With the pandemic continuing to disrupt normal business processes, several labor law issues hang over employers. Here are three that are worthy of attention: Can employers or unions force the... read more →
Can your employees use your company email systems to communicate with other employees for the purposes of organizing a union in your shop? That important question was decided by the... read more →
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) just made matters a bit clearer for employers on procedures for counting dual-marked ballots in union representation elections. Dual marked ballots are those with... read more →
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) just issued a unanimous decision invalidating an employer’s mandatory arbitration agreement. This decision, from what is a Republican controlled board, comes as a surprise... read more →
For months now, drivers for the ride-sharing company Uber have been agitating for better pay. Last week, Peter Robb, the General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), released... read more →
Franchises and small contractors are often small, cash-starved enterprises, making it difficult for disgruntled employees to recover their losses in wage disputes. This fact led to an Obama era labor... read more →
Are you an employer whose employees also work for other corporate entities as well? If you answer yes – then you’re probably what’s called a joint employer. Joint employment is... read more →
There is little secret about the fact that the Trump administration is intent on rolling back Obama era employment regulations. In the past 30 days, the now Republican-controlled National Labor... read more →
The impact of the new Republican administration continues to be felt strongly in employment and labor law. In a newly issued ruling (early December) involving a Boeing Corporation “no camera”... read more →
Employers during the Obama years felt particularly vulnerable to expansive interpretations of Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act – interpretations many felt left non-unionized employers particularly open to... read more →