Another First Amendment Ruling in Employment Law The case is American Society of Journalists and Authors Inc. v. Bonta, 9th Cir., No. 20-55734 (Oct. 6, 2021), petition for rehearing en banc denied (Nov. 23, 2021). California's "ABC test" for classifying workers as employees or independent contractors, does not violate the...
Can Employees Send Confidential Information To The Media? The case is Breiterman v. U.S. Capitol Police, D.C. Cir., No. 20-5295 (Oct. 15, 2021), where the U.S. Capitol Police demoted a sergeant to private first class for disciplinary reasons and later fired her when she ‘exercised’ her First Amendment rights by...
Long Term Care Facilities and LGBT Residents In 2017, California enacted SB 219 to protect against discrimination or mistreatment by a Long-Term Care Facility based on a resident’s sexual orientation or gender identity (the “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Long-Term Care Facility Residents’ Bill of Rights” – “LGBT Bill of...