--- title: "August 2021" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters/august-2021" date: "2026-06-03T04:54:57+00:00" language: "en-US" --- # August 2021 [ ![medical healthcare, indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/p33dqvxhwvs-fba886ab.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1154:scotus-upholds-affordable-care-act&catid=215)## [Supreme Court Again Upholds Affordable Care Act](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1154:scotus-upholds-affordable-care-act&catid=215) August 09, 2021 | [August 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=215) California v. Texas, the Supreme Court has again upheld the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), often known as ObamaCare. A federal appeals court had ruled that ACA had originally been upheld by the Court as a tax, but subsequent legislation removed the tax penalty thus casting doubt on the validity of the individual mandate and perhaps the entire… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1154:scotus-upholds-affordable-care-act&catid=215) [ ![sticky notes, wall, indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/a9/-1_rzl8bgbm-a9c8b8ef.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1153:social-security-letters-discontinued&catid=215)## [No-match Social Security Letters Discontinued](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1153:social-security-letters-discontinued&catid=215) August 09, 2021 | [August 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=215) In the past, the Social Security Administration (SSA) during periods of time has issued so-called "no-match letters" to employers with "at least one name and combination submitted on Form W-2 that do not "match" Social Security records. This has created difficult issues for employers as to the extent they must investigate such discrepancies, terminate emplo… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1153:social-security-letters-discontinued&catid=215) [ ![cross](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/b5/qhrzv6piw4s-b577cac0.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1152:scotus-catholic-fostering-exclusion&catid=215)## [Supreme Court Allows Catholic Group to Exclude Foster-care Rights](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1152:scotus-catholic-fostering-exclusion&catid=215) August 09, 2021 | [August 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=215) The public and the courts continue to debate whether there should be religious exemptions to LGBT anti-discrimination laws. In other words, there are anti-bias laws that must be enforced, and at the same time there are religious rights that under the law generally require some accommodation. When these two issues collide, the outcome becomes difficult. [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1152:scotus-catholic-fostering-exclusion&catid=215) [ ![restroom neon light](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/ad/n0o5xg_iwzw-adabb88a.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1151:eeoc-lgbt-restroom-policies&catid=215)## [EEOC Addresses Controversial LGBT Restroom Policies](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1151:eeoc-lgbt-restroom-policies&catid=215) August 09, 2021 | [August 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=215) A year ago the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bostock v. Clayton County that Title VII outlawed workplace bias based on sexual orientation and transgender status. However, that ruling expressly left open questions on whether employers could segregate bathrooms or dress codes by sex. [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1151:eeoc-lgbt-restroom-policies&catid=215) [ ![buttons on a table, indoor](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/5d/cu7wlfrywww-5d8bb099.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1150:employer-restrictions-wearing-workplace&catid=215)## [Labor Board to Reconsider Employer Restrictions on Wearing Buttons and Other Insignia in the Workplace](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1150:employer-restrictions-wearing-workplace&catid=215) August 09, 2021 | [August 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=215) Many employers do not like the idea of employees wearing pro-union shirts or buttons on the job. In the past, however, and particularly during the Obama Administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) gave employees a great deal of rights to wear union buttons and other buttons pertaining to concerted activities. More current issues concern the we… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1150:employer-restrictions-wearing-workplace&catid=215) [ ![monopoly houses on a wooden table indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/b7/jxi2ap8dtnc-b7a86812.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1149:scotus-rejects-union-acess-employee-property&catid=215)## [Supreme Court Rejects Union Access to Employer's Property in California](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1149:scotus-rejects-union-acess-employee-property&catid=215) August 09, 2021 | [August 2021](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=215) A strong ruling for employers' private property rights was issued by the U.S. Supreme Court in June in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, No. 20-107 (June 23, 2021). The Court ruled that a California regulation that gives union organizers access to workers on employers' farms violates the property rights of the owners. Chief Justice Roberts wrote the 6-3 majori… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1149:scotus-rejects-union-acess-employee-property&catid=215) ## Top 10 Content (All-Time) - [![person outdoors standing with a sign that says, I'm sticking with my union](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/c9/manny-becerra-GTPK-Wt1qoY-unsplash-c95084a4.jpg) Union Fines Employee $22,000.00 for Crossing Picket Lines ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=310:union-fines-employee-crossing-picket-lines&catid=53) - [![chickens, roosters](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/2e/iq1f9gmtie0-2e8806a5.jpg) OSHA Regional Emphasis Program for Poultry Processing Facilities ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=362:osha-regional-emphasis-program-for-poultry-processing-facilities&catid=52) - [![lightbulb sticky note on board](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/5c/absolutvision-82TpEld0_e4-unsplash-5c5067af.jpg) GOVERNMENT Position: Worker Presents New Social Security Number and States Previous Documents Were Not Real ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=367:government-position-worker-presents-new-social-security-number-and-states-previous-documents-were-not-real&catid=52) - [![poultry farm](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/d3/thomas-iversen-4W8FgDVyUME-unsplash-d3ac22fc.jpg) OSHA ALERT: OSHA Regional Emphasis Program Targets Southeastern Poultry Processing Facilities ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=370:osha-alert-osha-regional-emphasis-program-targets-southeastern-poultry-processing-facilities&catid=52) - [![AI post it note](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/52/hitesh-choudhary-t1PaIbMTJIM-unsplash-523fd46e.jpg) AI Is Another Relevant Area of Employment Law Issues ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1310:ai-employment-law-issues&catid=53) - [![What Does It Take to Create a Hostile Work Environment? 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