On December 14, 2017, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) voted 3-2 to overrule its own August 2015 decision in Browning-Ferris Industries. Browning-Ferris had overturned the long-standing test of joint employment and...more
John Pueschel, partner in the Winston-Salem office of Womble Bond Dickinson, examines the limits on employee free speech and use of social media against the background of recent events at Google and in Charlottesville....more
11/3/2017
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Google ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Rights Act ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Private Sector ,
Section 7 ,
Social Media ,
Social Media Policy ,
Termination ,
Title VII ,
UK
Happy Labor Day 2015! In the spirit of the day, we thought it fitting to reflect on the three, hot topics that have been dominating the labor and employment news this summer, and which are certain to impact employers and...more
9/8/2015
/ Administrative Interpretation ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Discrimination ,
Employee Definition ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Franchisee ,
Franchisors ,
Harassment ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Subcontractors ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
The United States Supreme Court issued an interesting decision last month on whether employees who are required to undergo security screening after their work was done should be paid for that time. The Supreme Court found in...more