Recent Developments In Employment Law
WASHINGTON COURT OF APPEALS Plaintiff worked for QFC. He filed a class action claiming the employer’s policy of rounding employees’ clock-in time to nearest quarter hour unlawfully deprived them of wages due under Washington law. QFC claimed that the claims were subject to arbitration under the relevant collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”), even though there was no mention of the rounding...
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit On January 4, 2012, Janelle Perez was hired by Chief Daniel Hahn to serve as a police officer in the Roseville Police Department. A few months into her probationary term, Perez and a fellow officer, Officer Shad Begley ("Begley") began a romantic relationship. Both Perez and Begley were separated from, although still...
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