--- title: "Employment Law Newsletters | Labor Law Newsletters" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters?start=550" date: "2026-06-01T18:18:44+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)*** ## [FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS NLRB’S QUICKIE ELECTION RULE](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=407:federal-court-upholds-nlrb-s-quickie-election-rule&catid=135) July 21, 2016 | [August 2016](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=135) On June 10, 2016, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the NLRB’s controversial new "quickie election" rule. Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas, Inc. v. NLRB, No. 15-50497 (C.A. 5, June 10, 2016). Among other things, the quickie election rule cuts the amount of time between the filing of the request of the election by a unio… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=407:federal-court-upholds-nlrb-s-quickie-election-rule&catid=135) ## [CAN YOU EXPECT ANY WORK FROM AN EMPLOYEE ON FMLA LEAVE?](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=406:can-you-expect-any-work-from-an-employee-on-fmla-leave&catid=135) July 21, 2016 | [August 2016](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=135) An extremely interesting federal appeals court case addressed whether an employer can request work to be performed by an employee on FMLA leave. Massey-Diez v. Univ. Of Iowa Community Medical Services, Inc., 26 WH Cases 2d 991 (C.A. 8, 2016). The plaintiff claimed that she had been required to do various tasks while on FMLA leave, and she was ul… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=406:can-you-expect-any-work-from-an-employee-on-fmla-leave&catid=135) [ ![COLLUSION AMONG EMPLOYERS IN SETTING WAGE RATES CHALLENGED](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/a6/wesley-tingey-9z9fxr_7z-k-unsplash-a6d114a9.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=403:collusion-employers-setting-wages&catid=53)## [Collusion Among Employers in Setting Wage Rates Challenged](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=403:collusion-employers-setting-wages&catid=53) July 06, 2016 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) Although such cases are not common, some cases have over the years arisen across the U.S. alleging that employers colluded among themselves to set lower wage levels for employees. These alleged collusions have been attacked as violative of the anti-trust laws. Some of the more publicized cases have been those in Massachusetts, where Boston-area hospitals… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=403:collusion-employers-setting-wages&catid=53) [ ![man driving a card with a phone on the dashboard](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/4c/viktor-bystrov-qd-zd2MoeE8-unsplash-4cd53d9c.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=402:uber-pays-100-million-to-keep-independent-contractor-business-model&catid=53)## [Uber Pays $100 Million to Keep Independent Contractor Business Model](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=402:uber-pays-100-million-to-keep-independent-contractor-business-model&catid=53) July 06, 2016 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) Labor unions and some government entities have criticized a number of "sharing economy" companies such as Uber, Lyft, AirBNB and others, on the basis that they deny their personnel employment rights and make it impossible to form a union. Federal Express has been under constant legal attack for utilizing independent contractor drivers. One case involving U… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=402:uber-pays-100-million-to-keep-independent-contractor-business-model&catid=53) [ ![scale for measuring weight, indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/dc/kenny-eliason-5ddH9Y2accI-unsplash-dcc57cd5.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=401:employer-refusing-hire-morbidly-obese&catid=53)## [Employer Upheld in Refusing to Hire Morbidly Obese Plaintiff](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=401:employer-refusing-hire-morbidly-obese&catid=53) July 06, 2016 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) The subject of morbidly obese plaintiffs under the amended Americans with Disabilities Act (ADAAA) has generated a lot of interest as well as litigation. The most recent application of the law occurred in a case in which an employer was granted summary judgment, against both a "disability" theory and a "regarded as" theory under the expanded and amended AD… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=401:employer-refusing-hire-morbidly-obese&catid=53) [ ![board game](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/3d/shamoil-HEh0THXmU7M-unsplash-3dd30a1e.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=400:nlrb-questions-employers-right-to-permanently-replace-economic-strikers&catid=53)## [NLRB Questions Employers’ Right to Permanently Replace Economic Strikers](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=400:nlrb-questions-employers-right-to-permanently-replace-economic-strikers&catid=53) July 06, 2016 | [Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=53) The current members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seem to be constantly over-ruling well-settled NLRB precedent to expand organized labor’s rights, usually to the detriment of employers’ management rights. Many years ago the U.S. Supreme Court said an employer possesses the right to permanently replace economic strikers to continue business… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=400:nlrb-questions-employers-right-to-permanently-replace-economic-strikers&catid=53) ## [READY OR NOT: EMPLOYERS NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR FINAL HAZARD COMMUNICATION STANDARD DEADLINE](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=398:ready-or-not-employers-need-to-be-prepared-for-final-hazard-communication-standard-deadline&catid=132) June 22, 2016 | [June 2016](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=132) Although passed more than two years ago, the final deadline for implementing the revised OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) and new Globally Harmonized System (GHS) is coming up on June 1, 2016. By that date, employers will need to ensure that their hazard communication program has been fully updated along with providing training to all employee… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=398:ready-or-not-employers-need-to-be-prepared-for-final-hazard-communication-standard-deadline&catid=132) ## [CAN AN EMPLOYER LAWFULLY DISCHARGE UNDER AN NLRB-DETERMINED UNLAWFULLY OVERBROAD WORK RULE?](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=397:can-an-employer-lawfully-discharge-under-an-nlrb-determined-unlawfully-overbroad-work-rule&catid=132) June 22, 2016 | [June 2016](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=132) Employers are continually reading headlines about the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rulings declaring common employer work rules to be overbroad and unlawful, because some employees might misinterpret such rules as applying to protected concerted or union activities. In a recent ruling, the NLRB again finds work rules prohibiting employees fro… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=397:can-an-employer-lawfully-discharge-under-an-nlrb-determined-unlawfully-overbroad-work-rule&catid=132) ## [NEW REPORTING AND RECORD KEEPING RULES REQUIRE PUBLIC REPORTS OF INJURIES AND ILLNESS](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=396:new-reporting-and-record-keeping-rules-require-public-reports-of-injuries-and-illness&catid=132) June 22, 2016 | [June 2016](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=132) On May 11, 2016, OSHA issued a final rule to revise its Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses regulations to be effective January 1, 2017, though portions become effective as soon as August 2016. The final rule requires employers in certain industries to electronically submit to OSHA injury and illness data that employers already… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=396:new-reporting-and-record-keeping-rules-require-public-reports-of-injuries-and-illness&catid=132) ## [A MAJORITY OF STATES NOW RIGHT-TO-WORK](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=393:a-majority-of-states-now-right-to-work&catid=131) June 22, 2016 | [May 2016](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=131) West Virginia is due to become the 26th right-to-work state as of July 1, 2016. Right-to-work laws prohibit employers from requiring workers to pay union dues as a condition of employment. While Democratic state legislators argued that right-to-work laws hurt unions and working families, others say that right-to-work laws promote economic develo… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=393:a-majority-of-states-now-right-to-work&catid=131) ## [EEOC PROVIDES CHARGING PARTIES WITH EMPLOYER POSITION STATEMENTS](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=392:eeoc-provides-charging-parties-with-employer-position-statements&catid=130) June 22, 2016 | [April 2016](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=130) Employers routinely provide position statements to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigators in defense of discrimination charges. These position statements cover the employer's (respondent’s) version of the facts and why the employer believes the charge should be dismissed. 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