Welcome to this edition of the FP Snapshot on Manufacturing Industry, where we take a quick snapshot look at a recent significant workplace law development with an emphasis on how it impacts employers in the manufacturing...more
The federal government recently issued a final rule permitting third parties – including union representatives – to accompany inspectors during facility walkarounds, raising many questions and concerns for employers from both...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) just finalized a rule that will allow workers to designate a union representative to accompany an OSHA inspector during a facility walkaround — regardless of whether...more
The NLRB just drastically changed how employers can respond to union recognition demands by creating a new framework that will determine when employers are required to bargain with unions without a representation election....more
The Biden administration is deploying a number of initiatives in its ongoing efforts “to be the most pro-union administration in American history” – but the current effort to resurrect the decades-old Joy Silk doctrine, which...more
The White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment recently issued a Report to the President that lays the groundwork for significant changes in the labor relations field over the next several years. When the...more
If the iconic scene from the movie “The Graduate” were recreated today, Dustin Hoffman’s character Benjamin would be pulled aside by a local businessman who would have two words of advice for him: “electric vehicles.” As...more
2/23/2022
/ Automotive Industry ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Employee Retention ,
Hydrogen Power ,
Infrastructure Financing ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Labor Relations ,
Manufacturers ,
Manufacturing Facilities ,
Private Sector ,
Supply Chain ,
Working Groups
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has provided additional guidance for employers restarting and ramping up their businesses. The EEOC first published guidance for employers in March clarifying employer rights...more
4/30/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
Just a little more than six weeks ago, both political and business leaders in our country were looking for options to help employers and employees deal with the dramatic impact the COVID-19 pandemic was having and would have...more
Although the new Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES ACT) contains important help for businesses, it also presents potentially significant labor issues for any mid-size company (500 to 10,000 employees)...more
The Fisher Phillips COVID-19 Taskforce has assembled this guidance document, containing answers to a series of Frequently Asked Questions, especially designed for unionized employers. The Taskforce also maintains a...more
3/23/2020
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Information Requests ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Elections ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Work Schedules ,
Workplace Safety
The National Labor Relations Board decided Tuesday, December 17th, that employees have no statutory right to use an employer’s equipment, including work emails and IT resources. Therefore, employers may legally restrict the...more
12/19/2019
/ Caesars ,
Electronic Communications ,
Email ,
Email Policies ,
Employee Rights ,
Information Technology ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Purple Communications ,
Section 7 ,
Statutory Rights ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions
In a blow to national union organization efforts, the National Labor Relations Board just clarified the test for determining whether “micro-units” of employees within a larger workforce can organize on their own. In its...more
The Bureau of National Affairs recently issued its “NLRB Election Statistics Year-End 2017 Report,” providing union organizing information for the first year of the Trump administration. Three statistics immediately jump...more
The National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that In-N-Out Burger’s uniform policy, which forbids employees from wearing buttons, pins, or stickers on their uniforms, violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor...more
In today’s 3-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) resurrected a union-friendly standard making it easier for unions to combine jointly employed temporary workers with an employer’s existing workforce to form...more
A federal appeals court ruled that the NLRB’s “quickie election” rule is permissible and does not violate the law, meaning that employers will continue to have to live under the new and challenging regime that stacks the deck...more
At the start of 2015, employers across the country were bracing for the National Labor Relations Board’s new “quickie election” rule. We warned that the new procedures would have a significant impact on union-organizing...more