NLRB, Unions, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Employment Law Update: The Impact of Trump’s Reelection on Federal Employment Policies

Whiteford on 11/15/2024

The reelection of Donald Trump is expected to bring about significant changes in federal enforcement of employment-related policies. These changes will likely reverse many of the pro-employee initiatives introduced during the...more

NLRB General Counsel Issues Memorandum Arguing Noncompetes are Illegal

Cozen O'Connor on 10/21/2024

In May 2023, National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memorandum GC 23-08, taking the position that noncompete provisions violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) except in limited...more

Should Employees Stay or Should They Go: The NLRB and FTC Crack Down on Restrictive Covenants

Baker Donelson on 10/14/2024

Many employers were encouraged when a federal court in Texas last month blocked the enforcement of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) prohibition against essentially all non-compete employment agreements in Ryan, LLC v. FTC....more

Beltway Buzz - October 2024

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/7/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

Breaking News: Federal Judge Blocks Nationwide Implementation of the FTC’s New Rule Banning Noncompete Agreements

Shutts & Bowen LLP on 8/22/2024

On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown in Texas issued a final order in the pending case, Ryan v. FTC, holding that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) exceeded its authority in issuing a ban on noncompete clauses....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

2024 Employment Law Updates: Discussing FTC, NLRB, and Pay Equity Matters

DarrowEverett LLP on 8/7/2024

As we move into the latter half of 2024, several notable changes are shaking up employment law across the U.S. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing to enforce a new rule banning most noncompete agreements starting...more

What Does the End of Chevron Deference Really Mean for Employers?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 7/30/2024

This month, the Supreme Court put an end to “Chevron deference,” the decades-long practice of judicial deference to federal agency interpretations of ambiguous statutory language. What does this mean for employers? Well,...more

Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter - May 2024

Jenner & Block on 5/24/2024

Welcome to the May 2024 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the Japanese...more

Top 10 Legal Challenges for Employers

ArentFox Schiff on 4/23/2024

With 2024 underway, we highlight some of the most pressing legal issues facing employers this year, including increased regulation of noncompetition agreements, new paid family and medical leave laws, a new Overtime Rule, and...more

The National Labor Relations Board 2023 Year In Review – An Overview of Major Developments in Labor Law

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/21/2024

Introduction - 2023 may prove to be a landmark year for U.S. labor law. There were several significant changes in the law that left employers reeling. The breadth and depth of these changes were staggering even for seasoned...more

SCOTUS Predictions: Blockbuster Decision Will Dismantle Workplace Regulations

Fisher Phillips on 2/2/2024

The Supreme Court is set to shake up the workplace world by taking away a great deal of power from federal agencies – including the regulators who oversee many of the nation’s labor and employment laws. That’s according to...more

Deciphered Insights: Labor and Employment Legal Considerations

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 1/29/2024

Five Ward and Smith attorneys provided updates related to employment law, including non-compete agreements, unionization efforts, pregnancy laws, and overtime rules for exempt employees, during the firm’s recent In-House...more

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

Cozen Currents: The Politics of Soul-searching

Cozen O'Connor on 9/19/2023

The Cozen Lens- • President Biden’s and former President Trump’s reactions to the United Auto Workers strike against the Big Three automakers underscores that neither political party can take the support of blue-collar...more

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Tackles Non-Compete Agreements

White and Williams LLP on 6/15/2023

The General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (“Board’) issued a Memorandum on May 30th delineating her position that noncompete agreements interfere with an employee’s rights under Section 7 of the National...more

NLRB Targets Noncompetes at Union and Nonunion Companies

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/13/2023

In Memorandum GC 23-08 (Memo), Jennifer A. Abruzzo, General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), announced that her office would target for prosecution both union and nonunion employers for offering,...more

NLRB General Counsel Announces Employee Non-Compete Agreements Violate the NLRA

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/13/2023

On the heels of the National Labor Relations Board’s decision in McLaren Macomb, which invalidated most confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions in a variety of employment agreements (as we covered here and here), NLRB...more

Tales from the NLRB: General Counsel to Treat Most Non-Compete Agreements as Unfair Labor Practices

Williams Mullen on 6/2/2023

On May 30, 2023, Jennifer Abruzzo, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (Board), issued a guidance memo (the “Memo”) stating that non-compete agreements or similar restrictive covenants in settlement...more

Beltway Buzz - April 2023 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/24/2023

Senate Committee Vets Biden’s Labor Pick. - On April 20, 2023, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a confirmation hearing on Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su’s nomination to be...more

Beltway Buzz - March 2023 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/13/2023

House of Representatives: Standing Room Only. On March 7, 2023, Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) was sworn in as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives after winning a special election last month to fill a seat that had been...more

The NLRB Reverses Course on Severance Agreements: Here’s what Employers Need to Know

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 3/3/2023

THE MCLAREN RULING - Just when employers thought the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed rule banning non-competes in employment agreements was confounding, employers are now faced with a new paradigm...more

Beltway Buzz - February 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/6/2023

The Pandemic Is Dead! Long Live the Pandemic! This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to immediately end the COVID-19 national emergency, as well as a bill to end the COVID-19 public health emergency....more

The Top 16 Workplace Law Stories from September 2022

Fisher Phillips on 10/5/2022

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

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