On November 5, 2024, Missouri voters approved an amendment to RSMo § 290.502, increasing the state minimum wage in 2025 and 2026. In addition, voters approved earned paid leave that employees can use for their own or their...more
In this Labor Law Insider podcast episode, Tom Godar is joined by Husch Blackwell attorney Sonni Nolan and firm alum Kat Pearlstone, as they conclude their exploration on protection of employees' speech under the National...more
In this Labor Law Insider podcast episode, Tom Godar and fellow Husch Blackwell attorneys Sonni Nolan and Kat Pearlstone explore the breadth of National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protection of employee speech that can be...more
In early January 2022, the EEOC issued announcements regarding 1) opening and closing dates for filing the 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 Reports, and 2) changes in the types of reports required for certain multi-establishment EEO-1...more
When Congress enacted the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 in December 2019, Congress included the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 (the Act). The Act, in relevant part, restricts federal...more
In this episode, Husch Blackwell's Tom Godar, Kat Pearlstone and Sonni Nolan take an in-depth look at what an unfair labor practice is, why non-union employers need to be wary of these federal law violations, and how to avoid...more
As we anticipated, President Biden revoked Executive Order 13950 (EO 13950), Combatting Race and Sex Stereotyping, effective immediately. Within 60 days of 1/20/21, federal agencies covered by EO 13950 are directed to...more
Key Points:
• The Court imposed a nationwide preliminary injunction on federal government agencies barring the federal government from taking any action intended to effectuate or enforce the provisions of §§ 4 and 5 of...more
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) launched probes of two large companies, challenging their diversity initiatives to...more
In light of new restrictions imposed by Executive Order 13950, federal government contractors will need to review the content of their employee diversity and related training programs. This Order, issued on September 22,...more
On July 21, 2020, the NLRB released the decision General Motors LLC and Charles Robinson (GM) which is significant not only for its substance but for its timing. The GM decision held that abusive conduct and speech is not...more
Employers are important stakeholders in adopting policies and strategies to help curb the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), which has been increasing worldwide and in the United States. On March 11, 2020, the World Health...more
During the last half of May 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) issued four decisions upholding the legality of employer facially neutral work rules. Two of the decisions applied the Boeing standard to assess the...more
Employers are important stakeholders in adopting policies and strategies to help curb the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), which has been increasing worldwide and in the United States. On March 11, 2020, the World Health...more
Employers are important stakeholders in adopting policies and strategies to help curb the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), which has been increasing worldwide and in the United States. On March 11, 2020, the World Health...more
On September 6, 2019, the NLRB (Board) issued the decision, Kroger Limited Partnership I Mid-Atlantic and United Food and Commercial Workers Union 400 (Kroger decision), which overruled Sandusky Mall Co., and limited the...more
On June 3, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion in Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis, deciding whether the filing of a discrimination charge (a precondition commonly referred to as “administrative...more
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On March 4, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia lifted the stay on the collection of pay data on the EEO-1 Form. Accordingly, the EEOC published a notice on its website regarding deadlines for EEO-1 pay...more
Recently, I counseled an employer regarding the termination of a high level HR employee. The termination wasn’t fun but the company’s termination process was followed. Unfortunately, that was the problem. The employer...more