Coronavirus/COVID-19, Labor Relations

SAG-AFTRA Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit Rejected by Ninth Circuit

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 7/30/2025

In an unpublished but nonetheless significant opinion, the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of a consolidated lawsuit filed by SAG-AFTRA members against their union, finding the claims time-barred...more

Ninth Circuit Rejects SAG-AFTRA Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 7/29/2025

In an unpublished but nonetheless significant opinion, the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of a consolidated lawsuit filed by SAG-AFTRA members against their union, finding the claims time-barred...more

Keeping Retail Employees Engaged With Emotionally Intelligent Leaders

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/29/2024

Although the federal COVID-19 Public Health Declaration officially proclaimed the pandemic over nearly a year ago (on May 11, 2023), many employers, especially those in the retail industry, continue to feel the pandemic’s...more

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

Legal Insights for Manufacturing: Outlook for 2024

Husch Blackwell LLP on 11/2/2023

Our downloadable report, Legal Insights for Manufacturing, explores how the business, legal, and regulatory framework is evolving—and will evolve—to address the large generational shifts taking place. This year, our report...more

Labor Board: Employee Protected Concerted Activity Determined by Totality of the Circumstances

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/6/2023

The National Labor Relations Board has returned to the “totality of the circumstances” test for determining when individual employee action constitutes protected concerted activity. Miller Plastic Products, Inc., 372 NLRB No....more

Redundancy No Longer Out of Favor in Manufacturing

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/9/2023

For decades, to increase efficiency and to reduce costs, manufacturers adopted the just-in-time approach, carefully tying manufacturing and staffing capabilities to meet demands without creating surplus. Recent supply-chain...more

Workplace Law Forecast 2023 - Legal predictions to help you prepare for the coming year in workplace law

Fisher Phillips on 11/1/2022

It’s never easy to make accurate predictions about what we might expect to see in the workplace in the coming year. After all: - At the start of 2020, no one could have predicted COVID-19. - None of us had heard the phrase...more

Quiet Quitting and What Employers Can Do About It

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/19/2022

“Quiet quitting” is the newest coined phrase that has burst onto the workplace scene. Not to be confused with the “great resignation,” quiet quitting is commonly understood to mean employees intentionally prioritizing the...more

The Top 16 Workplace Law Stories from August 2022

Fisher Phillips on 9/7/2022

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Fourth Quarter Labor and Employment Industry Outlook

Clark Hill PLC on 8/12/2022

In 2022, Congress and the Federal Administrative Agencies have continued to introduce new guidance and legislation for Human Resources. In particular, employers must be aware of the following: It’s Time to Review Your COVID...more

Local and State Employment Law Update: Labor Relations, Wages and Disclosure Requirements

Amundsen Davis LLC on 8/11/2022

States are becoming more focused on labor relations! Check out some of the most recent state law updates on employer-employee relationships, minimum wage and paid leave....more

NLRB Rules Two Union Representatives Were Not Fired Over COVID-19 Concerns

Littler on 7/15/2022

On July 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board published its decision in Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters, 371 NLRB No. 112, adopting the administrative law judge’s (ALJ) decision that a carpenters’ union did not...more

Recap of AHLA’s Annual Meeting

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/5/2022

The AHLA’s Annual Meeting held June 27-29 in Chicago reunited healthcare attorneys across the country. The diverse group of attendees were eager not only to reconnect in-person, but also to process the changes that the...more

Can You Avoid The “Turnover Contagion” Plaguing Employers Today?

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 4/27/2022

Most companies invest time, energy, and money in marketing strategies to attract and retain their clients or customers. Companies spend significant resources on market research that tells them how to do this best....more

[Ongoing Program] Master Class 2022 Wrap-Up - May 3rd, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

BakerHostetler on 4/12/2022

Please join us for BakerHostetler’s The ‘New’ Normal: The State of Labor Relations and Employment Law Master Class. Our 9th Annual Master Class will be virtual again this year, as it was last year, due to the continuation of...more

Washington Alert! Unmasking Some New COVID-19 Job Protections for Washington Workers

Miller Nash LLP on 3/15/2022

With all the focus on the imminent changes to mask mandates and renewed return to work planning efforts underway, one important new obligation in Washington State may have slipped past many employers’ radars. While announcing...more

Littler Global Guide - Portugal - Q4 2021

Littler on 1/27/2022

COVID-19 Updates (the Past and the New Future) - New Legislation Enacted - The major concern has been focused on COVID-19 – which is why it has claimed the top spot. It is “safe” to say that the workplace is not immune to...more

Ontario, Canada Arbitrator Denies Union’s Cease and Desist Application Regarding Employer’s Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

Littler on 1/26/2022

In Canada Post Corporation and Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), Arbitrator Kevin Burkett denied CUPW’s cease and desist application filed under the collective agreement (CA), which arose when the employer imposed a...more

2022 Labor and Employment Outlook for Manufacturers

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 1/24/2022

This week, we continue our 2022 outlook series with a focus on labor and employment. It goes without saying that over the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed certain weaknesses and opportunities in the economy...more

[Ongoing Program] Opening Plenary Session – The ‘New’ Normal: The State of Labor Relations and Employment Law - February 1st, 2:00...

BakerHostetler on 12/9/2021