It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more
8/7/2024
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Arbitration ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Audio Recording ,
Best Practices ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Diversity ,
Drug Testing ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Grievances ,
Final Rules ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Job Applicants ,
MI Supreme Court ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Regulations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Private Sector ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Public Sector ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Record Retention ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Sick Leave ,
State Labor Laws ,
Transportation Industry ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions ,
Video Recordings ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars
On Friday, June 28th, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision that severely limits the power of federal agencies to interpret the laws they enforce. The decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo requires courts to...more
7/3/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
National Marine Fisheries Service ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule yesterday (April 23, 2024) to take effect in 120 days prohibiting most noncompete agreements between employers and workers...more
On January 5, 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed new regulation that would broadly prohibit employers from using or enforcing noncompete agreements with employees, former employees, contractors,...more
There is a lot that employers need to prepare and plan for in 2023. Join us at our Fall 2022 Labor & Employment Law Update which will discuss major issues and developments that your company needs to address now...more
10/10/2022
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Diversity ,
Employee Retention ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
Mandatory Arbitration ,
Medical Leave ,
Minimum Wage ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Remote Working ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Workplace Injury
A non-competition agreement – also known as a non-compete agreement or non-compete clause – is a stipulation often found in employee contracts that prohibits an employee from engaging in the same type of business with another...more
On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued his Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy. The executive order contains over 70 initiatives directed at more than a dozen federal agencies, including one that...more
On March 9, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, known as the PRO Act, with a largely party line vote of 225-206. ...more
3/12/2021
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Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Gig Economy ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Unions