At the end of December, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a 2015 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision that established a broad test for determining whether two entities could be...more
1/16/2019
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Collective Bargaining ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Franchises ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) yesterday overruled Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc., an Obama-era decision that expanded the doctrine of joint employment under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....more
12/18/2017
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Collective Bargaining ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
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NLRB ,
Proposed Legislation ,
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Wage and Hour
A federal district court in Texas last week invalidated the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) pending overtime regulations—finalized under the Obama Administration—aimed at increasing the salary threshold for overtime...more
In an advantageous decision for federal contractors, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ruled last week that a demand by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) for pay data about Google employees was...more
7/19/2017
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Affirmative Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Google ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Gap ,
Request For Information ,
Wage and Hour
In a move designed to aid unionization efforts, union activists have launched Unionizeme.org—with the stated goal of ending poverty for employees at large companies through unionization. The website—which generally targets...more
As part of its ongoing employee misclassification initiative, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Bureau of Labor Law Compliance (BLLC), to...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule substantially increasing the annual salary an employee must earn to be exempt from overtime pay requirements. The final rule—which takes effect on December 1, 2016,—will...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule substantially increasing the annual salary an employee must earn to be exempt from overtime pay requirements. The final rule—which takes effect on December 1, 2016—will...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) handed organized labor a major victory that in certain contexts will likely give unions significantly increased leverage at the bargaining table in a landmark ruling issued on...more
8/31/2015
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Bureau of Labor Statistics ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Franchisee ,
Franchisors ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
A putative collective action on behalf of college athletes, Sackos v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, was recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana against the National...more