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Global Perspectives on Employment Disputes: Key Lessons From Cross-Border Cases

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Navigating employment disputes across borders presents unique challenges for employers and employees alike. Legal frameworks, cultural sensitivities and ethical considerations can vary greatly from one jurisdiction to...more

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No Showing of Prejudice Required to Argue Waiver of Right to Arbitration

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Many California employers require their employees to sign agreements to submit any disputes arising out their employment to binding arbitration. If an employee files a lawsuit in court, the employer then has the option of...more

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NLRB Settles Noncompete Regulatory Action

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In May 2023, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) published a memorandum stating that an employer who requires a nonmanagerial/nonsupervisory employee to sign a noncompete agreement violates...more

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De-Escalate the Drama

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We live in a culture of escalation, drowning in drama, even in our workspace. Reality TV, social media, and other media platforms all scream at your employees that they need to be outraged, loud, and over the top just to be...more

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

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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

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

NLRB Holds Home Depot Broke the Law by Banning “BLM” From Employee’s Apron

Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) ruled that Home Depot — “Where Doers Get More Done” — had done too much when it discharged an employee, Antonio Morales, for refusing to remove the hand-drawn letters...more

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NLRB Limits Employers’ Use of Non-Disparagement and Confidentiality Provisions in Employment-Related Agreements and Policies

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Employers have historically used non-disparagement and confidentiality provisions when resolving threatened or actual claims employees may pursue. The logic of proposing such clauses flows from the reasonable desire to bring...more

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NLRB Gives Workers Greater Leeway to Engage in Abusive Conduct

On May 1, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) issued its decision in Lion Elastomers LLC II and made it more difficult for employers to discipline employees for misconduct and outbursts. Now employers must...more

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Ninth Circuit Panel Rules That AB 51 Is Preempted by Federal Law and Unenforceable

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On the heels of more than three years of legal challenges (summarized here) to California’s AB 51, which prohibits employers from requiring employees to arbitrate disputes under the state’s Labor Code and Fair Employment and...more

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Dealing With Workplace Conflict

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The workplace can be a source of tremendous collaboration, collegiality and productivity. It can also be home to conflict and mistreatment by fellow employees and employers. Workplace discrimination is just one example of the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

California Supreme Court Decision Places Higher Burden on California Employers in Whistleblowing Retaliation Claims

On January 27, 2022, the California Supreme Court provided clarification in Lawson v. PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc. to lower courts reviewing whistleblower retaliation claims. In what it calls an “unsurprising” decision,...more

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Protecting Trade Secrets When Facing Lawsuits or Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures

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WLG's HR Law, IP/IT, and Litigation, and Dispute Resolution groups discussed what companies can do to protect their Trade Secrets when it comes to lawsuits or alternative dispute settlement procedures (including those induced...more

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[Webinar] Protecting Trade Secrets When Facing Lawsuits or Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures - October 27th, 9:30 am ET

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Join WLG's HR Law, IP/IT, and Litigation, and Dispute Resolution groups as they discuss what companies can do to protect their Trade Secrets when it comes to lawsuits or alternative dispute settlement procedures (including...more

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Employee Arbitration Agreements Can Include Some Confidentiality Provisions, NLRB Holds

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has held an employer lawfully included confidentiality language in an arbitration agreement its employees were required to sign as a condition of employment. California Commerce Club,...more

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