NLRA, Policies and Procedures, Employer Liability Issues

Dear Littler: What Are Some Considerations Before Implementing Our Return-to-Office Policy?

Littler on 9/23/2024

Dear Littler, We are a professional services company with employees in various states. During the pandemic we shifted to fully remote work. As the pandemic subsided, we still leaned into remote work to attract and retain...more

Political Speech in the Workplace: How Employers Can Manage Legal Risks in 6 Steps

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/19/2024

The national and global hyperpolitical atmosphere inevitably touches the workplace, where employers and employees must remain productive while navigating the intersection of political expression, workplace culture and...more

[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

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

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

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

Labor Board Maintains Course with Pro-union Agenda

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/4/2023

The National Labor Relations Board in 2023 has continued on its pro-union path in all areas of traditional labor law. Many of the NLRB’s actions are the result of the ongoing advice memos which are being issued by General...more

NLRB Makes It Significantly Harder for Employers to Issue Discipline for Workplace Outbursts

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/9/2023

Lion Elastomers Revives a "Setting-Specific" Standard That Is Again Likely to Lead to Arbitrary Results and Conflicting Obligations Under Various Statutes - After the National Labor Relations Board's recent decision in...more

NLRB Returns to Liberalized Section 7 Protection for Workplace Misconduct Incidents

Morgan Lewis on 5/5/2023

The National Labor Relations Board’s recent decision in Lion Elastomers reinstated setting-specific standards to assess how employers respond to employee misconduct, including potentially profane, discriminatory, and...more

NLRB Gives Workers Greater Leeway to Engage in Abusive Conduct

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 5/5/2023

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

Crafting an Effective Social Media Policy and Training Program for Employers: Best Practices and Strategies

Hendershot Cowart P.C. on 2/21/2023

Without a clear social media policy, a business runs the risk of harming its brand and running afoul of regulatory guidelines which limit corporate speech or require certain disclosures. Employees and officers of the company...more

Businesses in the Sunshine State are Prohibited from Requiring Vaccine Passport from Patrons and Customers

Littler on 4/6/2021

Vaccine passports—standardized credentials showing proof of vaccination—are gaining momentum in some states as a means of returning to normalcy and allowing businesses to open fully to those who prove they have been...more

Question & Answer Employer Guide: Return to Work in the Time of COVID-19 (Updated)

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/4/2020

As government authorities look to implement business reopening measures, employers are now planning to move employees back into the workplace as state and local stay-at-home orders expire and other COVID-19 business...more

Employers With Unionized Workforces Need to be Prepared

Cozen O'Connor on 5/6/2020

With Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties beginning to loosen restrictions on the operation of certain businesses operating primarily outdoors, including resuming construction,...more

Avoiding Labor Violations When Responding To The COVID-19 Pandemic

MoFo Employment Law Commentary (ELC) on 4/2/2020

With the onslaught of various state and local shelter-in-place orders, new health and safety guidelines for workplaces, and the ensuing economic downturn, many companies need to act quickly to address the unprecedented...more

#WorkforceWednesday: Employee Travel and the Coronavirus, NLRB’s Joint-Employment Rule, and DoorDash’s 5,000+ Individual...

Epstein Becker & Green on 3/4/2020

Welcome to #WorkforceWednesday, a quick-browse rundown featuring Employment Law This Week® and other resources. Stories include: Employee Travel and the Coronavirus, NLRB Joint-Employment Rule to Take Effect, and DoorDash...more

What Employers Need to Know About Navigating the Novel Coronavirus Threat

Dechert LLP on 2/12/2020

As the number of cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (Coronavirus) continues to rise, many employers are seeking guidance on how to respond to workplace concerns and ensure they are prepared to deal with possible contagion....more

Silence is Golden in Apogee Retail: The NLRB Affirms Employers’ Right to Require Confidentiality in Workplace Investigations

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 1/15/2020

In what can be considered a triumph for common sense, the National Labor Relations Board [“NLRB” or “Board”] recently issued a decision in Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store, 368 NLRB No. 144 (2019), upholding an...more

California Puts a Foot On the Scale to Drive Unionization Higher: AB 1291 Mandates State-Sponsored Assistance in Organizing...

Epstein Becker & Green on 12/31/2019

As private sector unionization rates have continued to fall over recent decades, organized labor has increasingly turned to the state and local politicians it supports for assistance in the form of state legislation and local...more

Three More Employer Holiday Wishes Granted By National Labor Relations Board

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 12/24/2019

The holiday cheer keeps coming from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) with the release of three new decisions favoring employers: (1) workplace policies covering confidentiality during workplace investigations are...more

NLRB Issues a Flurry of Decisions, Revealing Several Anticipated Gifts for Employers Just in Time for the Holidays

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/24/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: The National Labor Relations Board, pushed out a number of noteworthy decisions early this week. The Board’s holiday rush coincided with the departure of its sole Democratic member, Lauren McFerran, who...more

NLRB Reverses Position on Confidentiality Concerning Workplace Investigations – Holds That Confidentiality Requirements Are...

Epstein Becker & Green on 12/24/2019

The National Labor Relations Board, in its December 17th decision in Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store, has reversed its prior rule and held that employer requirements that employees treat workplace investigations...more

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