NLRA, Employee Benefits, Employer Liability Issues

[Webinar] 2024 Labor & Employment Law Virtual Update - September 18th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am ET

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

SCOTUS 2023/24 Lookback and Preview: 8 Key Rulings that Impact the Workplace and 4 New Cases for Employers to Track Next Term

Fisher Phillips on 7/18/2024

The Supreme Court issued several momentous decisions last term that will have a lasting impact on employer practices. The Justices continued to shape the workplace law landscape by ruling on an array of issues involving...more

Navigating the New Terrain - NLRB's New Joint Employment Standard

Quarles & Brady LLP on 11/6/2023

On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final rule on joint employment, reversing its previous standard set in 2020. Employers that have potential control or influence over another entity’s...more

SuperVision - Labor and Employment Insights, Issue 3, 2022

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 9/9/2022

The NLRB Proposes to Re-Re-Revise Its Joint Employer Standard - On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board issued a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the standard for determining joint employer status...more

Pay for Delay? NLRB’s Top Prosecutor Wants Monetary Relief in Refusal-To-Bargain Cases

Fisher Phillips on 7/12/2022

In another push to sharpen the National Labor Relations Board’s remedial teeth, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo recently asked the Board to impose harsher penalties on employers who refuse to bargain with unions. The...more

Top 10 Workplace Law Predictions for 2022

Fisher Phillips on 1/4/2022

Workplace law has changed dramatically over the past two years of the pandemic. Unfortunately, 2022 (or is it “2020 too”?) is shaping up to be another year full of new rules and regulations within this volatile area of law....more

Early Changes for Employers and Employees

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/5/2021

A series of employment-related actions in President Biden’s first 100 days in office signal the likelihood of additional actions and legislative proposals. Employers should expect a decidedly pro-worker tilt....more

September 2020: The Top 16 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 10/12/2020

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

The Top Non-COVID Workplace Law Stories You May Have Missed: May 2020

Fisher Phillips on 6/9/2020

While you have been primarily focused on COVID-19-related matters for the past few months, that doesn’t the world of labor and employment law has taken a timeout. While the pace of new developments has slowed somewhat, there...more

[Webinar] Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Is Your Business Ready for the Employment & Employee Benefit Changes? - March 20th, 2:00 pm -...

FordHarrison on 3/18/2020

There currently is no vaccine to prevent Coronavirus (COVID-19) and on March 10, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Businesses in the U.S. need to be prepared to deal with COVID-19 in the...more

5 Things You Need To Know About The Labor Board’s New Joint Employment Rule

Fisher Phillips on 2/26/2020

The National Labor Relations Board just published a final rule that will soon fundamentally alter the definition of joint employment, making it more difficult for businesses to be held legally responsible for alleged labor...more

NLRB Dumps Longstanding “Clear and Unmistakable Waiver” Standard for More Employer-Friendly “Contract Coverage” Test

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 9/12/2019

As we near the end of the agency’s fiscal year on September 30, the NLRB is churning out many significant decisions. On September 10, the Board issued a sweeping decision concerning an issue that has divided the NLRB and D.C....more

Web Exclusive: May 2019: The Top 17 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 6/19/2019

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

The Top 5 Dos and Don’ts of Employee Handbooks - Labor & Employment Newsletter

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/30/2019

Haven’t updated that employee handbook in a while? Need to review it to make sure it is accurate? What policies actually need to be in a handbook? These are some of the questions that employers regularly face – or at least...more

NLRB Approves Unilateral Benefits Changes Consistent with Past Practice

Polsinelli on 10/23/2018

In a 3-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) ruled that E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company (“DuPont”) did not violate the National Labor Relations Act ( “Act”) by implementing unilateral changes...more

Will Your Workers Go On Strike This Week? What You Need To Know

Fisher Phillips on 10/3/2018

Employee walkouts and protests are likely to occur on a large scale starting yesterday and lasting through Thursday, spurred on by the union-supported “Fight for $15” movement and in anticipation of the upcoming midterm...more

Is Payday The New Groundhog Day? What Bill Murray Can Teach Employers About New Pay Apps

Fisher Phillips on 3/2/2018

Most are familiar with Bill Murray’s classic comedy, “Groundhog Day,” in which egotistical weatherman Phil Connors repeatedly re-lives the date of February 2, 1993. At first, Connors relishes replicating the same events each...more

Employment Law - July 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/13/2015

The Impact of National Same-Sex Marriage for Employers - Why it matters: How will employers feel the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges? The landmark ruling that the Fourteenth...more

Employment Law - July 2014

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/10/2014

Recess Is Over: Supreme Court Strikes NLRB Appointments - Why it matters: Striking a blow to the President and the National Labor Relations Board, the U.S. Supreme Court held that three recess appointments made by...more

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