SEBRIS BUSTO JAMES

is one of the top firms in Washington state representing employers since 1992 in the areas of labor and employment law representation, and human resources management counseling and training.

UFCW Local 21 recently agreed to settle a case in which the union acknowledged that automatic dues deduction (i.e., dues checkoff) forms in use at one employer were unlawful. In settling with Region 19 of the National Labor Relations Board, the union agreed to discontinue collecting money under the unlawful forms. Matt Lynch represented the […]

Wed February 05 2020

SBJ Scores Big Victory before NLRB: Employers May Require Confidentiality of Ongoing Workplace Investigations

Sebris Busto James achieved a big win when SBJ Shareholder Matt Lynch convinced the National Labor Relations Board to overrule precedent and hold that an employer may require employees to maintain the confidentiality of ongoing workplace investigations. In Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store, 368 NLRB No. 144 (12/16/2019), the full Board, on […]

Tue January 28 2020

SBJ Attorneys Elected as Officers to WSBA’s Labor and Employment Bar

SBJ is proud to announce that two of its attorneys have been elected to Officer positions on the Executive Committee of the Washington State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section. Tina Aiken was elected as Chair of the Executive Committee, and Mariya Khliyuk was elected as Treasurer. Tina and Mariya began serving three-year terms on the committee in […]

Thu September 12 2019

A Moving Force

Shareholder Jeff James and Associate Matt Kelly recently proved that it pays to keep moving. Matt and Jeff put together an impressive string of four motion victories in a federal court case alleging interference with FMLA rights and failure to accommodate the plaintiff’s disability under the Washington Law Against Discrimination. These rulings helped eliminate certain […]