NLRB, Coronavirus/COVID-19

BOLO: Cannabis Qui Tam Actions

Husch Blackwell LLP on 4/29/2024

Due to federal illegality, the cannabis industry has long been plagued by federal agencies taking a variety of different enforcement approaches to cannabis businesses. From the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to the National...more

Fifth Circuit Finds Employee's Protest of COVID-19 Measures Protected Concerted Activity

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 3/29/2024

The National Labor Relations Act’s employee protections extend beyond unionized workplaces or those undergoing organizing activities. Section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who...more

Employment Flash - March 2024

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/25/2024

In this issue of Employment Flash: the new DOL rule on independent contractors, SCOTUS’s unanimous Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower ruling, plus labor law developments in California, Delaware, D.C., New York, the EU, Germany and...more

Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your February To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 2/5/2024

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

Legal Insights for Manufacturing: Outlook for 2024

Husch Blackwell LLP on 11/2/2023

Our downloadable report, Legal Insights for Manufacturing, explores how the business, legal, and regulatory framework is evolving—and will evolve—to address the large generational shifts taking place. This year, our report...more

Spa Corporate Officials Taken into Custody for Refusal to Comply with NLRB and Court Orders

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 10/11/2023

In a recent and highly unusual turn of events, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Seventh Circuit) has ordered U.S. Marshals to take corporate officials of Haven Salon + Spa (Haven) into custody for...more

The Practical NLRB Advisor: Fall 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/10/2023

Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2023 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. In this issue of the Advisor, we cover three of those sharply divided...more

Labor Board: Employee Protected Concerted Activity Determined by Totality of the Circumstances

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/6/2023

The National Labor Relations Board has returned to the “totality of the circumstances” test for determining when individual employee action constitutes protected concerted activity. Miller Plastic Products, Inc., 372 NLRB No....more

Return to the Group of 1: NLRB Broadens Protections for 'Solo' Complaints

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 9/1/2023

Continuing what otherwise has been a very busy week for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), the Board on Thursday significantly broadened the circumstances under which an employee's solo complaint could be...more

What does AI mean for HR?

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. on 8/11/2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) might be the most popular phrase of the year, but it is undoubtedly here to stay. We are seeing companies experiment with using AI in the workplace, which often raises questions like, How can...more

Back to Normal, Almost – NLRB General Counsel Issues Updated Guidance on Suggested Manual Election Protocols and Push for Manual...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/8/2023

On May 16, 2023, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo (the “GC”) issued revisions to her original July 6, 2020 memorandum of suggested manual election protocols for use during the COVID-19 pandemic,...more

NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo Issues New Suggested Manual Election Protocols

ArentFox Schiff on 5/26/2023

The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) longstanding policy strongly favored manual representation elections. With the COVID-19 pandemic’s onset, the Board began permitting mail-ballot elections under the “extraordinary...more

Agency Updates Employers Need to Know

Payne & Fears on 5/19/2023

Federal agencies have kept busy over the past month, with several releasing decisions or guidance directly related to the workplace. Employers should be aware of what these actions mean for the way they conduct their...more

Highlights from the 2023 Hot Topics in Employment Law Seminar

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 5/4/2023

Miles & Stockbridge’s Labor, Employment, Benefits & Immigration Practice Group presented its 21st annual Hot Topics in Employment Law seminar April 25 to clients from throughout Maryland and beyond. Topics covered included...more

OFCCP Week In Review - April 2023 #4

DirectEmployers Association on 4/24/2023

Monday, April 17, 2023: OFCCP Released the First 20,000 EEO-1 Files to The Public - EXCLUSIVE: OFCCP Has Also Proposed A Schedule To Resolve Contractor Objections To Disclosure - The most substantive action pertaining to...more

Beltway Buzz - April 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/17/2023

POTUS Signs Bill Ending COVID-19 Emergency. On April 10, 2023, President Biden signed a congressional resolution officially ending the COVID-19 national emergency. The resolution was passed out of the U.S. House of...more

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (March 13, 2023)

Wiley Rein LLP on 3/14/2023

Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

Beltway Buzz - February 2023 #4

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/27/2023

SCOTUS Rules in OT Case … More Challenges on the Way? On February 22, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a 6–3 decision holding that an employee making $200,000 each year is entitled to overtime pay under the...more

No-disparagement, confidentiality provisions in separation agreements violate Section 7, NLRB says

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 2/24/2023

On Tuesday, the National Labor Relations Board issued yet another decision reversing precedent established by the Trump-era Board in 2020. In McLaren Macomb, the three-member Democratic majority decided that employers may not...more

Beltway Buzz - February 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/6/2023

The Pandemic Is Dead! Long Live the Pandemic! This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to immediately end the COVID-19 national emergency, as well as a bill to end the COVID-19 public health emergency....more

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