Law Office of Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP For more information about the class action lawsuit against Vitalant, call (800) 568-8020 to speak to an experienced California employment attorney today. SAN MATEO, Calif. (PRWEB) September 11, 2022 The San Mateo employment law attorneys, at Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De […]
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San Jose candidate admits employee classification error
San Jose Councilmember Matt Mahan’s mayoral campaign is correcting the misclassifying of some of its employees, weeks after facing a complaint filed with the state labor commissioner. The changes follow San José Spotlight’s reporting on how Mahan’s campaign listed at least 18 workers as consultants in campaign finance disclosure forms. More than […]
Attorney General James Leads Coalition to Support Fast-Food Restaurant Workers
AG James Leads Coalition Pushing to Protect NYC Law Requiring Just Cause to Fire Workers at Fast-Food Restaurants NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today continued her efforts to stand up for workers’ rights, leading a coalition of 15 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief to […]
Chipotle to pay $7.7M to N.J. in ‘groundbreaking’ case over child labor law violations, state says
Chipotle Mexican Grill will pay New Jersey $7.7 million to settle “alleged widespread and persistent violations” of the state’s child labor laws, the state said Tuesday. New Jersey, calling the settlement “groundbreaking,” said Chipotle agreed to what the state calls a “far-reaching compliance plan” to make sure the franchise doesn’t […]
Chipotle to pay almost $8M to resolve N.J. audit that found child labor law violations
Chipotle Mexican Grill has agreed to pay a $7.75 million settlement after the state Department of Labor found the fast-food chain violated child labor laws by scheduling minors to work longer than allowed and failing to give them enough breaks, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General announced Tuesday. In a […]
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Attorney General’s Office Announce Historic $7.75M Settlement of Child Labor Law Violations
NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Attorney General’s Office Announce Historic $7.75M Settlement of Child Labor Law Violations with Chipotle Mexican Grill Fast-Food Chain Agrees to Compliance Plan after Audit Finds Meal Breaks, Scheduling Caps for Minors Disregarded Settlement Agreement TRENTON – New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development […]
DOJ Clarifies Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies
Thursday, September 22, 2022 Late last year, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced material changes to the way it intended to investigate, prosecute, and resolve corporate cases. The changes were aggressive, leading us to title our update “DOJ’s Torpedoes Are in the Water: Be Your Own Monitor, or One Will […]
Starbucks’ Nonunion Worker Pay Bumps Raise Labor Law Red Flags
Federal labor board allegations that Starbucks Corp. illegally gave pay raises and benefits to nonunion workers and denied them to union workers illustrate the legal minefield employers must navigate when they have these types of mixed workforces. The National Labor Relations Act generally prohibits employers from changing union workers’ job […]
Podcast About Classified Information and Litigation
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 On this episode of The Bracewell Sidebar, hosts Matthew Nielsen and Seth DuCharme are joined by Sid Kamaraju to discuss litigating classified information and some of the nuances of the classification process. Prior to joining private practice, Sid was a federal prosecutor in Manhattan at the U.S. Attorney’s […]
Littler Expands San Diego Office with Addition of Two Skilled Employment Attorneys
SAN DIEGO (September 27, 2022) – Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Merrili Escue as a shareholder and Nancy Kawano as senior counsel in its San Diego office. Escue, who was an attorney with Littler early in her career from 1996 to 2001, […]