Labor Law Insider - Collective Bargaining: Ins and Outs, Nuts and Bolts, Part II
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DE Under 3: FAR Council Issued Final Rule Requiring Unionized Workforces on Large Federal Construction Projects
Inside the NBA with Suzanne Spellacy, General Counsel of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Minnesota Lynx and T-Wolves Gaming
#WorkforceWednesday: How the NLRB’s Labor-Friendly Actions Are Affecting Union and Non-Union Employers - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: Return-to-Work Behavior Policies, U.S. Soccer's Landmark Agreement, and Board Diversity in California - Employment Law This Week®
Labor & Employment Law: Vermont and Federal Legislative Update
When Dr. Strangelove Met Jimmy Hoffa
#WorkforceWednesday: Coronavirus Tough Questions – Furloughs and Reductions, Unionized Workforces, Employee Benefits - Employment Law This Week®
I-14: Update on EEO-1 and I-9 Forms, Employer Obligations After a Hurricane or Other Natural Disaster, and Attorney Jason Barsanti on Meal and Rest Breaks
As hospitals and medical centers continue to face enormous challenges in staffing, employers are looking for alternatives to meet these seemingly unfillable positions. The high demand for foreign nurses has contributed to a...more
In February 2022, President Biden signed Executive Order 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects, which mandated the use of Project Labor Agreements (“PLA”) for federal construction contracts...more
The New Year often means new labor and employment laws for the construction industry, 2024 is no exception. Federal agencies have been especially active. The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, the National Labor...more
A common misconception is that individuals paid on a salary basis are not entitled to overtime. Another common miscommunication is that if an employee earns a high salary, then that exempts them from earning overtime. Both of...more
Hold onto your hard hat! What you thought you knew about federal Davis-Bacon prevailing wage law is changing --- substantially changing decades of well-established rules, precedent and interpretations as to the applicability...more
Yesterday, Illinois Governor Pritzker signed into law the “Paid Leave for All Workers Act,” which will allow most Illinois employees up to 40 hours of paid leave per year, for any purpose, starting on January 1, 2024. This...more
In 2022, federal and state laws regulating wages and hours of work continued to change and develop. In “2022 Wage and Hour Developments: A Year in Review,” we look back on significant wage and hour developments at the federal...more
Big changes are coming to the Davis – Bacon Act prevailing wage regulations. Some say they are the biggest changes since the administration of President Ronald Reagan. The proposed changes impact the manner in how prevailing...more
This month's bid protest spotlight focuses on one recent U.S. Court of Federal Claims decision and two U.S. Government Accountability Office decisions. While all three protests were unsuccessful, each serves as a different...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
1. Major League Baseball and the players’ union reached agreement on a collective bargaining agreement, ending the lockout. After a nearly 100-day lockout, MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association reached a deal...more
As any contractor will tell you, the costs associated with paying your crew can be one of the biggest you will face in the construction industry. There is pressure to find reliable, experienced workers, and the competition to...more
The New York State Department of Labor has issued proposed regulations interpreting and further defining the contours of the HERO Act’s joint labor-management workplace safety committees. We summarize the proposed...more
"The overwhelming majority of courts have concluded that neither COVID-19 nor the governmental orders associated with it cause or constitute property loss or damage for purposes of insurance coverage." So concluded the...more
President Joe Biden has nominated union-side attorney Gwynne Wilcox to fill a vacant seat on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Wilcox is a partner at the union-side labor and employment firm Levy Ratner P.C. Among...more
In its first 100 days in office, the Biden administration has advanced its policy priorities, many of which have involved repealing the policy accomplishments of the previous presidential administration. The Biden...more
What’d I Miss? - We do not want to rehash old news, but in the interest of keeping our readers informed, here is a quick rundown of some of the items the Buzz missed last week while on hiatus....more
As Election Day approaches, employers nationwide consider the changes that may come with a victory by Senator Joseph Biden in the Presidential race and/or shift in representation in the U.S. Senate. While we cannot be...more
As we previously reported, New York State’s Paid Sick Leave law (“NYSPSL”) went into effect on September 30, 2020. While employees are not permitted to take sick leave under NYSPSL until January 1, 2021, many questions...more
On Oct. 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor published a new regulation that significantly raises the required prevailing wage which must be paid to foreign workers in connection with H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 nonimmigrant visa...more
Companies doing business with the federal government must comply with a litany of complex laws and regulations that affect their day-to-day business operations. To assist government contractors, this guide discusses some of...more
The U.S. Department of Labor released three opinion letters in 2019 regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). In this episode, Leann Walsh, Melanie Stratton Lopez, and Avery Miller summarize the opinion...more
Recently, the Department of Labor (DOL) published final rules clarifying the circumstances under which “bona fide” groups or associations of employers and professional employer organizations (PEOs) may be permitted to sponsor...more
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW - DoL Collected a Record Amount in Discrimination Settlements in Fiscal Year 2019 - According to Bloomberg Government, the Department of Labor (DoL) collected more than $27 million from federal...more