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NLRB targets more restrictive standard for handbooks, work rules

The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) upcoming decision in Stericyle, Inc., may affect how it assesses the lawfulness of employer work rules and handbook policies in both union and nonunion workplaces. The Board’s...

Apr 24, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Union president can’t split claims, 9th Circuit says

A union local president in Las Vegas was removed from office because of alleged financial irregularities and later filed two lawsuits asserting roughly the same claims against the same parties. Read on to learn how they...

Apr 24, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · California

Court strikes down unconscionable arbitration agreement

Almost every employment arbitration agreement is provided on a take-it-or-leave-it basis, so it will be deemed procedurally unconscionable. It makes matters much worse if you provide a Spanish-speaking employee with an...

Apr 24, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · California

U.S. Supreme Court may invalidate California’s PAGA

California’s Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) allows employees to file lawsuits as “private attorneys general” over California Labor Code violations. In other words, a current or former employee may go to...

Apr 10, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · California

What now? Managing in the twilight of COVID-19

Apparently, the “science” changed. And fast. In the blink of an eye, Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City (NYC) Mayor Eric Adams, citing reduced risk from COVID-19, lifted mask mandates covering many employers and...

Apr 01, 2022 · Employment Law Letter · New York

A time to be born, a time to die

The ancient words of Ecclesiastes have rarely had such force, as we watch in dazed horror as Russian bombs and missiles crash into Ukrainian homes and hospitals, killing mother and child, soldier and civilian. Innocent...

Mar 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Agencies pursue retaliation initiative

In November 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced they had joined forces to target employer retaliation...

Mar 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Budget thwarts labor, employment enforcement hopes

Congress finally succeeded in passing a 2022 budget, but the administration’s ambitious hopes for rebuilding the labor and employment enforcement agencies were completely abandoned. Although passing this budget is...

Mar 31, 2022 · Federal Employment Law Insider