Labor and Employment Law
Ca. Labor & Emp't Rev. NOVEMBER 2020, Volume 34, No. 6
Content
- Cases Pending Before the California Supreme Court
- The New Hybrid Workplace: Some Employer Considerations During Covid-19
- Alameda and the Road Ahead For the California Rule
- Mediation Tips and Arbitration Bits
- 2020-2021 Labor & Employment Law Section Editorial Board
- Robinson and the Road Ahead For Paga Claims
- Public Lawyer Spotlight: Suzanne Ambrose, State Personnel Board Executive Officer
- Public Sector Case Notes
- 2020-2021 Public Law Journal Editorial Board
- Nlra Case Notes
- Employment Law Case Notes
- McIe Self-Study: Hot Topics In Public Sector Labor Law
- Wage and Hour Case Notes
- 2020-2021 Executive Committee of the Labor & Employment Law Section
- Message From the Public Law Section Chair
- From the Editors of the Labor & Employment Law Review Editorial Policy
- Message From the Labor & Employment Law Section Chair
- Inside the Law Review/Journal
- 2020-2021 Executive Committee of the Public Law Section
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.