--- title: "Employment Law Newsletters | Labor Law Newsletters" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters?start=176" date: "2026-07-01T04:28:03+00:00" language: "en-US" --- # Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues Our Monthly Report on Labor Law Issues, also known as the Employment Law Bulletin, is a monthly newsletter that covers a wide range of labor law issues, including affirmative action plans, strikes, OSHA regulations, minimum wage requirements, and more. Other topics covered have included issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as workplace walk-outs and strikes, vaccinations, and employee rights related to positive test results and quarantine. The newsletter also covers issues related to discrimination, such as artificial intelligence and racial bias, and issues related to unions, such as organizing efforts and union successes at companies like Amazon and Starbucks. The newsletter also covers issues related to taxes, immigration, and court cases related to labor law. ***[Stay informed and avoid legal missteps, by subscribing to email updates here.](https://wimlaw.com/updates)*** [ ![a brick and plaster wall](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/00/click-photographystudio-TipqQSfMU3Y-unsplash-00b5eb32.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1350:enforcement-guidance-harassment-expands&catid=53)## [Proposed Enforcement Guidance on Harassment Expands Trump Administration's Guidance Significantly](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1350:enforcement-guidance-harassment-expands&catid=53) November 10, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) On September 29, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) proposed new enforcement guidance on harassment, subject to public input for a period of 30 days after its publication (November 1). A similar guidance that was issued during the Trump Administration never was finalized, allegedly due to LGBTQ-related issues. The Trump Administratio… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1350:enforcement-guidance-harassment-expands&catid=53) [ ![a person holding a blue card, indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/96/thalia-karr-V83aFY738OI-unsplash-96b278f8.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1344:nlrb-card-check-union-designation-unfair-labor&catid=53)## [New NLRB Ruling Requiring Card-Check Union Designation If Unfair Labor Practice Committed](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1344:nlrb-card-check-union-designation-unfair-labor&catid=53) October 19, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) Employers' "worst nightmare" has just occurred in the Cemex Construction National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling on August 25, 2023. In that ruling, the NLRB necessitates an NLRB order requiring the employer to recognize and bargain with the union, assuming the union can show a majority of employees have signed union authorization cards or otherwise i… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1344:nlrb-card-check-union-designation-unfair-labor&catid=53) [ ![traffic, fast, timelapse](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/0c/fast-marc-olivier-jodoin-NqOInJ-ttqM-unsplash-0c6eeb08.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1345:quickie-election-rule-nlrb-regulation&catid=53)## [Quickie Election Rule Made Even Quicker by New NLRB Regulation](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1345:quickie-election-rule-nlrb-regulation&catid=53) October 19, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) The NLRB issued a final rule pertaining to its election procedures on August 18, 2023, to become effective December 26, 2023. The new regulation, promulgated without opportunity for comments, sets forth 10 amendments to NLRB procedures, substantially returning those procedures to those in a 2014 rule issued during the Obama Administration. The changes exp… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1345:quickie-election-rule-nlrb-regulation&catid=53) [ ![a fence with locks attached, outdoors, red](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/8f/jon-moore-bBavss4ZQcA-unsplash-8f4dd484.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1346:nlrb-concerted-protections-individual-job-actions&catid=53)## [NLRB Expands "Concerted" Protections for Individual Job Actions](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1346:nlrb-concerted-protections-individual-job-actions&catid=53) October 19, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) establishes the federally-protected right "to engage in . . . concerted activities for the purpose of . . . mutual aid or protection." To be protected under Section 7 of the Act, employee conduct must be both "concerted" and engaged in for the purpose of "mutual aid or protection." [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1346:nlrb-concerted-protections-individual-job-actions&catid=53) [ ![medical professional tryping on a laptop](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/45/national-cancer-institute-NFvdKIhxYlU-unsplash-453aadd5.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1347:employers-fiduciary-responsibilities-investigation-health-claim-expenses&catid=53)## [An Employer’s Fiduciary Responsibilities Require Investigation of Health Plan Claim Expenses](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1347:employers-fiduciary-responsibilities-investigation-health-claim-expenses&catid=53) October 19, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) An employer with a large number of employees usually offers health care coverage to its employees using what is called “self-insurance”. When an employer self-insures the cost of health care coverage for its employees, the employer usually engages a third-party administrator (like Aetna or United Healthcare) to negotiate acceptable fees with health provider… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1347:employers-fiduciary-responsibilities-investigation-health-claim-expenses&catid=53) [ ![red theater seats](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/55/kilyan-sockalingum-nW1n9eNHOsc-unsplash-553786ab.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1348:nlrb-contractor-standards&catid=53)## [NLRB Tightens Independent Contractor Standards](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1348:nlrb-contractor-standards&catid=53) October 19, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) In the Trump Administration, the NLRB issued a ruling for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. In the 2019 ruling in Super Shuttle, the Trump-era NLRB indicated that entrepreneurial opportunity for gain or loss should be the "animating principle" of the independent contractor test. In a decision issued on June 13, 2023… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1348:nlrb-contractor-standards&catid=53) [ ![bird caught fish, in water](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/6e/r-mac-wheeler-YZ_OgitihfM-unsplash-6ea5ec33.