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

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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

Husch Blackwell LLP

Managing Political Speech in the Workplace

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As the 2024 general election draws near, employers can anticipate a rise in political expression from employees both inside and outside of the workplace. Political speech encompasses a broad array of activities, extending far...more

BakerHostetler

The NLRB Returns to Its Pre-2020 Policies and Procedures in Its “New” Blocking Charge and Voluntary Recognition Rules

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) recently revived its “blocking charge” policy, voluntary recognition process and construction industry bargaining relationship policy by returning to its pre-April 2020...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

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

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

DarrowEverett LLP

Amid Shifting Policies, Employee Handbooks Can’t Be Static Manuals

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As we’ve said before, one of the easiest and least expensive tools for businesses to reduce liability and insulate from (at least some) risk, is often the one most frequently overlooked. Creating, promulgating, and most...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

2024 Employment Law Checklist

Each year, LP’s Employment & Executive Compensation Practice Group is pleased to provide a short checklist of steps that all companies should consider taking to measure their readiness for the coming year. We hope you find...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Essentials for Maintaining Employee Handbooks, Including the Latest Employment Law Updates

While not legally required, having an employee handbook is in every company’s best interest. It serves as a tool to communicate policies, procedures, and company values, providing protection for employers when they are...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Q3 Employment Law Updates: Enforcement Actions Bring Much for Employers to Consider

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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

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

SuperVision - Labor & Employment Insights, Issue 3, October 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

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

NLRB Puts Employment Handbooks Under More Scrutiny

Employers often have workplace policies which are typically contained in an employment handbook. These handbooks may include policies regarding the confidentiality of business information, the use of cell phones during work,...more

Brooks Pierce

New NLRB Decision Toughens Standard for Workplace Policies and Practices

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) kicked off the month of August with a decision that will have rippling effects on workplace policies. In Stericycle, Inc., the NLRB introduced new, stricter standards for...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Labor Board Maintains Course with Pro-union Agenda

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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

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

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

Morgan Lewis

NLRB Returns to Liberalized Section 7 Protection for Workplace Misconduct Incidents

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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

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

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

Poyner Spruill LLP

Broad Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions in Release Agreements Subject to NLRB Scrutiny

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On February 21, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an opinion with significant implications for confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in employers’ severance and release agreements with departing...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

OFCCP’s Proposed Modifications to Scheduling Letter Would Result in Additional Burdens for Contractors Responding to Audits

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In case the National Labor Relations Board’s recent decisions and the Federal Trade Commission’s new proposed rule on non-competes haven’t given employers enough to think about in the new year, companies with federal...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Practical Guidance to Mitigate Risks to Employers of “Bad Actors” Who Engage in Retaliatory Acts

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The Biden Administration recently announced increased coordination between EEOC, the US DOL and the NLRB to strengthen an intra-agency approach focused on combatting unlawful workplace retaliation. The approach will raise...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

It May Become More Difficult for Employers to Legally Protect their Confidential and Proprietary Data

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Despite the ever increasing concerns over privacy and data breaches, both externally and internally, it may become more difficult for employers to legally protect their confidential and proprietary information...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

NLRB Will See a Shift in Majority After Senate Confirms Wilcox and Prouty to Board Seats

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Yesterday, the United States Senate confirmed Gwynne Wilcox and David Prouty to seats on the National Labor Relations Board (Board). These confirmations seal the deal on a Democratic majority on the Board and undoubtedly will...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Key Employment Issues Facing Employers in the Automotive Industry

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Automotive companies faced unprecedented challenges in 2020. In the coming year, these challenges will continue as companies navigate the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, related leave/quarantine issues and new challenges...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Labor Board Withdraws Proposed Bar To Student Workers Unionizing At Private Colleges, Universities

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has withdrawn the rule it proposed in September 2019 to exclude student workers at private colleges and universities from coverage under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

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

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

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

As Businesses Return to Work, Beware of Whistleblower Claims

Many employers have received employee concerns about potential exposure to the coronavirus in the workplace. Employees may express their general reluctance to return to the workplace or may ask why an employer is not...more

Cozen O'Connor

The Duty to Bargain When Reopening

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Our May 4, 2020 blog – Employers With Unionized Workforces Need to be Prepared – discussed how employers with collective bargaining agreements (CBA) should start preparing for a union’s response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)....more

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