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Web Exclusive: The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories Of December 2019

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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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Employment Law - October 2015 #2

Take the Cure: New California Law Permits Corrections of Wage Statement Violations - Why it matters: Employers may want to review their wage statements after Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law that permits them...more

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Ambush Elections and Access to Email - A Bad Combination for Employers

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Late last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) made a combination of moves that present significant challenges for employers. First, the Board issued its decision in Purple Communications, Inc., allowing employees...more

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Purple Communications Update

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By now, you have probably heard about Purple Communications, Inc., the NLRB's December 11, 2014 decision concerning company email accounts. The agency ruled that employees with access to company email systems "in the course...more

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New Year: Resolve, Review, Revise

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The new year is a time for reflection. With that reflection often comes a resolve for change, from small modifications of some old habits to wholesale new beginnings and everything in between. From a business perspective,...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Employers - Be Prepared to Revise Your Email Policies

It’s official; the longstanding rule of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that employees have no statutory right to use work email for communications with each other regarding unionizing activities has changed. On...more

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Did the NLRB Really Just Grant Employees the Presumptive Right to Use Employer-Provided Email Systems? We Break Down the Purple...

In a 3-2 decision divided along party lines, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that employees have a presumptive right to use their employers’ email systems during non-working time to discuss unionization and the...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Executive Labor Summary - November/December 2014

NEWS & ANALYSIS - NLRB changes longstanding rule for deferral to arbitration awards - The National Labor Relations Board has had a busy December with four major new developments. We have already reported on two of the...more

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NLRB Protects Workers’ Right to Use Employer Email Systems for Union Activities

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), in its December 11 Purple Communications, Inc. and Communications Workers of America, AFL–CIO decision, reversed certain Board precedent on employees’ use of employers’...more

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The Employment Law Authority - December 2014

In This Issue: - Justices Issue Pro-Employer Rulling in FLSA Case - Ogletree Deakins Named A "Law Firm of the Year" - California Mandates Anti-Bullying Training for Supervisors - OFCCP Issues Final...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

The Gift-Giving Season? Three “Game-Changing” Employment Developments Impacting Manufacturers

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The approaching holidays may have put Congress, the National Labor Relations Board and the United States Supreme Court in the “gift-giving” mood. In the last week, three significant developments occurred which may radically...more

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