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Chicago Enacts New Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance

Gould + Ratner LLP on 11/20/2023

On November 9, 2023, the Chicago City Council passed the Chicago Paid Leave and Paid Sick and Safe Leave Ordinance (the Ordinance), which takes effect on December 31, 2023. The Ordinance will replace Chicago’s current Paid...more

White House Issues Executive Order on AI: Charting a Path to Responsible AI Development

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 11/3/2023

On October 30, 2023, recognizing that Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds both extraordinary promise for its commercial applications and advancements and treachery and harm caused by its misuse, the White House issued an...more

California’s Paid Sick Leave Requirements Increased Effective 2024

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 10/5/2023

On October 4, 2023, California’s Governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 616, which increases the amount of paid sick leave employers are required to provide to California employees. Beginning on January 1, 2024, employers must...more

Historic NLRB Decision Changes When Employers Must Recognize and Bargain with Unions

Stevens & Lee on 8/25/2023

In a monumental sea change, on August 25, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC announcing a new rule for deciding when employers must bargain with...more

The National Labor Relations Board 2022 Year In Review

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/2/2023

2022 was a great year for U.S. labor unions and employees, but not so much for U.S. employers. The Biden National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) dug in and got to work, reversing precedent and charting a course to reinterpret...more

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 12, December 2022

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 1/3/2023

Welcome to the 12th and final issue of the year for The Site Report. Top Three Construction Disputes and How to Avoid Them - Construction professionals sometimes feel as if it is déjà vu when it comes to disputes—and they...more

NLRB Poised to Tip Scale in Favor of Disclosure of Employer Financial Information Based on Competitive Disadvantage Statements

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/30/2022

In recent weeks, the National Labor Relations Board has issued several labor-friendly decisions, quickly checking off key items on General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo's agenda. On November 30, 2022, the General Counsel released...more

You are Being Monitored for Electronic Surveillance and Automated Management Practices, Says the NLRB

BakerHostetler on 11/22/2022

On October 31, 2022, the National Labor Relation Board’s (“NLRB”) General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo issued a potentially spooky memorandum for employers regarding electronic surveillance and automated management. The memo...more

Ontario CUPE Strike 2022: A Sign of Things to Come?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/18/2022

A collision between the Ontario government and unionized education workers escalated into one of the most significant moments in recent Canadian labour relations history....more

Cozen Cities - November 11, 2022

Cozen O'Connor on 11/11/2022

LOS ANGELES — Waymo Says It’s Bringing Robotaxis to L.A. Driverless car company Waymo, owned by Google parent Alphabet, said October 19 that it plans to add autonomous taxi fleet operations to Los Angeles. “L.A. is in the top...more

California’s FAST Recovery Act: A Game-Changer

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 9/13/2022

On September 5, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 257, a controversial and far-reaching law that will have a major impact on California fast food employers and is likely to shape the way the state regulates...more

Lessons for Management from the John Deere Strike

Fox Rothschild LLP on 11/10/2021

The John Deere Co. Strike – Sign of the Times? In case you missed it, a major battle between labor and management is playing out in the heartland. On October 14, over 10,000 UAW-represented workers at John Deere Co....more

Emerging Manufacturing Technologies Drive Employers To Reform Talent, Organizational Policies

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/25/2021

One crucial lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic is that cost-effective, digital manufacturing solutions are needed to keep factories and supply chains running smoothly while producing high-quality products. This is true for all...more

The National Labor Relations Board 2019 Year End Review: An Overview of Major Developments in Labor Law

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 3/2/2020

If 2018 was a year of elevator music at the National Labor Relations Board, 2019 was symphony of sound. The Board’s initiatives were varied, high-profile and in the vast majority of cases, the developments were positives for...more

Up in Smoke? New Wisconsin Governor Proposes Marijuana Legalization and Host of New Employment Laws

Littler on 3/12/2019

Wisconsin employers reviewing Governor Tony Evers’ very first budget proposal may be surprised by the number of the employment-related items. ...more

Benefits for the Gig Workforce: Is there a Solution that Won’t Defeat the Business Model?

Fisher Phillips on 2/20/2018

Offering health, retirement, and workers’ compensation benefits to the varied gig workforce, while maintaining some affordability to the worker while also avoiding the 30 percent cost increase to businesses, has proven to be...more

The U.S. Supreme Court, Unions, And The Future Of Collective Bargaining In The Public Sector

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 11/14/2017

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear a case that has the potential to rock the world of unions that represent public sector employees in Rhode Island and throughout the country. The Court will decide whether state...more

Passage of the Save Local Businesses Act in the House May Signal a Broader Rejection of Obama-Era Rules On Joint Employment

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/14/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: On November 7, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Save Local Businesses Act. If passed by the Senate, the bill would overturn Obama-era decisions and agency guidance broadly defining and...more

West Virginia Court Unblocks Right To Work Law

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 10/3/2017

West Virginia’s right to work law will be enforceable beginning October 15, 2017. The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, has dismissed a lower court’s preliminary injunction blocking...more

France’s Labor Law In For Overhaul

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/6/2017

Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron’s draft overhaul of the French Labor Code (“Macron reform”) promises to increase flexibility and reduce risk in French labor law, while strengthening workers’ rights. It is...more

Cities Across the World Come Together to Regulate Gig Employers

Fisher Phillips on 8/23/2016

Over the past few years, we’ve seen states and other local governments pass or introduce laws to regulate the gig economy. Most recently, for example, the city of Seattle passed a law allowing the unionization of app-based...more

The Transformation of the Workplace Through Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Automation: Employment and Labor Law Issues,...

Littler on 8/5/2016

The twin forces of technology and globalization are reinventing and redefining the workplace and the way work is performed. The workplace automation of the last century is rapidly being augmented and replaced by intelligent...more

NLRB Decision Potentially Expands "Perfectly Clear" Successorship Rule

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/22/2016

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Nexeo Solutions, LLC earlier this week, ruling that the buyer in an asset purchase of the seller’s business was a "perfectly clear" successor. As a result, the...more

Paying Employees to Opt Out of Insurance? BEWARE

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/20/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: That “win-win” in contract negotiation wherein employees are paid to opt out of employer insurance has become much more complicated thanks to the IRS. Basically, if bargaining parties do not follow new IRS...more

Illinois Supreme Court Issue Long-Awaited Decision on Vesting of Retiree Health Care Benefits in Matthews v. Chicago Transit...

Franczek P.C. on 5/16/2016

On May 5th, nearly a full year after it heard oral arguments in the case, the Illinois Supreme Court issued its decision in Matthews v. Chicago Transit Authority, et al., addressing the interplay between a public sector...more

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