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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.

HOW DOL WAGE-HOUR INTENDS TO ALLOCATE ITS ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS

| June 2015
The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor must allocate its resources just like other organizations. For many years, it has tried to focus on industries where it believes there is systematic or prevalent problems, and also those industries in which the employees are least likely to complain because of their vulnerability. One casualty is th…
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BROAD COMPANY POLICIES CAN CREATE BIG PROBLEMS, WHETHER IN HANDBOOKS OR NOT

| June 2015
Several recent cases dramatically illustrate the need for careful company drafting of its employment policies, even though some are not related to employee handbooks. Almost every employer, for legal reasons or otherwise, has posted policies dealing with workplace harassment and leave policies under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In a recent case…
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NLRB RESPONDS TO RIGHT-TO-WORK LEGISLATION

| June 2015
In a little-noticed NLRB announcement during April, the Labor Board is seeking input on a union fund raising initiative that has long been deemed illegal under federal labor law, at least since 1947. Unions are arguing that they should be allowed to charge non-members fees for handling grievances involving their employer, even though the union is representa…
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PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS NEW WISCONSIN RIGHT-TO-WORK LAW WILL HURT WORKERS

| June 2015
On March 9, 2015, Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation making Wisconsin the 25th right-to-work state, saying the new law demonstrates that his state is "open for business." Wisconsin joined two other states in enacting a right-to-work law, Indiana and Michigan, as each passed such laws during 2012. Similar bills were introduced in some 20 states last year…
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EFFECT OF OBAMA VETO OF CONGRESSIONAL OVERTURN OF QUICKIE ELECTION RULE

| June 2015
During March, for only the second time in history, both Houses of Congress approved a resolution under the Congressional Review Act disapproving the controversial "quickie" or "ambush" union election rule. The Senate adopted the disapproval resolution of the NLRB action on March 4 by vote of 53-46, and the House passed an additional measure on March 19 by a…
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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS

| July 2015
In June, a reasonable accommodation issue arose in the religious context in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc., 2015 WL 2464053 (June 1, 2015). The Court addressed the interesting question whether the prohibition of refusing to hire an applicant in order to avoid accommodating a religious practice applies only where an applicant has informed the e…
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OSHA TAKES CONTROVERSIAL POSITIONS ON TOILET ISSUES AT WORK

| July 2015
Many employers may not realize that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulates in some ways the use of toilet facilities at work. There are at least three important issues, the number of toilets, access to toilets, and now, the even more controversial issue of transgender bathroom access. There are OSHA general industry requirements…
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SUPREME COURT TO EXAMINE PROPRIETY OF CERTIFICATION OF BROAD CLASS/COLLECTIVE ACTIONS DETERMINING BROAD BACK PAY REMEDIES IN WAGE/HOUR CASES

| July 2015
In a case in which Wimberly & Lawson filed an amicus brief on behalf of the National Chicken Council, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari and will rule on a case involving the propriety of broad class/collective actions in wage/hour cases where broad back pay remedies are sought. Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, No. 14-1146. On Monday, June 8…
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FIRST MONTH'S EFFECTS OF QUICKIE UNION ELECTION RULE

| July 2015
The NLRB "quickie" or "ambush" election rule went into effect on April 14. Its effects are already being seen. The median time interval from the filing of an election petition to the holding of the election has been reduced to 23 days. Specifically, in the case of directed-election cases (as opposed to stipulated elections), the elections took place 23 days…
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WHAT THE SUPREME COURT’S GAY MARRIAGE DECISION MEANS FOR EMPLOYERS

| August 2015
On June 26, 2015, a narrow majority (5-4) of the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. While some States already had recognized such marriages, the Supreme Court ruled that all States must issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on the same basis as opposite-sex couples and must recognize the marriages of same-s…
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NEW LABOR DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE AS TO DETERMINATION OF WORKER OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR CLASSIFICATION

| September 2015
Without employment status, persons generally cannot organize a union, pursue employment litigation, or have employment taxes taken out of their paychecks.  But unions, plaintiffs’ litigators, and of course the U.S. government, like employment status for tax, enforcement, and other reasons. On July 15 of this year, the U.S. Department of Labor (D…
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