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Foster Swift Collins & Smith on 8/7/2024

It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more

Not-So-Friendly Reminders from the NLRB to Review Your Severance Agreements and Employee Handbooks

Frantz Ward LLP on 7/22/2024

Recent decisions and settlements from the National Labor Relations Board should serve as a not-so-friendly reminder to ensure that your severance agreements and employee handbooks do not run afoul of the National Labor...more

NLRB’s Non-Compete Power Grab – Can Employers Avoid NLRB’s Oversight?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/19/2024

An administrative law judge (“ALJ”) of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) in J.O. Mory, Inc. recently required an employer to rescind certain restrictive covenants in its employment agreements. The decision is yet...more

Washington State Bans Captive Audience Meetings

Perkins Coie on 6/28/2024

Washington state employers are now banned from holding “captive audience” meetings. So-called captive audience meetings are mandatory meetings held by employers during work hours to address activities protected by Section 7...more

Employee Handbooks Remain Under Board Attack

BakerHostetler on 6/21/2024

During the Obama administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) stringently reviewed employee handbooks of nonunionized employers to determine whether particular policies infringed on employees’ rights...more

Employers May Face More Liability for Unlawful Work Rules Under NLRB General Counsel’s New Memo: Key Points and What You Can Do to...

Fisher Phillips on 4/23/2024

Employers should review their handbooks and workplace conduct policies in light of a new development that could greatly expand the penalties for unfair labor practice charges. The NLRB’s General Counsel just issued a memo on...more

The NLRB at It Again: The Importance of Ensuring You Have Updated Employment Policies

Frantz Ward LLP on 4/17/2024

Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced a settlement it “secured” which required a company to rescind certain work rules and pay two discharged employees $297,000. Of note, the workers were not...more

Employers Need to Review Workplace Rules and Policies Following Recent NLRB Decisions

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 2/28/2024

On August 22, 2023, we advised all employers—whether their workforces are unionized or not—about the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision in Stericycle, Inc. In Stericycle, the NLRB articulated its new standard in...more

Navigating Workplace Policy Evolution: Insights on NLRB Standards and Employee Handbook Best Practices

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 2/22/2024

Join Constangy attorneys Colin Thakkar and Gary Wheeler for an engaging webinar focused on the dynamic landscape of workplace policies. In this session, we will dissect the recent updates to the National Labor Relations...more

Year-End Tasks for US Employers Facing Compliance Obligations

Cooley LLP on 12/19/2023

In recent years, we have seen numerous notable employment and labor law developments annually, and 2023 was no exception. As the year comes to a close, US employers should take time to prepare for 2024 by reviewing their key...more

NLRB Strengthens Employee Protections in Employee Handbooks, Work Rules

Locke Lord LLP on 11/3/2023

Under the Biden administration, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) has significantly tightened restrictions on employers in an effort to further the rights of employees to engage in protected, concerted activity...more

Workplace Policy Updates Required: What Employers Need to Know About the NLRB's Stericycle Decision

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/2/2023

Are your employee handbooks and policies "chilling" employee conduct? This and other questions, answered - Employers should take note, the NLRB's recent Stericycle decision has broad implications for all U.S. employers...more

Q3 Employment Law Updates: Enforcement Actions Bring Much for Employers to Consider

DarrowEverett LLP on 10/11/2023

The third quarter of 2023 has been pretty exciting as far as employment lawyers are concerned. Substantial regulations have been proposed and the pressure from federal agencies continues to rise. We will talk about some of...more

Dust Off the Handbook: Employee Handbooks Need Revised Following Landmark NLRB Decision

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 10/5/2023

The adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” could have been coined with employee handbooks in mind. A well-drafted employee handbook can solve many employment-related problems before they arise by providing...more

SuperVision - Labor & Employment Insights, Issue 3, October 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 10/3/2023

New Business Reporting Obligations for Employers: Beneficial Ownership Information Under the Corporate Transparency Act - Effective January 1, 2024, most legal entities incorporated, organized, or registered to do business...more

Post-Labor Day Wrap Up: What NLRB’s 2023 Decisions Mean for Employers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/22/2023

In the weeks surrounding Labor Day 2023, the National Labor Relations Board overturned precedent with decisions and rules significantly impacting both union and non-union employers. The result is labor laws encouraging both...more

NLRB Delivers Labor Day Gifts to Unions

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/11/2023

It has been a decision-packed summer at the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”), and the last weeks of summer were especially active, with a number of significant decisions released at the end of August that...more

Handbooks and Policies - Time to Revise Them After NLRB Ruling, or Another Pendulum Swing?

Lathrop GPM on 8/31/2023

The answer after the Stericycle ruling is likely “both.” As the composition of the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) changes, the roller coaster continues, making it difficult for businesses – whether private,...more

Snapshot on Manufacturing Industry: Your Handbook Might Need Immediate Changes

Fisher Phillips on 8/31/2023

Welcome to FP Snapshot on Manufacturing Industry, where we take a quick snapshot look at the most significant workplace law developments over the past month with an emphasis on how they impact manufacturers. This edition is...more

NLRB Adopts New Standard for Employer Work Rules

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 8/30/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has adopted a new standard for evaluating challenges to employer work rules as facially unlawful under Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), overruling a...more

NLRB Sets New Standard for Evaluating Workplace Rules

Venable LLP on 8/29/2023

On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Stericycle, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 113 (2023), which creates a new standard for evaluating whether a company's workplace rules violate the National...more

National Labor Relations Board Will Scrutinize Employee Handbook Policies Under New Standard

Quarles & Brady LLP on 8/25/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (Board) on August 2, 2023 announced a new and intrusive standard for evaluating whether many commonplace work rules and employee employment handbook provisions actually violate the National...more

#WorkforceWednesday: NLRB Issues Stericycle Decision, EEOC Proposes Pregnant Worker Rule, EEOC Settles First AI...

Epstein Becker & Green on 8/23/2023

This week, we’re analyzing the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) recent Stericycle decision, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) proposed rule on pregnant workers’ rights, and the EEOC’s first-ever...more

Employer Work Rules Need Review Due To NLRB Strict New Standard

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 8/22/2023

On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its decision in Stericycle, Inc., in which it articulated its new standard for evaluating whether employer work rules are impermissible under the National...more

Is Your Employee Handbook Legal Under The NLRA? Yet another new opinion from the Board says maybe not

Stokes Wagner on 8/22/2023

On August 2, the National Labor Relations Board issued its decision in Stericycle, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 113 (Aug. 2, 2023), announcing yet another test for determining whether employer policies that are facially neutral might...more

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