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OSHA Maintains COVID-19 Safety Pressure on Healthcare Employers Despite Challenges from All Sides

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fielded complaints from both labor unions and management-side associations regarding its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), highlighting stakeholders’...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments For March 2021

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1. On March 31, 2021, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel Peter Sung Ohr issued a memorandum stating his office will return to “vigorous enforcement” of employee rights under Section 7 rights of the...more

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OSHA Updates COVID-19 Guidance, Faces Lawsuit by AFL-CIO

As the country slowly begins the reopening process, OSHA has issued two new guidance documents—an Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for COVID-19 and Revised Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of COVID-19....more

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U.S. District Court Rules in Favor of Airline Flight Crew Employees on Paid Sick Leave Challenge

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On October 11, 2019, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled that Washington state’s paid sick leave law does not violate the Constitution or federal preemption law, thereby...more

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Seventh Circuit Affirms NLRB in Upholding Discharge of Fast and Furious Employee for Highway Misconduct

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In Local 702, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO v. National Labor Relations Board and Consolidated Communications, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently upheld the termination of a...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments For October 2018

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1. The deadline for submitting comments regarding the National Labor Relations Board’s proposed rulemaking on the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act has been extended to...more

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The First 100 Days of Ambush Elections: Impact on the Retail and Hospitality Sectors

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) implemented its “ambush” or “quickie” election rules on April 14, 2015. An analysis of available NLRB data on representation election (RC) petitions filed since the effective date of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

AFL-CIO’s Industry Wide Agreement May Have Wide Reach in Hospitality Industry

Mid-way through 2012, the Hotel Association of New York City and the New York Hotel & Motel Trades Council, AFL-CIO (the “Union”), renewed a seven-year collective bargaining agreement known as the Industry Wide Agreement, or...more

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August 2014 Monthly Independent Contractor Compliance and Misclassification Update

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This month’s headline development are the seismic decisions, issued on August 27, 2014 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, concluding as a matter of law that FedEx Ground had misclassified over 2,300 drivers...more

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NLRB Finds That Employer Improperly Disciplined Employee Who Obscenely Grabbed His Crotch in Front of Female Co-Worker

On July 3, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) handed down a decision in the case of Consolidated Communications d/b/a Illinois Consolidated Telephone Co. and Local 702, Int'l Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,...more

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Labor Letter, December 2013: State of the Unions: New Tactics Target Unorganized Workers

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If you've been following the news, you probably realize that it has been a busy year for organized labor. The percentage of unionized workers in the private sector has fallen to historic lows, leaving unions with fewer...more

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