The United States Supreme Court made headlines recently by ruling that colleges and universities may no longer take race into account when making admissions decisions. At a time when the population is growing ever more...more
7/10/2023
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
College Admissions ,
Colleges ,
Diversity ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Protection ,
SCOTUS ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Title VII
Now that cases of the coronavirus disease (dubbed “COVID-19” by the World Health Organization) have been diagnosed in several states, businesses are increasingly encountering a variety of employment-related issues. Here are...more
The modern workplace has a dizzying array of formal and informal relationships between individuals performing work and the persons and entities they perform the work for—beyond just the typical employer/employee relationship....more
With a steady decline in private sector unionization and a lack of political muscle to change the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”), organized labor in the Obama era relied heavily on decisional rulings from the National...more
State laws permitting the lawful use of marijuana for medical or recreational purposes continue to complicate employer efforts to craft policies concerning employees’ marijuana use. Employers know that employees who work...more
Wage and hour lawsuits continue to hound employers, with more than 8,000 new federal class actions alleging improper payment filed in 2016 alone. Now the Connecticut Supreme Court has issued a ruling that threatens even...more
A new state law that becomes effective October 1, 2017, expands existing legal protections for pregnant employees under federal and state laws and will require employers to pay closer attention to the ways in which they treat...more
Many organizations use temporary employment services to provide or supplement their workforce. Such arrangements allow an organization to focus on its core strengths and activities while maintaining access to workers as...more
7/19/2016
/ Bargaining Units ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Community of Interest ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRB ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Temporary Employees ,
Unions
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) on August 27, 2015, issued a sweeping decision that overturned decades of precedent and created a new standard for determining when two (or more) entities are “joint employers” for...more
9/1/2015
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Franchise Agreements ,
Franchises ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Master Service Agreement ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Subcontractors ,
Supervision ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Wages