--- title: "Employment Law Newsletters | Labor Law Newsletters" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters?start=385" date: "2026-06-03T06:57:28+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)*** ## [BOARD GIVES EMPLOYERS BROAD RIGHTS TO INSIST UPON MANDATORY ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS PROHIBITING COLLECTIVE ACTIONS](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=595:board-gives-employers-broad-rights-to-insist-upon-mandatory-arbitration-agreements-prohibiting-collective-actions&catid=188) April 01, 2020 | [October 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=188) This newsletter in the past has published many articles about the Epic Systems Supreme Court ruling, which holds that employers may enter into individual arbitration agreements with employees requiring almost all disputes to go to individualized arbitration and waiving class and collective actions. In a ruling on August 14, 2019, the NLRB broadened an… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=595:board-gives-employers-broad-rights-to-insist-upon-mandatory-arbitration-agreements-prohibiting-collective-actions&catid=188) ## [MISCLASSIFYING WORKERS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS DOES NOT VIOLATE LABOR ACT](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=594:misclassifying-workers-as-independent-contractors-does-not-violate-labor-act&catid=188) April 01, 2020 | [October 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=188) The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled on August 29, 2019 that employers do not violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) solely by misclassifying employees as independent contractors. The Board majority held that an employer's communication to its workers of its opinion that they are independent contractors does not, standing alone, vi… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=594:misclassifying-workers-as-independent-contractors-does-not-violate-labor-act&catid=188) ## [NLRB PROPOSES THREE NEW RULES TO PROTECT EMPLOYEE AND MANAGEMENT RIGHTS](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=592:nlrb-proposes-three-new-rules-to-protect-employee-and-management-rights&catid=187) April 01, 2020 | [September 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=187) The NLRB has been the most activist of the federal agencies in promoting deregulatory actions that benefit employee and management rights. A part of the effort has been an attempt to undo the 92 precedents overturned by the Obama-Era NLRB. But the Republican-majority NLRB is also aggressively pursuing tactics that make it more difficult for a fu… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=592:nlrb-proposes-three-new-rules-to-protect-employee-and-management-rights&catid=187) ## [LABOR DEPARTMENT TO PUSH AHEAD ON NEW RULES BEFORE DEADLINES](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=591:labor-department-to-push-ahead-on-new-rules-before-deadlines&catid=187) April 01, 2020 | [September 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=187) The Department of Labor (DOL) is struggling to finalize various proposed regulations at a faster pace due to two converging factors. First, under the 1996 Congressional Review Act (CRA), rules finalized in the last year of an administration can be repealed if they have not gone into effect yet, and stayed in court while their validity is being challen… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=591:labor-department-to-push-ahead-on-new-rules-before-deadlines&catid=187) ## [Supreme Court Addresses How Agencies Interpret Their Own Regulations](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=590:supreme-court-addresses-how-agencies-interpret-their-own-regulations&catid=186) April 01, 2020 | [August 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=186) Many businesses have complained about federal agencies having too much power to interpret the laws they enforce. For example, rather than amending the law or following the process to issue a new or revised regulation, agencies often issue fact sheets, operations handbooks, court briefs, and other statements and they ask the courts to follow the agencies' i… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=590:supreme-court-addresses-how-agencies-interpret-their-own-regulations&catid=186) ## [WILL OBAMACARE LAST?](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=589:will-obamacare-last&catid=186) April 01, 2020 | [August 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=186) There is an important case pending before the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, dealing with whether ObamaCare will survive or instead be declared unconstitutional. Last December, a Texas federal judge invalidated the entire law, after Congress in 2017 passed a law that reduced the penalty provisions to employees for being uninsured to $0. It… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=589:will-obamacare-last&catid=186) ## [HAIR STYLE AND DRESS CODES NORMALLY NOT SUBJECT TO DISCRIMINATION RULES, WITH SOME EXCEPTION](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=588:hair-style-and-dress-codes-normally-not-subject-to-discrimination-rules-with-some-exception&catid=186) April 01, 2020 | [August 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=186) Traditionally, the discrimination laws have not addressed dress codes and hair styles, because these characteristics are mutable. That is, most people can readily change their hair styles and dress. For example, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta has stated in the last year that "every court to have considered the issu… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=588:hair-style-and-dress-codes-normally-not-subject-to-discrimination-rules-with-some-exception&catid=186) ## [COMPARING OLD TO NEW HIRING TECHNIQUES](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=587:comparing-old-to-new-hiring-techniques&catid=186) April 01, 2020 | [August 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=186) American companies for many years filled almost 90% of annual vacancies from within the company, but that portion has now fallen to less than a third. Skeptics suggest that this decline is in spite of the fact that some research suggests that outside hires take three years longer to perform as well as internal candidates, and also cost more. Som… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=587:comparing-old-to-new-hiring-techniques&catid=186) ## [OBESITY ALONE MAY NOT BE PROTECTED BY ADA](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=586:obesity-alone-may-not-be-protected-by-ada&catid=186) April 01, 2020 | [August 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=186) Obesity remains a controversial issue under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Employers received some relief from the issue in a recent court ruling that obesity unaccompanied by an underlying physiological condition is not a disability protected by federal law. Richardson v. CTA, No. 17-3508 (C.A. 4, 6/12/19); see also Aumara v. Monsan… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=586:obesity-alone-may-not-be-protected-by-ada&catid=186) ## [RECENT CASES SHOW DANGERS EVEN WHERE AN EMPLOYER SEEMS TO BE FOLLOWING FMLA](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=585:recent-cases-show-dangers-even-where-an-employer-seems-to-be-following-fmla&catid=186) April 01, 2020 | [August 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=186) Most employers are familiar with their obligations under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and allow 12 weeks of such leave per year. Even where employers follow these rules, they can still run afoul of the retaliation aspects of the FMLA. A couple of recent cases illustrate this danger. In the first case, the plaintiff was disciplined wi… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=585:recent-cases-show-dangers-even-where-an-employer-seems-to-be-following-fmla&catid=186) ## [UAW LOSES UNION VOTE AT VOLKSWAGEN - AGAIN](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=584:uaw-loses-union-vote-at-volkswagen-again&catid=185) April 01, 2020 | [July 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=185) In a nationally-watched union election at Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which concluded on June 14, 2019, the UAW lost another secret ballot union election by a vote of 838-776, a margin of 62 votes. The last plant-wide election was held in 2014, which the union lost by 86 votes. 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