When purchasing a business, the buyer often desires to set new terms of employment to more efficiently and profitably operate the new enterprise. ...more
On August 27, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) held that a Kansas hospital must afford an employee Weingarten rights before a nursing Peer Review Committee, allow the union access to peer review documents and...more
9/25/2015
/ Confidentiality Policies ,
Decision-Making Process ,
Healthcare ,
Hospitals ,
KS Supreme Court ,
Medical Malpractice ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Nurses ,
Peer Review ,
Union Representatives ,
Unions
On December 12, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that it is adopting amendments to its rules and regulations for the conduct of representation elections. These elections are known as “Quickie Elections” or...more
The Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) enforces laws imposing affirmative action and equal employment opportunity obligations on all federal contractors and subcontractors. For...more
In a much awaited decision, the Regional Director for Region 13 of the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") has determined that grant-in-aid scholarship recipients on the Northwestern University football team are more than...more
On February 25, the General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB"), Richard F. Griffin, issued a Memorandum which signals an effort to expand employee and union rights in twelve (12) "initiatives and policy...more
In keeping with Missouri courts' increasingly narrow view of enforcing arbitration agreements in the employment arena, the Missouri Court of Appeals in Baier v. Darden Restaurants yesterday upheld the trial court's decision...more
On February 5, 2013, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that it was again issuing amendments to its rules and regulations for the conduct of representation elections. The new rules are virtually the same as...more
On January 6, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that it would not seek Supreme Court review of two federal appeals court decisions striking down the NLRB's rule requiring employers to display "Employee...more
In This Issue:
- Employment Law New Year’s Quiz
- For More Information
- Excerpt from Employment Law New Year’s Quiz:
1. An employee has complained that he has been working long hours recently, but...more
1/3/2014
/ COOs ,
DOMA ,
Email Policies ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Form I-9 ,
OFCCP ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
TRICARE ,
Unions ,
US v Windsor ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Injury
On May 7, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously struck down a rule of the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") that would have required employers to post a...more
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down a National Labor Relations Board ("Board") decision on the basis that the Board issuing the decision could not act lawfully, as it did not...more