Labor

With major changes afoot in the organizing rules and process, new industries to govern, and workplace policies facing challenge even in the nonunion environment, we bring you a discussion of Labor and Employment Law: Trends with Labor Relations, Unions, and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, and Tonight's Co-Host, Dean Johnson, are joined by tonight's Guests: Labor and Employment Law Attorneys -- Thomas Lenz (who represents employers), Caren Sencer (who represents labor unions and employees), and Jill Coffman is the Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board, overseeing and enforcing the National Labor Relations Act in portions of Northern California, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands.Listeners with questions for Jeff, Dean and their guests, please call 415-841-4134, or toll-free at (866) 798-9255.

What is the National Labor Relations Act? How does it work? Does this cover all employees — if not, how does Labor Law differ from Employment Law?Tonight, YLR Host Jeff Hayden is joined by some of the best: Latika Malkani, a partner at Siegel, Lewitter, Malkani in Oakland, Thomas Arthur Lenz, a partner at Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo in Pasadena, CA, and Jill Coffman, Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board. Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

The 2021 California legislative season brought the passage of many new bills, some directly affecting employers and employees throughout California. Yes, with a democratic supermajority in the California legislature and a Democratic governor, 2021 brings another slew of employment law bills that expand employee protections.Some laws may be as innocuous as providing information that employers are required to post at the workplace may also be provided to employees by email, without relieving them of the obligation to post. Several seek to address the rights when an employee is exposed to covid-19.Tonight, on Your Legal Rights: we’re talking about new labor and employment laws passed in 2021Joining YLR Host Jeff Hayden are Thomas Lenz from Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, and Ramit Mizrahi the principal at Mizrahi Law.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Call us, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Has the paradigm shifted to working from home (or even the beach or some other form or working remotely), or are most of us returning to traditional workplace?We in California are seeing more and more arenas that now include vaccine mandates – whether the ball game, a restaurant, or the workplace; Texas has banned any vaccine mandates, even for private employers. Are we anywhere near a new normal? Where does testing fit into this scheme?To make sense of this and other Labor and Employment Law issues, YLR host Jeff Hayden is joined tonight by attorney’s April Glatt, Thomas Lenz and Maggie Grover.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call, toll-free, at (866) 798-8255

In Salinas, if you make a run to the grocery store to pick up a bag of kale, you’ll probably pass rows and rows of the leafy green.There’s one store, Food…