The City of Long Beach introduced a new ordinance aimed at curbing retail theft and improving safety in grocery and drug stores that use self-service checkout stations. The ordinance applies to “drug retail establishments”...more
8/7/2025
/ Automated Systems ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Grocery Stores ,
Local Ordinance ,
New Regulations ,
Penalties ,
Pharmacies ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retailers ,
State and Local Government ,
Theft ,
Workplace Safety
The retail industry has experienced an uptick in union organizing over the last few years, and decisions from the National Labor Relations Board are expected to ease unionization. Labor law is evolving, and employers must...more
The National Labor Relations Board’s new Final Rule for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act expands the current standard by allowing the Board to find joint-employer status if an entity...more
11/8/2023
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Contractors ,
Employment Contract ,
Franchises ,
Job Duties ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Retailers ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Subcontractors ,
Supervision ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules ,
Workplace Safety
In the retail industry, when superstars, C-suite employees, and other high-achieving individuals are accused of misconduct, the company has a significant management challenge to address the situation in an unemotional,...more
11/1/2023
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
C-Suite Executives ,
Confidential Information ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Documentation ,
Employees ,
Investigations ,
Legal Advice ,
Professional Misconduct ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Retailers ,
Shareholders
Warehouse, processing, and distribution facilities serve a crucial role in many retailers’ supply chains (especially those relying primarily on e-commerce), as such facilities provide space for inventory storage and assist...more
The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor (DOL) has advised in an opinion letter on calculating Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave when employees take off part of a week during which a holiday falls that...more
The Year Ahead in Caffeinated Organizing-
With a White House and National Labor Relations Board that are more pro-labor than most recent past administrations, a “labor renaissance” will be the overarching theme of 2023....more
4/4/2023
/ Day-Rate Pay ,
Distributors ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Fair Workweek ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Heat Exposure ,
NLRB ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Pay Transparency ,
Retail Workers Bill of Rights ,
Retailers ,
SCOTUS ,
Severance Agreements ,
Temporary Employees ,
Warehouses ,
WARN Act ,
Work Schedules
The City of Los Angeles’s Retail Fair Workweek Ordinance, which takes effect April 1, 2023, is not the only local ordinance in the Golden State that affects how retailers and other employers handle scheduling....more
Changing Retail Staffing Models – Unforeseen Risks in a New Economy-
Events related to the COVID-19 pandemic may have caused roles within retail operations to shift, and managers may have been required to do more when...more
10/6/2022
/ Arbitration ,
Automation Systems ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Class Action ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Gender Dysphoria ,
Hairstyle Discrimination ,
Labor Shortage ,
Managers ,
NLRB ,
Recruitment Incentives ,
Retail Market ,
Retailers ,
Warehouses
Events related to the COVID-19 pandemic may have caused roles within retail operations to shift, and managers may have been required to do more when employees are unexpectedly sick or when staffing levels fell due to the...more
9/13/2022
/ Brick-and-Mortar Stores ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Duties ,
Labor Shortage ,
Managers ,
Minimum Salary ,
NLRB ,
Retailers ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions