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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA.    less -
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Changing Landscape of Labor Relations in Retail Industry

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The retail industry has experienced an uptick in union organizing over the last few years, and decisions from the National Labor Relations Board are expected to ease unionization. Labor law is evolving, and employers must...more

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NLRB’s New Joint-Employer Rule: What It Means for Retailers and Other User Employers

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The National Labor Relations Board’s new Final Rule for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act expands the current standard by allowing the Board to find joint-employer status if an entity...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments for January 2023

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1. More than 220,000 workers participated in over 300 total work stoppages in 2022, according to a Bloomberg Law report. The number of strikes is the highest recorded in 17 years. While the majority of work stoppages involved...more

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OFCCP Week In Review: May 2020 #4

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The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

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The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter

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Welcome to the first edition of The BakerHostetler Quarterly New York Employment Law Newsletter. We are pleased to share our analysis of some of the key employment trends that affected New York employers in 2017, and our...more

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Avoiding The Blame Game: How To Limit Your Liability To Other Companies’ Employees

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Numerous individuals who work in retail stores are actually employed by a company other than the retailer itself. These include vendor employees stocking product, sampling employees who offer customers tasty treats, inventory...more

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The Bubbler: Holiday Edition

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As we enter the holiday season, we gather around the bubbler to sing about a few of our favorite (and not so favorite) things in the world of employment and labor law. Unfortunately, they’re not as sanguine as raindrops on...more

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Could Barring Former Employees From Your Premises Lead To A Lawsuit?

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Hospitality employers open to the general public should be aware of a recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) with implications across the industry. In a 2-to-1 decision, the NLRB ruled that a hotel and...more

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December 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

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In our update for last month’s developments in this area of the law, we report on five significant court cases involving companies in the transportation industry that use ICs as an integral part of their business model. Each...more

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The Top 10 Labor and Employment Issues Retailers Will Face in 2017

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The coming of a new year always presents uncertainty for retail employers on the labor and employment front, but particularly so this year with the coming of the Trump administration and Republican majority in Congress....more

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Five Employment, Labor, and Workforce Management Concerns Impacting Retailers

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Retailers will be busy this summer attempting to conform their policies and procedures to various local, state, and federal laws, such as the spate of state and city sick leave laws, and analyzing proposed amendments by the...more

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[Event] Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer - May 28, Los Angeles, CA

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Please join us for Sheppard Mullin's annual “Breakfast with Your Labor Lawyer." 2015 presents significant developments in California labor and employment laws. We will explain how these new developments will affect day-to-day...more

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[Event] Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer - May 20, Orange County, CA

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Please join us for Sheppard Mullin's annual “Breakfast with Your Labor Lawyer." 2015 presents significant developments in California labor and employment laws. We will explain how these new developments will affect day-to-day...more

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[Event] Breakfast With Your Labor Lawyer - May 14, San Diego, CA

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Please join us for Sheppard Mullin's annual “Breakfast with Your Labor Lawyer." 2015 presents significant developments in California labor and employment laws. We will explain how these new developments will affect day-to-day...more

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What’s Ahead in 2015 for Retailers in Labor and Employment Law? Part II

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The recent Ogletree Deakins webinar, “What’s Ahead in 2015 for Retailers in Labor and Employment Law,” featured leaders in the retail industry and labor and employment attorneys—Randel K. Johnson, senior vice president of the...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Time Spent In Mandatory Security Screening at the End of a Workday Is Not Compensable

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The United States Supreme Court issued an interesting decision last month on whether employees who are required to undergo security screening after their work was done should be paid for that time. The Supreme Court found in...more

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Time Spent By Warehouse Workers In Security Screening Is Not Compensable Under Fair Labor Standards Act

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The employer in this case, Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc., provides staffing to Amazon.com throughout the United States. Plaintiffs Jesse Busk and Laurie Castro worked as hourly employees retrieving and packaging products...more

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Employment Law - January 2015

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U.S. Supreme Court: Security Screenings Not Compensable - Why it matters: In a closely watched case, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rule that the time spent by...more

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Time Spent in Employer-Mandated Security Checks Held Non-Compensable: U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Integrity Staffing Solutions,...

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In a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, a unanimous court held that time spent by employees in mandatory security checks after work is not compensable, unless the screenings are "integral and indispensable" to the principal...more

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Waiting for and Undergoing Security Checks Not Compensable Time

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The United States Supreme Court recently held in Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk et al. that time spent waiting for and undergoing post-shift security checks is not compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

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Ten New Year’s Resolutions Retail Employers Should Consider Making in 2015

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Now that the busy 2014 holiday shopping season is over and the new year has begun, it’s a good time for retail employers to take a breath and think about 2015—what’s coming, what issues they should be watching, and what...more

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Did You Know…Security Time Is Not Compensable Time

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In Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk, the United States Supreme Court addressed whether an employee is “working” when undergoing a security screening because he or she is required to do so by the employer. In a...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Argument On Compensability Of Time Spent By Employees Undergoing Post-Shift Security Checks

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In Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument recently in a class action case regarding whether employees assigned by their employer to work at an Amazon warehouse must be...more

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Retailer - Fall 2014

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Counting the Cost of Payroll Cards: Are they Worth it for Employers? Retailers, as well as other employers, have grown to rely on payroll cards to compensate employees who may not have bank accounts. What are the legal risks...more

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Should Bergdorf’s Tell Macy’s?

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In a peculiar spin on the old line “would Macy’s tell Gimbel’s,” the NLRB unanimously rejected a micro bargaining unit at retailer Bergdorf Goodman only a week after it approved a somewhat similar micro bargaining unit at...more

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