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NLRB Gives Workers and Unions an Early Holiday Gift with Four Significant Pro-Employee Decisions

Last week was a busy one for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The agency came out with four significant decisions that either expanded or protected employee rights on issues such as monetary remedies, the right to...more

2022 Health Care Predictions

​COVID-19 – and its variants Delta and Omicron – continue to wreak havoc around the world. Thousands of individuals have died and continue to die, and millions more have been diagnosed as having COVID-19. Many sectors of the...more

Federal Court Blocks Federal Contractor Mandatory Vaccination Rule From Taking Effect

On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, a federal judge in Georgia issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting the enforcement of the federal mandate that obligates many federal contractors and subcontractors to require their...more

NLRB Finds That Employers Do Not Have a Duty to Bargain Over Employee Discipline Before Entering Into a Collective Bargaining...

On June 23, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upheld an employer's right to unilaterally discipline employees without any obligation to bargain about the decision with a newly-elected union if the parties have...more

Key Health Care Legal and Business Issues in the Transitional/Post-COVID-19 World

INTRODUCTION - The health care world – in fact, THE WORLD – has changed significantly since March with the onset of COVID-19. As we collectively work to return to a “new normal,” the health care delivery system will be one of...more

Happy New Year, Employers! From Your Friends at the NLRB.

In December, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a flurry of employer-friendly decisions. Management can toast the following end-of-year gifts and look forward to continuing success at the Board in the new year....more

NLRB General Counsel’s Office Says Uber Drivers are Independent Contractors

Uber drivers are “independent contractors” and not “employees” under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), according to an Advice Memorandum issued on May 14, 2019, by the Office of the General Counsel (“OGC”) of the...more

Department of Labor Provides Narrow View of Who’s An Employee in Gig Economy

In an opinion letter released on April 29, 2019 the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) provided guidance on the standards for establishing an employment relationship in today's modern gig economy....more

Supreme Court Rules Class Arbitration Not Allowed Unless Clearly Authorized

On Wednesday, April 24, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court struck another blow to employees who seek to arbitrate class claims against their employer under employment arbitration agreements. ...more

NLRB Overturns Obama-Era Independent Contractor Test

On January 25, 2019, the NLRB repealed the test devised by the Obama Board to determine whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor under the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA"). Critically, the NLRA...more

NLRB Proposes New Rule to Limit Joint Employer Liability

On Friday, September 14, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced a proposed rule, which, if adopted, would drastically reduce a company’s exposure as a “joint employer” under the National Labor Relations...more

Supreme Court: Compulsory Union Fees Violate Public Employees’ Free Speech Rights

On Wednesday, June 27, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that public-sector employees who choose not to join the union that represents them cannot be forced to pay "agency fees" to cover the union's costs of representation. ...more

Supreme Court Narrows Coverage of “Whistleblower” Protection Under Dodd-Frank

In a unanimous decision issued on February 20, 2108, the United States Supreme Court held that employees seeking to sue under the whistleblower anti-retaliation protection of the Dodd-Frank Act, must first report the alleged...more

Maryland’s New Sick and Safe Leave Law Remains in Effect as Last Ditch Efforts to Delay Implementation Fail

On February 15, 2018, the Economic Matters Committee of the Maryland House of Delegates voted 12-11 to reject a bill that would have delayed the implementation of Maryland’s new sick and safe leave law, known as the Maryland...more

Everything Employers Need to Know About Maryland’s New Sick and Safe Leave Law

On February 11, 2018 the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act (the “MHWFA”) will become effective unless the Maryland Legislature passes a bill to extend the effective date. As of this writing, the chances of the extension...more

Maryland to Require Paid Sick Leave Following Override of Governor’s Veto

On Friday, January 12, 2018, the Maryland General Assembly enacted the Maryland Healthy Working Families Act over Governor Larry Hogan’s veto. Under the new law, employers with more than 15 full-time employees must provide...more

The New Overtime Regulations: How Will They Affect Your Workplace? (Part 2)

New overtime regulations unveiled by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on May 18, 2016 will affect approximately 4.2 million currently “exempt” workers. Unless their salaries are increased to at least $913/week, these...more

DOL: Most Workers are Employees Under the FLSA

“Most workers are employees under the FLSA [federal wage and hour law],” the Department of Labor asserted last week in Guidance discussing what it described as the “problematic trend” of misclassifying workers as independent...more

Appellate Court holds NLRB Recess Appointments unconstitutional; status of hundreds of NLRB rulings in doubt

On January 25, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that President Obama's January 2012 "recess" appointments to the National Labor Relations Board ("Board" or "NLRB") were unconstitutional because the...more

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