--- title: "Employment Law Newsletters | Labor Law Newsletters" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters?start=198" date: "2026-06-03T02:25:56+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)*** [ ![surveilance caeras on outdoor wall](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/19/pawel-czerwinski-OfwiURcZwYw-unsplash-197acae3.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1314:homeland-irs-lawsuit-immigration-raid&catid=53)## [Homeland Security and IRS Pay over $1 Million to Settle Lawsuit over Immigration Raid](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1314:homeland-irs-lawsuit-immigration-raid&catid=53) April 06, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) Back in 2018, ICE conducted a raid at a Tennessee meat packing plant, which was the largest workplace immigration raid in nearly a decade. A lawsuit was filed following the raid at the Southeastern Provision facility in Bean Station, Tennessee, contending that the raid illegally targeted Latino workers, arguing that immigration officials used race as a pro… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1314:homeland-irs-lawsuit-immigration-raid&catid=53) [ ![transgender blocks spelled out](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/56/alexander-grey-9J1NuJ7Dgz4-unsplash-56af832f.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1315:transgender-workers-may-be-protected-by-ada-as-well-as-sex-discrimination-rules&catid=53)## [Transgender Workers May Be Protected by ADA as Well as Sex Discrimination Rules](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1315:transgender-workers-may-be-protected-by-ada-as-well-as-sex-discrimination-rules&catid=53) April 06, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that transgender workers were protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. While the Civil Rights Act protects against discrimination, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) not only protects against discrimination, but requires reasonable accommodations for disabled workers that do not constitute an undue hardshi… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1315:transgender-workers-may-be-protected-by-ada-as-well-as-sex-discrimination-rules&catid=53) [ ![biden president banner from 2020](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/91/gayatri-malhotra-qBBS6GvyCA8-unsplash-916fb74f.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1309:bidens-labor-policy-anti-trust-enforcement&catid=53)## [Biden's Labor Policy Showing up in Anti-Trust Enforcement](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1309:bidens-labor-policy-anti-trust-enforcement&catid=53) April 05, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) The pro-labor and pro-union philosophy of President Biden is making its mark in anti-trust enforcement. In a 2021 executive order dealing with promoting competition, special emphasis was given to anti-trust issues in labor. In fact, the issues arising in labor markets was first of the anti-trust policy objectives in the anti-trust executive order. The Fe… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1309:bidens-labor-policy-anti-trust-enforcement&catid=53) [ ![paying for item, indoors, business](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/c5/clay-banks-XvS-uKUoUao-unsplash-c5113958.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1306:shrinking-pay-gains&catid=53)## [Pay Gains Are Shrinking](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1306:shrinking-pay-gains&catid=53) March 14, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) Everyone can feel the high inflation levels that have been plaguing the U.S. over recent months. Recent data indicates the high inflation levels are cooling at least somewhat. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reported on January 31 that wage and benefit gains slowed in the second half of 2022, after touching the highest reading since current data collec… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1306:shrinking-pay-gains&catid=53) [ ![notebook, pencil](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/16/jan-kahanek-g3O5ZtRk2E4-unsplash-16c7691b.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1304:employee-handbook-at-will-provisions&catid=53)## [Recent Ruling Limits At-Will Provisions of Employee Handbook](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1304:employee-handbook-at-will-provisions&catid=53) March 14, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) Most employers have employee handbooks, and most employers have done a pretty good job of including at-will statements therein and statements that the handbook does not constitute a contract of employment. However, a recent decision of the Alabama Supreme Court has alarmed many employers as to the sufficiency of their handbook provisions. Davis v. City of… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1304:employee-handbook-at-will-provisions&catid=53) [ ![bee hive, outdoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/0c/beeing-dAnyZiV956g-unsplash-0cf020ce.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1305:company-intranet&catid=53)## [If You Have a Company Intranet Site, Read This](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1305:company-intranet&catid=53) March 14, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) Many employers have company non-public intranet sites allowing employees to communicate with the company and each other on matters of interest. A recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision involving Lush Cosmetics discusses problems with its intranet site called the "Hive." Lush Cosmetics, LLC, 372 NLRB No. 54 (Feb. 10, 2023). [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1305:company-intranet&catid=53) [ ![covid 19 virus, concept](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/80/covid-fusion-medical-animation-rnr8D3FNUNY-unsplash-80007591.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1307:covid-19-emergency-benefit-adjustments&catid=53)## [Benefit Adjustments When COVID-19 Emergency Ends](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1307:covid-19-emergency-benefit-adjustments&catid=53) March 14, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) The Biden administration has announced that the COVID-19 emergency will end May 11, 2023. Employers should prepare now for changes that will occur after the emergency declaration ends. [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1307:covid-19-emergency-benefit-adjustments&catid=53) [ ![holding a be the good mug, indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/bf/nathan-dumlao-L86vy42TB-w-unsplash-bfc3a03b.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1308:do-gooder-vindication&catid=53)## [No Good Deed Goes Unpunished... but Sometimes the Do-gooder Is Vindicated](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1308:do-gooder-vindication&catid=53) March 14, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit just held - shock alert! - that paying an employee more than is legally required does not violate the Fair Labor Standards Act. This should seem obvious, but apparently it wasn't, until now. [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1308:do-gooder-vindication&catid=53) [ ![federal trade commission building](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/cb/ftc-ipse-dixit-Y1et5GbupP0-unsplash-cb8926cb.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1294:ftc-non-compete-banning-commentary&catid=53)## [The Good, the Bad and the Ugly about the FTC Proposed Banning of Non-compete Agreements](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1294:ftc-non-compete-banning-commentary&catid=53) February 20, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) The "bad" is that on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule that would ban most non-compete agreements with limited exceptions, assuming the rule becomes final in its present form. The federal rule would not only ban non-competes but also "de facto" non-competes, which the FTC said could include other types of contracts such as… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1294:ftc-non-compete-banning-commentary&catid=53) [ ![breastfeeding mother](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/3a/wes-hicks-Xg_LGdZVPe0-unsplash-3a7a8e4a.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1295:pregnant-worker-mik-accomodation&catid=53)## [Pregnant Workers Must Now Be Accommodated, and Another New Law Extends Rules Regarding Expressing Milk](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1295:pregnant-worker-mik-accomodation&catid=53) February 20, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) A couple of new laws were passed by Congress at the end of the year that have not been widely publicized. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) was passed as an amendment to the $1.7 trillion government funding bill. This law takes effect on June 27, 2023. Specifically, the PWFA would require employers with 15 or more workers to grant temporary and rea… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1295:pregnant-worker-mik-accomodation&catid=53) [ ![do no enter sign](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/46/issy-bailey-dp2XEb0dCX0-unsplash-46b4b703.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1296:non-disclosure-clause-sexual-harassment-agreement&catid=53)## [Another New Federal Law Bans Non-Disclosure Clauses and Non-disparagement Clauses in Sexual Harassment Agreements prior to the Dispute](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1296:non-disclosure-clause-sexual-harassment-agreement&catid=53) February 20, 2023 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) Another new law, known as The Speak Out Now Act, was signed into law by President Biden on December 7, 2022. It supplements a prior law known as the Ending of Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, which prohibits mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment and sexual assault disputes, that President Biden signed earlier in 2022. 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