Arbitration is a strongly favored federal policy and generally can be relied on to resolve even statutory discrimination claims. This is not a novel concept in federal jurisprudence from the Supreme Court of the United States...more
1/10/2020
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitrators ,
Babcock & Wilcox Construction ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Deferral Standard ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Obama Administration ,
Settlement ,
Teamsters ,
Unfair Labor Practices
On December 16, 2019, in Valley Hospital Medical Center, Inc., Case 28-CA-213783, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reversed Lincoln Lutheran of Racine, a controversial Obama Board decision that had overruled more...more
On November 20, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Office of the General Counsel granted an appeal filed by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (NRTWLDF) on behalf of a hotel housekeeper in...more
12/11/2019
/ Administrative Hearings ,
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Dismissals ,
Labor-Managment Relations Act ,
Ministerial Function ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Reversal ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Representatives ,
Unions
On December 14, 2017, in The Boeing Company, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reversed the 2004 decision in Lutheran Heritage that had created an unworkable standard that had made most employee handbooks across the...more
We’ve previously answered some basic questions that employers may have when their employees work in or visit locations where exposure to Zika virus is a risk. With recent news concerning the first cases of transmission of the...more
8/10/2016
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Interim Guidance ,
NIOSH ,
Occupational Exposure ,
OSHA ,
Pregnancy ,
Travel ,
Zika
It’s big news! On February 1, 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement declaring Zika virus to be a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern.” The WHO did not find a public health justification...more