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BREAKING:  Texas District Court Strikes Down NLRA Joint Employer Rule

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On March 8, just three days before the National Labor Relations Board’s (the “Board”) new joint-employer standard was set to take effect, Judge J. Campbell Barker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas...more

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New NLRB Joint Employer Rule Stayed Until March 11, 2024

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On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (the NLRB or the “Board”) issued its heavily-anticipated final rule (the “New Rule”) addressing the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National...more

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The NLRB Delays Effective Date of New Joint Employer Test after Challenge By Business Groups

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On November 9, 2023, a coalition of business advocacy groups led by the US Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas challenging the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”)...more

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When Employment and Traditional Labor Collide: Whole Foods Wins One in the Ongoing Legal Battle Concerning Black Lives Matter...

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Whole Foods recently scored a victory in its fight to defend its dress code prohibition on non-Whole Foods brands and logos. The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, (“the Court”) granted Whole...more

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Oh the Horror: No Work for Hire in Friday the 13th Screenplay

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The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a summary judgment grant, ruling that an author was an independent contractor when writing the screenplay for a horror film and entitled to authorship rights, and...more

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Home Health Care Trade Associations Denied Injunction Against AB 2455

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In 2018, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 2455 (“AB 2455”), which required the Department of Social Services to provide labor organizations registered home care aids’ contact information to assist with...more

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Right to Work: The Law of the Land in West Virginia

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Yesterday afternoon, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia issued its decision in State v. AFL-CIO and upheld the constitutionality of West Virginia's “Right-Work-Act” (the Workplace Freedom Act). Justice Jenkins...more

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SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights: Issue 4, 2019

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Welcome to the fourth quarter edition of SuperVision, the e-newsletter from Spilman Thomas & Battle's Labor & Employment Law Group. Just as we were going to press, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") issued two...more

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NJ DOL Bills Uber $650M for Misclassified Drivers

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The New Jersey Department of Labor (NJ DOL) billed Uber Technologies, Inc. and a subsidiary $650 million for past-due taxes, interest, and penalties due to an alleged misclassification of its drivers as independent...more

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Labor Board Allows Evidence To Explain Employee Handbook Ban On Video Recording

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The National Labor Relations Board has denied a motion for summary judgment by the NLRB’s General Counsel in a case involving Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc.’s maintenance of an employee handbook rule prohibiting the...more

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December 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

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In our update for last month’s developments in this area of the law, we report on five significant court cases involving companies in the transportation industry that use ICs as an integral part of their business model. Each...more

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Employment Law - September 2016

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Ninth Circuit Sides With NLRB on Class Waivers - Why it matters - Siding with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals pushed the question of whether it violates the National...more

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Does New Jersey's Conscientious "Everyone" Protection Act Trump the NLRB's Exclusive Jurisdiction? State Supreme Court says "Yes"...

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Executive Summary: Just when employers thought New Jersey's Supreme Court could not expand the state's whistleblower law further (as we reported last summer), the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) once again has...more

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Employment Law - October 2015 #2

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Take the Cure: New California Law Permits Corrections of Wage Statement Violations - Why it matters: Employers may want to review their wage statements after Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law that permits them...more

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