--- title: "Employment Law Newsletters | Labor Law Newsletters" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters?start=561" date: "2026-06-29T20:29:56+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)*** [ ![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. The EEOC recently announced that it will… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=392:eeoc-provides-charging-parties-with-employer-position-statements&catid=130) ## [USDOL PROPOSES REGULATIONS FOR MANDATORY PAID SICK LEAVE](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=391:usdol-proposes-regulations-for-mandatory-paid-sick-leave&catid=130) June 22, 2016 | [April 2016](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=130) Having declared a minimum wage hike to $10.10 per hour for Federal contractor employees by Executive Order in 2014, President Barack Obama followed up in September 2015 with another Executive Order requiring those same Federal contractors to establish paid sick leave programs for their employees. On February 25, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor publ… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=391:usdol-proposes-regulations-for-mandatory-paid-sick-leave&catid=130) ## [ISSUE OF EMPLOYER LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYEE CAR POOLS IS COMPLEX](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=390:issue-of-employer-liability-for-employee-car-pools-is-complex&catid=130) June 22, 2016 | [April 2016](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=130) Many employers depend on employees being able to get to work from remote locations. To improve the process, some employers encourage employees to set up car pools or van pools, sometimes paying the driver for his services. Complex issues arise if there is a traffic accident and injury going to and from work, raising the question of employer liab… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=390:issue-of-employer-liability-for-employee-car-pools-is-complex&catid=130) ## [WORKER'S COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT USED TO BAR DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=389:worker-s-compensation-settlement-used-to-bar-discrimination-claims&catid=130) June 22, 2016 | [April 2016](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=130) In a recent case, an employee who had worked for J.C. Penney was terminated and brought a workers' compensation claim as well as a claim for violations of the discrimination laws. Soltis v. J.C. Penney Corp., 128 FEP Cases 804 (C.A. 6, 2015). After the workers' compensation claim was settled, J.C. Penney moved for summary judgment arguing they w… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=389:worker-s-compensation-settlement-used-to-bar-discrimination-claims&catid=130) ## [UNIONS GET MORE AGGRESSIVE IN EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIPS, PERHAPS BASED ON ELECTION RESULTS AND IMPROVING ECONOMY](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=360:unions-get-more-aggressive-in-employer-relationships-perhaps-based-on-election-results-and-improving-economy&catid=82) May 18, 2016 | [January 2013](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=82) Due to bad economic conditions over the last few years, many unions have accepted cuts in pay and benefits. Historically, when the economy is bad, many employees, union and non-union alike, have had a “don’t rock the boat” mentality that having any type of job is better than being the highest paid worker in the unemployment line. 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