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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.

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Job Interviews Can Be a Good Selection Device

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
The Economist magazine reports that job interviews are “the worst way to select people, except for all the others.”  One of the more encouraging surveys published in 2022 finds that structured job interviews have the most predictive value of any recruitment method, ahead of things like assessment centers or psychometric tests.  The word “structured” normall…
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Suggestions on How to Diffuse a Tense Situation

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
Of primary importance is that the best avoidance is to recognize the early warning signs.  In other words, at the beginning of a confrontation, the person in question may be only mildly annoyed, but if two people begin escalating the situation, it can ratchet up towards unfortunate results and even violence.  There are some techniques to calm a person down.
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Employers Blame Unions for Recent Shutdowns

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
A good amount of publicity has come out recently about two major closings that employers blame on their unions.  In the most recent, at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the company announced it will stop publication on May 3 because a court decision required it to operate under a previous labor contract that made continued publication impossible.  The case is P…
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$27 Million Verdict against Employer on Disability Discrimination over Refusal to Return Employee to Work

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
In December of 2025, an Oregon federal judge refused Union Pacific’s effort to set aside a $27 million verdict in a suit from the worker alleging he was discriminated against for an injury.  Granas v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., Case No. 1:21-cv-00116 (D. Ore. 2025).  After the plaintiff dislocated his right shoulder, he was cleared to return to work withou…
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Harassment Claimed from Co-worker Complaints That Employee Didn’t Speak Much English

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
Discrimination rules applicable to national origin is a priority for the current chairperson of  the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), with particular emphasis on discrimination against American workers by preferring those of other national origins.  However, the issues of national origin create other legal problems, as exemplified by a recent…
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Employment Costs Rise at Lowest Level in Five Years

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
According to a December 2025 report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), increases in wages and benefits increased 3.5% in the twelve months ending last September.   The BLS indicates that hiring fell and layoffs climbed to the highest level since 2023.  At the same time, voluntary quits fell to the lowest level since 2020, indicating declining worker…
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TPS Update (as of 1/19/2026)

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
The Trump Administration has acted to terminate TPS status for several countries. Of course, litigation has followed each notice of termination.  However, if the Trump Administration continues to follow the law, these terminations will be upheld because the Secretary of Homeland Security has vast discretion to terminate TPS status and courts do not have aut…
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Do Employer Rules Regarding Marijuana Need To Change In Light Of The New Presidential Executive Order?

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
On December 18, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order entitled “Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research.”  The executive order primarily deals with the medical use of marijuana, but goes on to note that marijuana is currently controlled under Schedule I of the Control Substances Act, the most serious category.  In 2023, the Departmen…
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Effect of Administration’s Abandonment of Disparate Impact in the Area of Discrimination Continues to Be Felt

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
In April 2025, the Administration ordered federal agencies to cease enforcement of a legal theory known as “disparate impact,” a neutral policy applicable to all, that disproportionately harms members of a particular race, sex, or other protected category like disability or age.  These theories were often used, for example, in cases involving employee selec…
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Issues Arise for Employers Concerning the Overtime Tax Break

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
The new Administration’s tax law lets most workers deduct up to $12,500 of the “half” of the “time-and-a-half” of federal overtime income this year through 2028.  However, the benefit does not apply to Social Security and Medicare taxes.  Payroll systems will need to be programmed for 2026 to track the relevant income so that it can be reported.  The Intern…
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NLRB To Move Quickly as Quorum Is Restored

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
The U.S. Senate on December 19, 2025, confirmed two nominees to give the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) the minimum number needed to regain a quorum and thus to resolve cases.  The NLRB has been unable to issue decisions during Trump’s second term because his firing of member Gwynne Wilcox dropped the Board below the three-member minimum necessary fo…
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