--- title: "Labor Law News Alerts | Employment Law News" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/alerts?start=33" date: "2026-06-14T04:44:31+00:00" language: "en-US" --- # Alerts [ ![farmland](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/3a/dan-meyers-IQVFVH0ajag-unsplash-3a831f42.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1349:h-2a-farmworker-proposal-agriculture-union&catid=52)## [H-2A Farmworker Proposal Would Promote Union Organization in Agriculture](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1349:h-2a-farmworker-proposal-agriculture-union&catid=52) October 20, 2023 | [Alerts](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=52) A proposed Department of Labor (DOL) rule was announced on September 13, 2023, to provide federal labor law protections similar to those under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to H-2A farmworkers. The H-2A Program allows agricultural employers to hire farmworkers for temporary and seasonal jobs when they cannot find sufficient domestic labor, and wh… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1349:h-2a-farmworker-proposal-agriculture-union&catid=52) [ ![person handing a card to another, indoors with a window in the background](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/0f/van-tay-media-chyT9XPAdcg-unsplash-0f1dc908.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1340:nlrb-card-check-employer-analysis&catid=52)## [New NLRB Case Forces “Card-Check” Analysis on Employers](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1340:nlrb-card-check-employer-analysis&catid=52) August 31, 2023 | [Alerts](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=52) Probably no National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) concepts scares employers more than the concept of the “card-check.” This is a concept where an unwanted union is forced on the employer and employees are deprived of the right to vote on the issue in a secret ballot election. On August 25, 2023, the NLRB accomplished almost the same result in Cemex Constr… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1340:nlrb-card-check-employer-analysis&catid=52) [ ![university graduation](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/1d/vasily-koloda-8CqDvPuo_kI-unsplash-1df282e0.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1327:scotus-race-affirmative-action&catid=52)## [Supreme Court Ends Race Conscious School Affirmative Action Programs](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1327:scotus-race-affirmative-action&catid=52) June 30, 2023 | [Alerts](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=52) In a 6-3 determination, the Supreme Court made its long-awaited affirmative action ruling in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, No. 20-1119 (June 29, 2023). The question addressed was whether the admission systems used by Harvard and the University of North Carolina are lawful under the Equal Protection Clause o… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1327:scotus-race-affirmative-action&catid=52) [ ![holding a tiny clock](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/f0/lukas-blazek-UAvYasdkzq8-unsplash-f0324dc0.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1302:scotus-day-rates-not-salary&catid=52)## [Supreme Court Rules That Day Rates Are Not A Salary](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1302:scotus-day-rates-not-salary&catid=52) March 06, 2023 | [Alerts](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=52) Seventy-five years after it was enacted, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) continues to surprise, and to remind us that it’s not how much you pay, but how, that really matters. On February 22, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Helix Energy Solutions v. Michael Hewitt (No. 21-984) that even a very highly compensated individual may be entitled to overt… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1302:scotus-day-rates-not-salary&catid=52) [ ![The Federal Trade Commission building entrance](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/f6/ftc-ian-hutchinson-ruQxygBJMOM-unsplash-f6290838.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1292:ftc-proposes-ban-non-compete-agreements&catid=52)## [FTC Proposes Rulemaking to Ban Non-compete Agreements](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1292:ftc-proposes-ban-non-compete-agreements&catid=52) January 09, 2023 | [Alerts](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=52) Non-compete agreements – provisions in employment contracts whereby an employee agrees not to accept future employment with a competitor, disclose trade secrets, or poach customers – have been widely used for decades. But on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that could not just limit, but ban… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1292:ftc-proposes-ban-non-compete-agreements&catid=52) [ ![stop sign, creative framing](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/e6/stop-sign-jake-allen--9ZXX3-caxE-unsplash-e660beed.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1261:federal-contractor-vaccine-mandate-case-injunction&catid=52)## [Wimberly & Lawson Helps Secure Eleventh Circuit Affirmation of Preliminary Injunction in Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Case](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1261:federal-contractor-vaccine-mandate-case-injunction&catid=52) August 29, 2022 | [Alerts](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=52) After a delay of approximately 10 months the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has slightly narrowed, but affirmed, a preliminary injunction imposed by the District Court against enforcement of President Biden’s Federal contractor vaccine mandate. This is a major victory for our client, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), a nationwide tr… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1261:federal-contractor-vaccine-mandate-case-injunction&catid=52) [ ![supreme court building, outdoors, blue sky](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/2a/scotus-ian-hutchinson-u8wfirpsq7y-unsplash-2ad99c38.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1182:scotus-osha-vaccinage-verdict&catid=52)## [Supreme Court Reinstates Stay of OSHA Vaccine Mandate](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1182:scotus-osha-vaccinage-verdict&catid=52) January 14, 2022 | [Alerts](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=52) In a 6-to-3 decision published January 13, 2022 the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed implementation of an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that would have required the employers of nearly half of all workers in the United States either to require all of their employees to be vaccinated agai… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1182:scotus-osha-vaccinage-verdict&catid=52) [ ![covic vaccine, fake visual](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/vaccine-ivan-diaz-_ts3NfjvaXo-unsplash-fb08fc59.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1155:faq-covid-vaccine-eo&catid=52)## [FAQs on the Covid-19 Vaccine Executive Order](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1155:faq-covid-vaccine-eo&catid=52) September 10, 2021 | [Alerts](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=52) On September 9, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order (EO) mandating that Federal contractors and large employers require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Touted as a bold public health initiative, the EO is unprecedented: never before has the government issued a mandate requiring employees to submit to a vaccination or weekly m… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1155:faq-covid-vaccine-eo&catid=52) [ ![golden clock](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/57/325845-57f5ba7f.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1104:paid-leave-employee-retention-tax-credits-refund&catid=52)## [Last Day to File for Refund of Paid Leave and Employee Retention Tax Credits](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1104:paid-leave-employee-retention-tax-credits-refund&catid=52) January 12, 2021 | [Alerts](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=52) The March 2020 CARES Act allows employers to reduce their quarterly federal employment tax deposit obligations in certain situations. For example, if an employer is entitled to a credit of $5,000 for (a) qualified sick leave wages, (b) certain related health plan expenses, and (c) the employer’s share of Medicare tax on the leave wages, and if the employer… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1104:paid-leave-employee-retention-tax-credits-refund&catid=52) [ ![person looking at shoes outdoors two differentt colors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/f7/539-f773dfd2.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1103:pandemic-relief-bill-changes&catid=52)## [Changes from New Pandemic Relief Bill](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1103:pandemic-relief-bill-changes&catid=52) January 12, 2021 | [Alerts](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=52) The $900 billion pandemic relief that passed Congress in December was a compromise measure aimed at improving economic recovery. Some of its most important features are as follows: [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1103:pandemic-relief-bill-changes&catid=52) [ ![President Plays "TRUMP" Card in Virus Relief](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/d8/d-1dt0uy3cy-d883430d.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1054:president-plays-trump-card-in-virus-relief&catid=52)## [President Plays "TRUMP" Card in Virus Relief (UPDATED Sept 2020)](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1054:president-plays-trump-card-in-virus-relief&catid=52) August 12, 2020 | [Alerts](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=52) Two virus relief packages have passed Congress and been implemented, each running slightly in excess of $1 trillion. 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