by pddg_admin | Mar 5, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
PERB has held that a standard, boilerplate directive prohibiting employees from contacting others during an employer’s ongoing investigation unlawfully interferes with the employees’ protected rights under EERA to communicate about working conditions....
by pddg_admin | Feb 18, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
DWK looks forward to being a part of the 36th Annual C.A.S.H. Conference on School Facilities, taking place on February 23-25 at the Sacramento Convention Center. Please join our attorneys at the following workshops: Monday, February 23 – Janet Mueller and...
by pddg_admin | Feb 5, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
California elementary schools may now be required to prove that they are providing at least the minimum amount of physical education required by state law, as a result of a recent settlement agreed upon by an Alameda parent and dozens of California school districts...
by pddg_admin | Jan 26, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
As recently discussed in DWK’s Lunchbox Webinar “Is Your Toolkit Ready for 2015?,” the rules governing retention rates for “substantially complex” public works projects have changed as of January 1, 2015. Previously, for construction...
by pddg_admin | Jan 16, 2015 | Legal Developments and News
A public works project owner may contract for the right to unilaterally find a contractor in default, and has the right to withdraw retention funds held in escrow prior to judicial resolution of the parties’ dispute based on the language in the escrow agreement,...
