--- title: "Employment Law Newsletters | Labor Law Newsletters" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters?start=264" date: "2026-06-03T03:53:06+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)*** [ ![hand up to the horizon, outdoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/7b/missing-alexander-lam-q0qepdsp0ic-unsplash-7bc01874.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1179:missing-workers&catid=53)## [Where Have All the Missing Workers Gone?](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1179:missing-workers&catid=53) December 17, 2021 | [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. currently has approximately 10.5 million open positions, and there are more open positions than there are unemployed Americans. Thus, the scarce labor supply is causing employers to be unable to meet their labor needs. The reason is that the U.S. is missing around 4.3 million workers who would be available to work if the participation rate was as… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1179:missing-workers&catid=53) [ ![drug test vials, indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/drug-test-national-cancer-institute-hmqtsqzhpzu-unsplash-2dc33ae5.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1178:drug-test-dropping-hiring&catid=53)## [Companies Dropping Drug Testing or Lowering Hiring Requirements](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1178:drug-test-dropping-hiring&catid=53) December 17, 2021 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) In today's job market, openings outnumber applicants by a large margin. Out of necessity, therefore, employers are re-examining their application process and entrance requirements, and eliminating those that are not absolutely necessary, to encourage more new hires. [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1178:drug-test-dropping-hiring&catid=53) [ ![globe, indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/6c/kyle-glenn-nxt5htlmlge-unsplash-6c966187.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1177:immigrant-worker-protection&catid=53)## [New Administration Effort to Protect Immigrant Workers](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1177:immigrant-worker-protection&catid=53) December 17, 2021 | [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 recently announced that U.S. immigration authorities will no longer carry out mass arrests of unauthorized immigrants at work sites. The thinking is that large arrest operations have "mis-allocated enforcement resources" and discouraged fearful immigrant workers from cooperating in workplace investigations. The Administration… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1177:immigrant-worker-protection&catid=53) [ ![taking sinovac covid-19 vaccination injection](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/f0/covid-vaccine-mufid-majnun-cm1au42fnrg-unsplash-f05ae9eb.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1176:covid-vaccination-mandate-employer-awareness&catid=53)## [What Employers Should Do Now concerning Covid Vaccination Mandates](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1176:covid-vaccination-mandate-employer-awareness&catid=53) December 17, 2021 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) There are actually at least three COVID mandates pending, one dealing with employers of 100 or more employees, a second dealing with federal contractors and certain subcontractors, and a third dealing with healthcare. As of this writing, some 26 states have sued to block the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), while over 25 employers or trade associat… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1176:covid-vaccination-mandate-employer-awareness&catid=53) [ ![Biden Harris Press Conference](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/70/biden-manny-becerra-pq8j__a4he4-unsplash-708d85d0.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1170:biden-vaccine-mandatory-updates&catid=218)## [Developments Since Biden's Mandatory Vaccination-Testing Directives](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1170:biden-vaccine-mandatory-updates&catid=218) October 28, 2021 | [November 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=218) Many developments have occurred since President Biden on September 9, 2021 issued certain announcements and executive orders to require either mandatory COVID vaccinations or weekly testing. Some of the announcements concern what requirements may be issued regarding mandatory vaccination or weekly testing of employers of 100 or more employees. What the Fed… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1170:biden-vaccine-mandatory-updates&catid=218) [ ![money bills](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/0e/alexander-schimmeck-aoi2e_7el1w-unsplash-0e7a4280.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1171:employee-wins-case-discrimination&catid=218)## [Employee Wins a $137 Million Jury Verdict in Single Plaintiff Discrimination Case](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1171:employee-wins-case-discrimination&catid=218) October 28, 2021 | [November 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=218) A Tesla factory worker in California in early October won a $137 million race discrimination verdict. The plaintiff was employed by a temporary staffing agency at the Tesla factory, and he claimed that he was regularly subjected to racially offensive terms and graffiti, including the "N" word, derogatory images of African-Americans and swastikas, which he c… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1171:employee-wins-case-discrimination&catid=218) [ ![Women signing papers at a table indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/e4/women-indoors-gabrielle-henderson-hjckknwcxxq-unsplash-e492419c.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1159:rescinded-trump-regulation-eeoc&catid=217)## [Trump Regulation Requiring EEOC to Conciliate Rescinded](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1159:rescinded-trump-regulation-eeoc&catid=217) October 01, 2021 | [October 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=217) The current administration has moved rapidly to eliminate the Trump administrators, even during the terms of their employment, and to eliminate administrative rules and guidance issued by the prior administration. The most recent example is an EEOC regulation issued during the Trump Administration that required the EEOC to give employers far more informati… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1159:rescinded-trump-regulation-eeoc&catid=217) [ ![Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Outdoors, houses on the hillside](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/98/haiti-heather-suggitt-p8zz0aofrxi-unsplash-98d238a6.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1158:tdpp-extended&catid=217)## [TDPP Extended for Six Countries](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1158:tdpp-extended&catid=217) October 01, 2021 | [October 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=217) More than 400,000 citizens of six foreign countries who live and work in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) are able to stay for at least another year. The countries under the temporary deportation protection program include El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras and Nepal. There will be an automatic extension until December 31, 2022… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1158:tdpp-extended&catid=217) [ ![a group of people protesting outdoors, with jackets in the cold](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/42/protest-joanna-nix-walkup-d3ex1j2vyn0-unsplash-427964a7.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1157:safety-issues-protests&catid=217)## [Issues Related to Safety and Work-related Issues, Pertaining to Walk-outs, Sit-ins, Protests, Etc](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1157:safety-issues-protests&catid=217) October 01, 2021 | [October 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=217) The current situation is an appropriate time to remind employers of their obligations under federal laws dealing with not only safety protests, but any protests remotely relating to wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment. The National Labor Relations Act protects employees from adverse action from employers for "union or other concerted activ… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1157:safety-issues-protests&catid=217) [ ![Covid Vaccine Clinic, Parking Sign, Outdoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/7a/joshua-hoehne-rruoelkpdra-unsplash-7a134904.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1156:biden-oe-covid-requirement&catid=217)## [Biden Issues Executive Order Attempting to Require Covid Vaccination & Testing](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1156:biden-oe-covid-requirement&catid=217) October 01, 2021 | [October 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=217) In what many consider President Biden's most bold move regarding COVID-19, he issued an Executive Order on September 9, 2021 in an effort to require that federal employees, federal contractors, and large employers of 100 or more employees require their employees to be vaccinated. The Executive Order is unprecedented as never before has the government issue… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1156:biden-oe-covid-requirement&catid=217) [ ![business buildings](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/b7/sean-pollock-phyq704ffda-unsplash-b78ef449.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1165:trump-employer-rule-overturned&catid=216)## [Trump Business-Friendly Joint Employer Rule Officially Overturned](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1165:trump-employer-rule-overturned&catid=216) September 06, 2021 | [September 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=216) The current Administration has completed its rejection of the Trump-era joint employer rule by issuing a final rule in late July rescinding the 2020 joint employer rule. 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