Labor and Employment Law
Ca. Labor & Emp't Rev. November 2014, Volume 28, No. 6
Content
- Labor & Employment Law Section Executive Committee 2014-2015
- Animals in the Workplace: New Accommodation for Employees with Disabilities
- Arbitrating Independent Contractor Agreements
- Cases Pending Before the California Supreme Court
- Employment Law Notes
- Inside the Law Review
- Introducing
- Masthead
- MCLE Self-Study: This Is Not Your Father's (or Mother's) Investigation: How Workplace Investigations Have Changed Over the Past 10 Years
- Message From the Chair
- Nlra Case Notes
- Public Sector Case Notes
- The Labor and Employment Law Section's New Executive Committee Members
- Wage and Hour Update
- Improving Results in Mediation: Practical Lessons From the Science of Decision Making
Improving Results in Mediation: Practical Lessons From the Science of Decision Making
By Steven G. Pearl
Steven G. Pearl is a Super Lawyer⢠mediator and attorney in Los Angeles. He is the principal of The Pearl Law Firm, a co-author of CEB’s California Wage and Hour Law and Litigation, and author of the "California Wage and Hour Law Blog" (www.CAWageandHourLaw.blogspot.com).
Introduction
Very frequently in mediation, as in life generally, we observe people making decisions that seem irrational, overly emotional, too timid, or unnecessarily risky. Why do intelligent, thoughtful, successful people take courses of action that seem to make no sense?