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What Employers Need to Know About the Nevada Hospitality and Travel Workers Right to Return Act

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The Nevada legislature followed several other cities and states by enacting sweeping legislation that provides certain employees with rights to return to their former employment. Senate Bill 386, the Nevada Hospitality and...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

NLRB Redefines “Solicitation,” Broadening Conduct that may be Considered Unprotected

On May 29, 2020, the NLRB issued an important opinion overruling two decisions in order to define the term “solicitation” in a manner consistent with prior Board decisions and the dictionary definition of the term. Wynn Las...more

Brooks Pierce

National Labor Relations Board Changes Course On Employee Email

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Employers who revised their electronic communication policies under the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) Purple Communications standard may want to head back to the drawing board (again) in the new year. In Caesars...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Time Is Now for Employers in Illinois to Abide by New Laws

The New Year brings new laws for Illinois employers. Some laws go into effect this Summer, while others are effective as of this month. For employers who have not yet revised handbooks, policies and agreements, the time is...more

Troutman Pepper

Two New NLRB Decisions Allow Employers to Limit Use of Its Email System and Preserve Confidentiality of Workplace Investigations

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Q: What is the current rule on whether an employee can use our company’s email system to distribute union material? Also, are we permitted to require employees to keep workplace investigations confidential without running...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Avalanche of New Laws Create Additional Requirements for Illinois Employers

Illinois employers must be cognizant of new Illinois laws including bans on salary history inquiries, restrictions on artificial intelligence interview programs, mandatory sexual harassment prevention training, limitations on...more

Franczek P.C.

Hotel & Casino Employee Safety Act Protects Employees from Sexual Harassment & Assault

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Over the last few days, we’ve been sending you updates on the key provisions of SB75, the anti-harassment legislation awaiting approval by Governor Pritzker. Previously, we wrote about the Workplace Transparency Act. In this...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

Illinois Hotel & Casino Employee Safety Act On Way To Passage

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More than two dozen Illinois State Senators have signed on to co-sponsor SB0075, a bill to enact the Illinois Hotel and Casino Safety Act (the “Act”). Likely to pass in the coming weeks, the Act will impose new requirements...more

Snell & Wilmer

Indian Tribes Continue to Challenge the NLRB's Jurisdiction Over Casinos Located on Indian Lands

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Indian tribes continue to challenge the NLRB's jurisdiction over casinos located on Indian lands and courts continue to side with the NLRB. In Casino Pauma, the 9th Cir. decided on April 26, 2018, that under the test...more

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Greektown Casino to Pay $140,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Detroit Casino Refused to Grant Extended Leave and Fired Employee with Stress-Anxiety Disorder, Federal Agency Charged - DETROIT - A Detroit casino operator will pay $140,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fourth Circuit Says Employer-Sponsored Training Through Community College May Be Compensable Working Time

The Fair Labor Standards Act contains regulations explaining when time spent by new employees training for their jobs is compensable working time. In most circumstances, the employer must pay trainees for time spent learning...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Executive Labor Summary - September / October 2015

Back to the Past at VW Chattanooga? - On October 23, the United Auto Workers' Local 42 filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent a bargaining unit of skilled trades workers at Volkswagen's...more

Genova Burns LLC

Borgata Babes: Casino Is Entitled to Enforce Weight Restrictions

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On September 15, 2015, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division found in Shiavo v. Marina District Development Company, LLC, that the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“NJLAD”) does not encompass allegations...more

Dickinson Wright

Gaming Legal News: Volume 8, Number 14: The Intersection Of Federal Labor Law, Tribal Gaming And A Deep Division Within Two Sixth...

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Two separate three-judge panels of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit have rendered labor law decisions concerning Indian casinos in Michigan only 22 days apart. While each of the panels ruled that the...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

6th Circuit: Interruptions During Meal Period Do Not Automatically Render Time Compensable

Yesterday we told you about the California Court of Appeals' decision in which the court found that it was not unlawful for an employer to require its security guards to be "on call" during rest periods. The Sixth Circuit...more

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