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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

D.C. Circuit Reinstates Injunction Blocking CFPB’s Mass Layoffs 

On April 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reinstated a district court order blocking the CFPB from conducting a large-scale reduction in force. The decision reversed an earlier partial stay that had...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Appeals court temporarily bars mass firings at CFPB

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The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has upheld a temporary injunction issued by Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia prohibiting the CFPB from firing more...more

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Appeals Court Blocks CFPB Layoffs Pending Further Review

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order temporarily halting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) mass layoffs. The court granted an emergency motion to enforce or...more

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Judge Halts CFPB Layoffs Again

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At an emergency hearing this morning in National Treasury Employees Union v. Vought, Judge Amy Berman Jackson once again halted the layoffs of over 1,000 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The judge...more

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CFPB Implements Mass Layoffs: Union Files Emergency Motion to Show Cause

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) is undergoing significant changes as the Trump administration implements sweeping layoffs just days after revising the Bureau’s regulatory priorities. According to...more

Ius Laboris

‘Made in Canada’: Workforce Considerations in Times of Tariffs

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For businesses, the past several weeks have been amongst the most unpredictable in recent memory. The tariffs imposed by the United States have created new challenges and opportunities for companies across the globe. We take...more

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FMCS Services Curtailed Pursuant to Executive Order

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The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) has begun to significantly curtail services as the agency moves to implement a March 14 Executive Order, Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, that directs...more

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Layoffs in Germany & Poland: Differences & Similarities

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As layoff procedures in Poland and Germany are anchored in the same EU Directive, their national regulations are similar in direction, but they still have their own flavor and local specificity. Germany and Poland share...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Key Update on WARN Act: Bankruptcy Court Limits Employer Liability in Mass Layoffs

The Federal Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers to give workers 60 days’ written notice of a plant closing or mass termination. In the latest update to an important case interpreting the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB agrees to pause layoffs following district court order

On February 14, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the CFPB to pause any layoffs. As previously covered by InfoBytes, and following a February 14 hearing, the CFPB agreed to halt any CFPB employee...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

I’m WARNing You… Maybe? Bankruptcy Court Considers Exception to Layoff Notice Statute

The federal Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act (the WARN Act), generally requires that employers give workers 60 days’ written notice of any plant closings or mass layoffs. If employers do not comply with this...more

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Littler Lightbulb: June Appellate Roundup

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This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month....more

BakerHostetler

Not So Fast: Fifth Circuit Partially Reverses the NLRB’s Thryv Decision

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In a follow-up to our December 2022 blog post and December 2023 year-end roundup alert regarding the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB or Board) decision in Thryv, Inc., the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Employers Take Note: Hollywood Writers' Agreement Addresses AI's Disruption of the Workplace

The Hollywood writers' strike ended last Tuesday with an agreement to manage the disruption caused by automation – a framework that likely will be repeated in other workplaces....more

Fox Rothschild LLP

In Latest Pro-Labor Rulings, NLRB Sharply Curtails Management’s Ability to Change Union Workers' Employment Terms

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In a pair of decisions issued on Aug. 30, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) established new, restrictive standards for evaluating when a unionized employer may avoid bargaining over changes to employees’ terms...more

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What Goes Around Comes Around: Labor Board Limits Employer Actions During First Contract Negotiations and After a Contract Expires

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This week the National Labor Relations Board kept its foot on the gas, issuing decision after decision each further weighing the scales in labor’s favor leading up to the expiration of Democratic Board member Gwynne Wilcox’s...more

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Cozen Cities - August 23, 2023

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CHICAGO — Chicago City Council to Consider Regulating Rideshares- Members of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration have been involved in the discussions, but Alderman Mike Rodriguez is taking the lead on the effort to...more

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Spain Introduces New Obligation to Notify Unions Six Months in Advance of Workplace Closures

The Spanish government has introduced Royal Decree 608/2023, a new employment law that requires any company closing operations to notify trade unions, autonomous community labour authorities, and the central government six...more

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Amendments to the Regulations of the New York WARN Act

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Last month, the New York Department of Labor promulgated amendments to its New York Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (NY WARN) regulations. These amendments are now in effect, and they add significant burdens...more

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NLRB expands standard remedy available for unfair labor practices

On Tuesday, the National Labor Relations Board, in a 3-2 decision, expanded the remedy available for unfair labor practices to include a make-whole remedy for "all direct or foreseeable pecuniary harms” resulting from the...more

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NLRB Solidifies Aggressive “Make-Whole” Relief: Employers Will Face Costlier Remedies for Unfair Labor Practices

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In another pro-union decision, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) recently held that employers are responsible for all “direct or foreseeable pecuniary harms” sustained by employees as a result of an...more

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An Employer’s 7-Step RIF and Layoff Blueprint for 2023

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An unfortunate result of the current state of economic uncertainty is that many employers have begun to consider reductions-in-force or other layoffs. However, you need to ensure you carry out any RIFs or layoffs correctly if...more

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PRC Legal Update: Termination of Employment in China and Issues to Note during Covid-19 Pandemic

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Termination of employment by employers in China is virtually never easy even in absence of a crisis situation. When it comes to the economic downturn, employee dismissal becomes far more sensitive....more

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[Webinar] Ideas for Businesses to Navigate Economic Uncertainty - October 25th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am ET

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...join us for Ideas for Businesses to Navigate Economic Uncertainty, a webinar comprised of brief - only 15 minutes each! - presentations tailored to meet the needs of senior executives and leaders of in-house legal...more

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New Collective Bargaining Agreement for Minneapolis Teachers Will Structure Layoffs by Race

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Executive Summary: Minneapolis public school teachers of color will have additional job protections this upcoming school year under a new contract allowing them to keep their jobs rather than white instructors with more...more

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