--- title: "Employment Law Newsletters | Labor Law Newsletters" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters?start=308" date: "2026-06-03T04:46:46+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)*** [ ![outdoors, clouds, power lines](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/44/o849qj6t2qo-44ea2915.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1112:union-agenda-firing-counsel&catid=210)## [New Administration Begins Pro-union Agenda by Controversial Firing of the NLRB General Counsel](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1112:union-agenda-firing-counsel&catid=210) March 12, 2021 | [March 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=210) On the same day of President Biden's swearing-in, the new White House delivered to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb an ultimatum to resign by 5:00 p.m. or be fired. No President in U.S. history had taken such a bold move as the NLRB General Counsel position is a four-year appointment at an independent federal agency. The Wh… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1112:union-agenda-firing-counsel&catid=210) [ ![federal washington building](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/b8/syhi8ox0jc8-b80afc31.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1111:republican-democrat-legal-challenges&catid=210)## [Republicans Using Same Type of Legal Challenges of Biden Policies Democrats Used against Trump](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1111:republican-democrat-legal-challenges&catid=210) March 12, 2021 | [March 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=210) Republicans have taken a playbook that the Democrats used against Trump in going to federal court to seek nationwide injunctions against policy changes. In late January 2021, a federal judge in Texas blocked the Biden Administration's 100-day pause on deportations. Judge Tipton of the Southern District of Texas granted a temporary restraining or… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1111:republican-democrat-legal-challenges&catid=210) [ ![lockdown on tablet, computer, phone, food, mug, desk](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/bd/pu063oyuas8-bdd05b8a.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1110:osha-virus-guidelines&catid=210)## [Osha Issues New and Stronger Virus Guidance](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1110:osha-virus-guidelines&catid=210) March 12, 2021 | [March 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=210) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced on January 29, 2021, new and stronger workplace guidance on the Coronavirus. Implementing a Coronavirus Prevention Program, according to OSHA, is the most effective way to reduce the spread of the virus. The guidance recommends several essential elements in a prevention program: [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1110:osha-virus-guidelines&catid=210) [ ![a crowd protest](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/2a/rd5uniujcf0-2ae6fe7f.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1109:employee-participation-protests&catid=210)## [Issue of Employees Participating in Demonstrations and Protests](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1109:employee-participation-protests&catid=210) March 12, 2021 | [March 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=210) The January 6, 2021 protest in Washington, D.C. raises questions about participation of employees in protests that may turn into riots. Unlike governmental employers, private businesses have no "free speech" obligations to their employees participating in such protests. However, other legal issues can arise as to subsequent actions against those… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1109:employee-participation-protests&catid=210) [ ![money bills washington](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/85/8lnbxtxfgzw-85160e65.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1108:refund-file-deadline-employee-retention-tax-credits&catid=209)## [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=1108:refund-file-deadline-employee-retention-tax-credits&catid=209) February 17, 2021 | [February 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=209) The March 2020 CARES Act allows employers to reduce their quarterly federal employment tax deposit obligations in certain situations. One of those is called the Employee Retention Credit, and another is called the Paid Leave Credit. For employers who have claimed, or intend to claim, the employee retention credit or the paid leave credit that were part of t… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1108:refund-file-deadline-employee-retention-tax-credits&catid=209) [ ![dark sand](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/6c/i9ov2w2gxf4-6cdb1434.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1107:pandemic-bill-changes&catid=209)## [Changes from New Pandemic Relief Bill](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1107:pandemic-bill-changes&catid=209) February 17, 2021 | [February 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=209) 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=1107:pandemic-bill-changes&catid=209) [ ![biden news article](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/icg0de369-q-6d64d2a7.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1106:biden-admin-first-steps&catid=209)## [First Steps to Be Taken by Biden Administration](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1106:biden-admin-first-steps&catid=209) February 17, 2021 | [February 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=209) Many of the Cabinet nominees made by President Biden are veterans of the Obama Administration. The management community is always interested in who is running the Department of Labor (DOL), and the appointment of Boston Mayor Marty Walls is relatively uncontroversial. Walls is an old friend of the President and, like the President, has a reputation as a pra… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1106:biden-admin-first-steps&catid=209) [ ![city of atlanta horizon](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/7d/4dxxsn4oyy0-7d839d6a.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1105:georgia-elections-future&catid=209)## [Georgia Elections Change Our Future Dramatically](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1105:georgia-elections-future&catid=209) February 08, 2021 | [February 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=209) As a native Georgian, this writer was surprised at the results of the Georgia run-off elections on January 5, 2021, in which both Democrats won narrow victories over two Republican incumbent U.S. Senators. Many had been saying for the last few years that Georgia was now a purple state, although currently all state office-holders are Republicans, and Republi… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1105:georgia-elections-future&catid=209) [ ![United Auto Workers Settle Massive Union Corruption Issues](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/71/wbx3fegoeq0-71e92536.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1102:united-auto-workers-settle-union-corruption&catid=208)## [United Auto Workers Settle Massive Union Corruption Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1102:united-auto-workers-settle-union-corruption&catid=208) January 11, 2021 | [January 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=208) The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has settled massive allegations against the United Auto Workers Union (UAW), exposing what federal prosecutors described as a culture of corruption among its leadership built around kick-back schemes, embezzlement and other illegal activities. 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Among the most important is the final rule to make it easier for employers to classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees who are owed minimum wages and overtime pay. 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