Federal contractors spent the past three years navigating executive mandates limiting their ability to select their own workforces after being awarded a large federal service contract. These mandates also required them to use...more
2/7/2025
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Collective Bargaining ,
Court of Federal Claims ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
NLRA ,
Project Labor Agreements ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions
As reported throughout the trade press, alcohol beverage companies are facing escalating pressure from unions and the National Labor Relations Board (or NLRB, the federal agency that enforces labor laws against both unionized...more
5/30/2024
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Certifications ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Unions ,
Voting Powers
McDermott’s Private Client Practice led interactive discussions on a broad range of topics pertinent to ultra-high-net-worth families, their family office representatives and other advisors at our Private Client West Coast...more
12/4/2023
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Corporate Transparency Act ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Estate Planning ,
Estate Tax ,
Family Offices ,
FinCEN ,
Gifts ,
Green Book ,
High Net-Worth ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Mergers ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Deductions ,
Trusts ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Wealth Management ,
Wills
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has changed its joint-employer rule, making it easier for entities doing business with each other to be deemed joint employers, and so jointly subject to union organizing campaigns,...more
In its recent Cemex Construction decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) abandoned two fundamental rules enshrined in Supreme Court case law. Both of those Supreme Court decisions prioritized secret ballot...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued a decision that undercuts union and nonunion employers’ ability to enforce longstanding work rules and policies. In general, this decision will lead to increased...more
In Memorandum GC 23-08 (Memo), Jennifer A. Abruzzo, General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), announced that her office would target for prosecution both union and nonunion employers for offering,...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fielded complaints from both labor unions and management-side associations regarding its COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), highlighting stakeholders’...more
7/15/2021
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American Hospital Association ,
Appeals ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
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Health and Safety ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
New Guidance ,
OSHA ,
UFCW ,
Unions ,
Workplace Safety
Biden’s Labor Agenda Through Executive Action and Changes At the Department of Labor -
Before the 2020 election, then US Presidential candidate Joe Biden vowed to be the “strongest labor president you have ever had.” And...more
5/11/2021
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Continuing Legal Education ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars
Employees gathering with friends, expressing their political views and posting about these things on social media have created for employers an increasingly urgent question: When the people engaging in unsafe or politically...more