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Husch Blackwell LLP

The Labor Law Insider - Collective Bargaining: Ins and Outs, Nuts and Bolts, Part I

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Our Labor Law Insiders tackle the tricky business of collective bargaining in parts one and two of this Labor Law Insider. Host Tom Godar shares the microphone with Husch Blackwell attorneys Jon Anderson and Adam Doerr who...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Local 11 Union Scores Ninth Circuit Win

On February 22, 2024, a panel of judges for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an unpublished opinion upholding enforcement of a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) order holding that a...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Top Three Labor Trends to Watch for in Q4 2023

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As we enter the last quarter of 2023, here are some of the key issues impacting employers: 1. New joint employer standard: More companies will be pulled into union organizing campaigns, contract negotiations and National...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Post-Labor Day Wrap Up: What NLRB’s 2023 Decisions Mean for Employers

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In the weeks surrounding Labor Day 2023, the National Labor Relations Board overturned precedent with decisions and rules significantly impacting both union and non-union employers. The result is labor laws encouraging both...more

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German Federal Labor Court: Employers May No Longer Cite ‘Better Negotiating Skills’ as an Argument for Unequal Pay

In the past, the argument was often made that a female employee might not be entitled to a differential compensation claim due to lower pay compared to a male colleague, if the higher salary of the male colleague who...more

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Ontario Superior Court of Justice Refuses to Apply Waksdale for Negotiated Employment Agreement

In Rahman v Cannon Design Architecture Inc., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice upheld termination provisions that appeared to be in violation of the minimum standards prescribed by the Employment Standards Act, 2000...more

Bilzin Sumberg

How To Handle No-Cut Employment Contracts In Hard Times

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News outlets have been replete with stories lately about sports stars, high- level executives and in-house counsel foregoing salaries or taking pay cuts in light of the economic hardships wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. ...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Webinar] Critical Business Issues and Strategies for PPMs Resulting From COVID-19: A Virtual Conference - April 3rd, 12:00 pm -...

The emergence of COVID-19 has rocked the Physician Practice Management (PPM) Industry, and certain issues have arisen that PPMs must rapidly solve in order to survive. During this in-depth virtual conference, featuring four...more

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Negotiating and Enforcing Anti-Disparagement Clauses: A Primer for Employers

Severance and litigation settlement agreements often include a provision that prohibits one or more of the parties from making “disparaging” statements about the other. Such non-disparagement clauses are commonly used, but...more

BakerHostetler

[Event] Master Class - Labor Relations and Employment: The Only Constant Is Change - February 27th, San Francisco, CA

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Please join us for BakerHostetler's “Labor Relations and Employment: The Only Constant Is Change” Master Class. This daylong seminar is designed to offer all new high-level courses, hitting specific and practical headline...more

Littler

Seventh Circuit Affirms NLRB in Upholding Discharge of Fast and Furious Employee for Highway Misconduct

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In Local 702, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO v. National Labor Relations Board and Consolidated Communications, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently upheld the termination of a...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

NLRB Adopts “Contract Coverage” Standard to Apply to an Employer’s Unilateral Changes to Terms and Conditions of Employment

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A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB” or “Board”) makes it easier for employers to change workplace rules without discussing the change with the union representing their employees. As...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Avoid Buyer’s Remorse Over EPLI Coverage

Many employers purchase Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) to insure against loss as a result of employment claims. However, employers who do not carefully read their policies could be surprised by what is (or is...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Ripping off the Band-Aid: Considerations for Negotiating Employee Severance

Consider the following scenario: you are a company decision-maker and are preparing to terminate a long-time employee. You want to get the employee out the door with as little embarrassing and distracting “drama” and headache...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Thorough Employer Investigation Helps Establish Employer’s “Honest Belief” of Employees’ Picket Line Misconduct

The Board is now operating at a full complement and is issuing decisions on a fairly regular basis. Nothing earth shattering in terms of law (which is kind of a relief) but there are some interesting issues worth discussing....more

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Is the NLRB Returning to the Traditional Interpretation of Spruce-up?

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When purchasing a business, the buyer often desires to set new terms of employment to more efficiently and profitably operate the new enterprise. ...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Turns Out Attempting To Insert New Term Into Collective Bargaining Agreement Not Agreed To In Negotiations Violates The Law…Who...

As we have noted previously, the make-up of the Board currently stands at four out of five total members, divided evenly between two warring factions making it pretty much impossible to change the law which requires a...more

BCLP

Litigation Issues Arising from M&A Transactions - Don't Cut Corners: How Legal Shortcuts May Come Back to Haunt You Later

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On September 20, San Francisco Partner Meryl Macklin and Los Angeles Partner Katherine Ashton hosted a webinar on the litigation issues arising from M&A transactions and how legal shortcuts could come back to haunt you. ...more

Genova Burns LLC

New Jersey Supreme Court Says Salary Step Increments are Negotiable, but Avoids Dynamic Status Quo Issue

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In a highly anticipated decision, the New Jersey Supreme Court held that the issue of salary step increments is a mandatorily negotiable term and condition of employment. However, the Court did not decide whether New Jersey’s...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Blurred Lines: Under New “Perfectly Clear” Standard, NLRB Finds that Seller’s Conduct Prohibits Asset Purchaser from Setting...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In yet another pro-union, results-driven decision, the NLRB announces a new approach to evaluating whether an asset purchaser has forfeited its right to set initial terms and conditions when offering...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Changing Past Practices – You Might Already Have the Right to Do What You Want

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Employers frequently find themselves in a situation where they have the right to do something under their labor agreements, but they have not been exercising the right. For example, the labor agreement might provide...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Employees' Different Approaches Toward Salary Negotiations Does Not Justify Disparate Pay

Federal agencies and the media have paid a great deal of recent attention to the continuing disparities in salaries between male and female employees. Some experts have argued that part of this disparity is based on different...more

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