Employee walkouts and protests are likely to occur on a massive scale across the country on Tuesday, November 10, spurred on by the union-supported “Fight for $15” movement. Low-wage workers seeking higher pay and possible...more
11/6/2015
/ Best Management Practices ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Joint Employers ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRB ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Right to Control ,
SEIU ,
Strike ,
Unions
In a 3-2 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced yesterday a broad new standard for determining whether two businesses are “joint employers” for purposes of collective bargaining. Browning-Ferris...more
Earlier today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) unanimously decided that college football players at Northwestern University cannot comprise an appropriate bargaining unit, squelching their attempt to form the...more
There’s no doubt about it – Facebook is the 21st Century water cooler. Workers who used to gather in the break room to talk about the latest sports news, the newest outrageous celebrity scandal, or the latest office gossip...more
It's pretty common each December to take stock and look back at the year that is ending, whether it’s recounting the happy times and counting one’s blessings, or reliving the disappointments and ruing over the regrets (and...more
12/9/2013
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitrators ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Employee Benefits ,
ENDA ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Felons ,
Healthcare ,
LGBTQ ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Social Media Policy
The End of the World As We Know It?
If you’re reading this after December 20, that means the Mayans got it wrong and the world isn’t going to end in 2012. That’s the good news. The bad news is that you still have to...more