--- title: "Employment Law Newsletters | Labor Law Newsletters" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters?start=462" date: "2026-06-03T08:26:25+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)*** ## [TAX CUT CAUSES EXECUTIVES TO ENTER POLITICAL DISCUSSION](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=494:tax-cut-causes-executives-to-enter-political-discussion&catid=164) March 27, 2020 | [February 2018](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=164) The executives of corporations have increasingly entered the political fray in one way or another. For example, multi-national companies tend to support issues such as globalization, trade and immigration, and other companies have supported goals such as protecting the environment, ethnic diversity and gay rights. In doing so, companies must be… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=494:tax-cut-causes-executives-to-enter-political-discussion&catid=164) ## [LABOR DEPARTMENT NOW SUPPORTS UNPAID INTERNSHIPS](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=493:labor-department-now-supports-unpaid-internships&catid=164) March 27, 2020 | [February 2018](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=164) On January 5, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor set forth new guidelines establishing a "primary beneficiary test" for the legality of unpaid internships. Seven factors will be used to determine whether the internship meets the standard, including whether training is provided that "would be similar to that which would be given in an educational envir… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=493:labor-department-now-supports-unpaid-internships&catid=164) ## [Other NLRB Reversals of Obama-Era Policies](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=492:other-nlrb-reversals-of-obama-era-policies&catid=164) March 27, 2020 | [February 2018](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=164) While the above three cases involving a return to pre-Obama NLRB precedents are perhaps the most heavily publicized, there are other less publicized but also important reversals. Thus, the new majority has returned to earlier cases giving NLRB administrative law judges the discretion to approve settlement terms proposed by a respondent (usually the em… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=492:other-nlrb-reversals-of-obama-era-policies&catid=164) ## [NLRB Overturns "Micro-Unit" Determinations](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=491:nlrb-overturns-micro-unit-determinations&catid=164) March 27, 2020 | [February 2018](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=164) In order for a union to petition the NLRB to conduct a union election, the union must establish that the election will be held in an appropriate voting unit. During the Obama-era, in a case called Specialty Healthcare, if a union petitioned for an election among a particular group of employees, those employees shared a community of interest, and the e… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=491:nlrb-overturns-micro-unit-determinations&catid=164) ## [NLRB Overturns Obama-Era Joint Employer Rules](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=490:nlrb-overturns-obama-era-joint-employer-rules&catid=164) March 27, 2020 | [February 2018](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=164) In a controversial 2015 decision, a 3-2 Democratic majority NLRB ruled that indirect or even potential control over a subcontractor’s employees might lead to a joint employment relationship. That case, Browning-Ferris, was of great concern to contractors, franchisors, and others who might be found jointly liable with another entity for that entity’s e… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=490:nlrb-overturns-obama-era-joint-employer-rules&catid=164) ## [NLRB Changes In Handbook Standards](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=489:nlrb-changes-in-handbook-standards&catid=164) March 27, 2020 | [February 2018](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=164) On December 14, 2017, the new NLRB majority overturned the Obama-era rule that placed severe limits on employer handbook and policy rules that had been declared illegal if an employee might interpret the rule as prohibiting the exercise of union or concerted activities. Such broad rules were said to be illegal because they "chilled" legitimate union o… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=489:nlrb-changes-in-handbook-standards&catid=164) ## [NEW NLRB RULINGS CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=488:new-nlrb-rulings-changing-the-landscape&catid=164) March 27, 2020 | [February 2018](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=164) In late 2017, the NLRB had its first Republican majority of three members in many years. The majority was short-lived, however, as the term of the Republican Chairman Miscimarra expired on December 15, 2017. Miscimarra had been on the Board during the many years of Obama-era NLRB rulings, during which some 92 NLRB precedents were overturned.&nbs… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=488:new-nlrb-rulings-changing-the-landscape&catid=164) ## [CHANGES IN WORK-AT-HOME EMPLOYER POLICIES](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=487:changes-in-work-at-home-employer-policies&catid=163) March 27, 2020 | [January 2018](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=163) There has been a business trend for a number of years for employers to increasingly allow employees to work at home. Indeed, cases have even been brought by plaintiffs contending that home work must be allowed as a reasonable accommodation for an employee with a disability. Now, for the first time, this trend has reversed with fewer employers ad… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=487:changes-in-work-at-home-employer-policies&catid=163) ## [NLRB TO REVIEW QUICKIE ELECTION RULES](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=486:nlrb-to-review-quickie-election-rules&catid=163) March 27, 2020 | [January 2018](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=163) On December 12, 2017, the NLRB stated that it is publishing a Request for Information in the Federal Register, asking for public input regarding the Board’s 2014 Election Rule (the quickie or ambush election rule). The Board will seek information from interested parties regarding three questions: 1. Should the 2014 Election Rule be retain… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=486:nlrb-to-review-quickie-election-rules&catid=163) ## [NEW NLRB GENERAL COUNSEL MAKES IMMEDIATE CHANGES IN POLICY](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=485:new-nlrb-general-counsel-makes-immediate-changes-in-policy&catid=163) March 27, 2020 | [January 2018](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=163) The most important person in many federal agencies is not the head of the agency, but the agency’s General Counsel. For example, it is the General Counsel of the NLRB and the EEOC that decide what cases to prosecute, and what theories to use. Admittedly, agency tribunals themselves determine the outcome of cases, but the cases never get to the a… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=485:new-nlrb-general-counsel-makes-immediate-changes-in-policy&catid=163) ## [NEW APPROACHES NECESSARY IN AVOIDING HARASSMENT CLAIMS](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=484:new-approaches-necessary-in-avoiding-harassment-claims&catid=163) March 27, 2020 | [January 2018](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=163) There is an epidemic of harassment and harassment claims across the country. The standard fare for dealing with such claims in the past has been to: (1) have a good policy statement that is well publicized; (2) provide training; and (3) investigate and take appropriate remedial action when complaints arise. 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