says Votes Not There To Pass Employee Free Choice Act
President Obama Sept. 13 said he does not believe there are the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture and proceed to a final vote on the Employee Free Choice Act (H.R. 1409, S. 560), but that his administration is doing all it can to help organized labor.
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Old Version of Puerto Rican Birth Certificate Not Valid for Form I-9 Verification, CIS Says
Employers should be mindful of recent changes to the issuance of birth certificates in Puerto Rico when completing I-9 employment eligibility forms, the Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and Immigration Services said Sept. 9.
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Court Denies Class Certification In Store Managers’ Misclassification Case
LOS ANGELES—A California Superior Court Aug. 26 denied class certification in a lawsuit brought by three current and former Smart & Final Stores LLC store managers, who alleged that the specialty grocery chain misclassified more than 300 managers as exempt from overtime provisions of California labor law (Romero v. Smart& Final Stores LLC, Cal. Super. Ct., No. BC393678, 8/26/10).
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Ninth Circuit Orders Raytheon to Restore No-Cost Benefits of Retirees Under Age 65
Raytheon Co. must restore the no-cost health insurance benefits it promised to provide to a number of union-represented employees who retired under pre-2004 collective-bargaining agreements, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Sept. 7 (Alday v. Raytheon Co., 9th Cir., No. 08-16984, 9/7/10).
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CA Labor Commissioner Wins Historic Settlement for Better Treatment of Janitors
Los Angeles – State Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet won an historic settlement in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday with a janitorial service company that mandates the company follow new rules when it comes to its employees and subcontractors.
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