by Tammy Binford
The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new rule on joint employment puts more employers at risk of joint employer status, meaning they will bear more responsibility related to unionization, bargaining, and unfair labor practice charges.
An employee of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center didn’t want to get a flu vaccine and obtained a physician’s certification that exempted her from the requirement. Her employer’s internal exemption review committee denied the...
I have had to deal with a shooting at a client’s place of business (there are legal and HR responsibilities I never imagined). I have had to have a security guard monitor a client’s foyer in the face of threats. More...
At the recent American Bar Association (ABA) meeting, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte Burrows indicated the agency would be issuing new guidance in the near future. In a session on March 29...
The Biden administration is defending the Trump-era overtime rule in the Western District of Texas in an attempt to quash a lawsuit claiming Congress never delegated the broad authority to the Department of Labor (DOL)...
In a case currently before the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Nevada chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America and two other trade associations are challenging prevailing wages established by the...
As millions of workers are returning to the workplace in the wake of COVID displacement, employers are searching for ways to find the right people for the right job and the right context—at work, hybrid, remote. This...
Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) programs have become the focus of intense controversy, with corporations caught between activist shareholders pushing to increase diversity in the workforce and others arguing against...
Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie Su is facing mounting opposition to her nomination to the top job at the Department of Labor (DOL). Although only the Senate can vote on the nomination, House Republicans sponsored a...
On March 3, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA), amending the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). The Act allows employees to file sexual...
When National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo took office, she issued official memoranda identifying the existing precedents she wanted to modify or reverse and ordered the Regional...
On April 11, 2023, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) adopted an updated model sexual harassment prevention policy. As we previously reported (see “NYSDOL publishes proposed changes to sexual harassment...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently decided McLaren Macomb, which relates to the structure and content of severance agreements and their enforceability under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)...
The Iowa Court of Appeals recently heard a case from a worker who sued his former employer claiming he was fired because he was a whistleblower. The core of the case goes to the issue of the validity of the separation...
The Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers (PLFAW) Act was passed by the Illinois legislature in January and was signed into law by Governor J.B. Pritzker on March 13, 2023. Effective January 1, 2024, it will require nearly...