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1337:employers-trapped-attacks-dei&catid=53)## [Employers Caught in the Middle for Attacks on DEI Programs](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1337:employers-trapped-attacks-dei&catid=53) August 28, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) As a result of the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action in college admissions, employers seem to be caught in the middle in the debate over those in favor of or opposed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs that may go too far. There have been lawsuits, shareholder letters and petitions to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEO… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1337:employers-trapped-attacks-dei&catid=53) [ ![woman at a computer sitting at the desk indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/79/annie-spratt-g9KFpAfQ5bc-unsplash-79c43ccc.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1338:big-labor-is-front-page&catid=53)## [Big Labor Is Front Page](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1338:big-labor-is-front-page&catid=53) August 28, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) Big labor is flexing its muscles, and the nation should be concerned. While the most pro-union President in history touts organized labor as good national policy, the effects of this policy show the dangers. Let's look at actions over the last few months as large parts of our national economy were almost shut down over a potential dock workers strike, a p… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1338:big-labor-is-front-page&catid=53) [ ![pages of a book fanning out, indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/99/enrico-mantegazza-493arZWzpXM-unsplash-993c2569.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1339:nlrb-standard-judging-legality-handbook&catid=53)## [NLRB Sets Forth New Standard for Judging Legality of Handbook and Other Employer Policies](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1339:nlrb-standard-judging-legality-handbook&catid=53) August 28, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) Employers have been long awaiting the Biden National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB's) view of what types of employer handbook and other policies are lawful, and what types are overbroad and thus unlawful. On August 2, 2023, the Board announced the new Biden NLRB policies in Stericycle, Inc., adopting a new legal standard to decide whether an employer's wor… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1339:nlrb-standard-judging-legality-handbook&catid=53) [ ![milk in jars inside a refrigerator](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/26/debby-hudson-2dzhYsVhLVA-unsplash-26973386.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1333:dol-requires-wage-hour-notice-posted&catid=53)## [DOL Requires New Wage-Hour Notice to Be Posted at Workplaces](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1333:dol-requires-wage-hour-notice-posted&catid=53) August 02, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) A new Department of Labor (DOL) Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) poster is now required which adds the requirements of the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (the PUMP Act). The April 2023 version of the poster must be used to be legally compliant. You can access this new poster by going to: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/poste… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1333:dol-requires-wage-hour-notice-posted&catid=53) [ ![rainbow colors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/72/alexander-grey-W7cPLHOa0eQ-unsplash-72c62ec1.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1330:scotus-forced-design-same-sex-first-ammendment&catid=53)## [Businesses Providing Expressive or Artistic Services Not Required to Provide Such Services to Same-sex Customers](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1330:scotus-forced-design-same-sex-first-ammendment&catid=53) August 02, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) Supreme Court Says Forcing Expressive Designs That Communicate Messages Violates the First Amendment In a case in which a website designer refused to make wedding websites for LGBTQ couples, the Supreme Court's 6-3 majority ruled that the First Amendment bars the government from forcing the designer to create expressive designs that communicate messages sh… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1330:scotus-forced-design-same-sex-first-ammendment&catid=53) ## Top 10 Content (All-Time) - [![person outdoors standing with a sign that says, I'm sticking with my union](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/c9/manny-becerra-GTPK-Wt1qoY-unsplash-c95084a4.jpg) Union Fines Employee $22,000.00 for Crossing Picket Lines ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=310:union-fines-employee-crossing-picket-lines&catid=53) - [![chickens, roosters](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/2e/iq1f9gmtie0-2e8806a5.jpg) OSHA Regional Emphasis Program for Poultry Processing Facilities ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=362:osha-regional-emphasis-program-for-poultry-processing-facilities&catid=52) - [![lightbulb sticky note on board](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/5c/absolutvision-82TpEld0_e4-unsplash-5c5067af.jpg) GOVERNMENT Position: Worker Presents New Social Security Number and States Previous Documents Were Not Real ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=367:government-position-worker-presents-new-social-security-number-and-states-previous-documents-were-not-real&catid=52) - [![poultry farm](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/d3/thomas-iversen-4W8FgDVyUME-unsplash-d3ac22fc.jpg) OSHA ALERT: OSHA Regional Emphasis Program Targets Southeastern Poultry Processing Facilities ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=370:osha-alert-osha-regional-emphasis-program-targets-southeastern-poultry-processing-facilities&catid=52) - [![AI post it note](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/52/hitesh-choudhary-t1PaIbMTJIM-unsplash-523fd46e.jpg) AI Is Another Relevant Area of Employment Law Issues ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1310:ai-employment-law-issues&catid=53) - [![What Does It Take to Create a Hostile Work Environment? 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