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The Learned Concierge - July 2024, Vol. 10

Clark Hill PLC on 7/12/2024

The Learned Concierge - Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries....more

NLRB’s New Joint-Employer Rule: What It Means for Retailers and Other User Employers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 11/8/2023

The National Labor Relations Board’s new Final Rule for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act expands the current standard by allowing the Board to find joint-employer status if an entity...more

7 Key Takeaways - Retail Workplace Update: Labor and Employment Updates for Retailers

Kilpatrick on 10/23/2023

Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys Chris Caiaccio and Drew Williamson recently presented at the “Kilpatrick Townsend Retail and Consumer Goods Summit,” featuring members of the firm’s Retail and Consumer Goods Industry Team who...more

Silence is Golden in Apogee Retail: The NLRB Affirms Employers’ Right to Require Confidentiality in Workplace Investigations

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 1/15/2020

In what can be considered a triumph for common sense, the National Labor Relations Board [“NLRB” or “Board”] recently issued a decision in Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store, 368 NLRB No. 144 (2019), upholding an...more

Avoiding The Blame Game: How To Limit Your Liability To Other Companies’ Employees

Fisher Phillips on 1/4/2018

Numerous individuals who work in retail stores are actually employed by a company other than the retailer itself. These include vendor employees stocking product, sampling employees who offer customers tasty treats, inventory...more

Retail and Consumer Products Law Roundup - September 2017

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/2/2017

NLRB Upholds Retailer’s Rules on Confidential Customer Information - Why it matters - Macy’s rules prohibiting the disclosure of confidential customer information didn’t violate Section 8 of the National Labor Relations...more

Could Barring Former Employees From Your Premises Lead To A Lawsuit?

Fisher Phillips on 9/8/2017

Hospitality employers open to the general public should be aware of a recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) with implications across the industry. In a 2-to-1 decision, the NLRB ruled that a hotel and...more

December 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

Troutman Pepper on 1/10/2017

In our update for last month’s developments in this area of the law, we report on five significant court cases involving companies in the transportation industry that use ICs as an integral part of their business model. Each...more

NLRB Election Rule Under Fire

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 1/15/2015

On January 5, 2015, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW), the National Association of Manufacturers, the National Retail Federation, and the Society for Human Resource Management...more

Micro Unions Are Here to Stay: Cosmetics Workers Made Up for Unionizing But Shoes Salespeople Need to Find a Better Fit

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/6/2014

The question – or controversy, depending on who you talk to – about the propriety of “micro-units” or “micro-unions” has been a pressing issue for employers since the National Labor Relations Board issued its Specialty...more

NLRB Issues Mixed Decisions When Applying Specialty Healthcare to Retail Industry

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/1/2014

In two separate decisions, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has extended to the retail industry the standard for recognizing what is an “appropriate” bargaining unit that it established in Specialty Healthcare and...more

Micro Bargaining Units Headed to Retailers

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 7/25/2014

The NLRB has affirmed the certification of a micro bargaining unit at a Macy’s retail store. Macy’s Inc. and Local 1445, UFCW, 361 NLRB No. 4 (July 22, 2014) The certified unit consists solely of roughly 40 cosmetics and...more

Hospitality Update, No. 1, March 2013: Unions Want Fast Food – Now!

Fisher Phillips on 3/4/2013

With union membership rates at their lowest level since the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) was enacted in 1935, organized labor is desperately seeking to attract new members, even if that means targeting new industries...more

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