Labor and Employment Law
Ca. Labor & Emp't Rev. NOVEMBER 2020, Volume 34, No. 6
Content
- From the Editors of the Labor & Employment Law Review Editorial Policy
- Message From the Labor & Employment Law Section Chair
- 2020-2021 Labor & Employment Law Section Editorial Board
- 2020-2021 Executive Committee of the Labor & Employment Law Section
- 2020-2021 Executive Committee of the Public Law Section
- 2020-2021 Public Law Journal Editorial Board
- Cases Pending Before the California Supreme Court
- Employment Law Case Notes
- Inside the Law Review/Journal
- McIe Self-Study: Hot Topics In Public Sector Labor Law
- Mediation Tips and Arbitration Bits
- Message From the Public Law Section Chair
- Nlra Case Notes
- Public Lawyer Spotlight: Suzanne Ambrose, State Personnel Board Executive Officer
- Public Sector Case Notes
- Robinson and the Road Ahead For Paga Claims
- The New Hybrid Workplace: Some Employer Considerations During Covid-19
- Wage and Hour Case Notes
- Alameda and the Road Ahead For the California Rule
ALAMEDA AND THE ROAD AHEAD FOR THE CALIFORNIA RULE
By Isabel C. Safie and Allison M. De Tal
Isabel C. Safie is a Partner at Best Best & Krieger, LLP whose practice focuses on employee benefits, including pensions and other post-employment benefits, and tax, with a focus on employment, income and excise taxes, and tax-exempt entities. Allison M. De Tal is Of Counsel at Best Best & Krieger, LLP with nearly a decade of experience in tax and employee benefit matters.
THE CALIFORNIA RULE
The California Rule, also referred to as the vested rights doctrine, is a longstanding principle of California case law that recognizes public employees’ contractual rights to pension benefits that generally cannot be impaired once employment begins. Many cases have suggested that changes can be made in limited circumstances if certain requirements are met; but the bar has been considered insurmountable by many.