NHL's Lawyer: Lockouts Are 'Necessary' Weapons
An economic strike is challenging for any employer. The likelihood, however, that it will achieve its bargaining goals will be substantially reduced if its striking employers can substitute unemployment compensation benefits...more
Lawmakers in at least six states are pushing to make striking employees eligible for unemployment benefits rather than being disqualified for participating in the work stoppage, as is the case in all but two states. This...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
Massachusetts legislators have taken steps to immediately enhance the Commonwealth’s unemployment compensation regime for locked-out employees of gas and electric companies. In light of the 6-month standoff at National Grid,...more
It is mid-November, and the Board is at a full complement, and even has a new General Counsel. While we haven’t seen anything significant (or really, anything at all) come out of the newly constituted Board we know the new...more