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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Obamacare Shows Improved Numbers, but Problems Remain

February 13, 2014 | Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

Government officials reported that over 2.1 million people have selected plans from either state or federal healthcare exchanges by the end of the year, the vast majority enrolling in December. While these numbers are well short of the more than 3 million enrollees the Administration expected, the numbers are an improvement over the 365,000 that had signed…

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Union Fines Employee $22,000.00 for Crossing Picket Lines

February 13, 2014 | Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

Employers often hear rumors of employees being fined for crossing picket lines during union strikes or other work stoppages. Indeed, a union's ability to fine its members is one of the arguments raised by employers in union organizational campaigns. Employers rarely get to see the results of an actual case to see how unions operate in this regard. A recent…

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NLRB Rules Prohibited Class Action Waivers Again Rejected by Court

February 13, 2014 | Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

As stated in the prior article, the National Labor Relations Board protects concerted activity on the part of employees. Concerted activity refers to the concept of two or more employees joining together to improve their work situation. A relatively recent application of the concept pertains to employers who require all applicants and employees to sign arbi…

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NLRB Prohibition of Employer Rule "Walking Off the Job" Enforced in Court

February 13, 2014 | Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

One of the most common work rules that any employer utilizes is a rule prohibiting "walking off the job" without permission. This newsletter has included many articles over the last year or so warning employers of the current view of the Administration and the NLRB, that many employer work rules are over broad and "chill" legitimate union and other protecte…

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Criminal Background Checks - Damned If You Do and Damned If You Don’t

May 17, 2013 | Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

There are a great deal of regulatory guidelines, publicity, and confusion, about the need for criminal background checks of job applicants. A recent federal appeals court case indicates that in at least some circumstances, an employer may be sued in a negligent hiring claim based on a company’s failure to conduct a criminal background check. Keen v. Miller…

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Issue of Applicant Rejected Due to Heavy Accent

May 17, 2013 | Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

Obviously many jobs require the ability to effectively communicate. Sometimes, however, there is tension between an employer’s legitimate need to require an ability to communicate, and an applicant’s right be free of discrimination based on national origin. In a recent case, a Jamaican born applicant was not hired because his accent was too heavy for interv…

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