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Trump Names New Labor Board Nominees: The 5 Cases That Could Soon Reshape the Law

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After several months without a functioning quorum, President Trump nominated James Murphy and Scott Mayer to fill vacant seats on the National Labor Relations Board late last week, signaling the potential for a significant...more

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[Webinar] New California Employment Laws and Developments for 2025 - November 20th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PT

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Join us for a comprehensive, complimentary webinar on November 20, 2024, from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. (Pacific), presented by CDF Partners Mark S. Spring and Nicole Legrottaglie Wohl. This “Year in Review” session will cover the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

California's New Employment Laws: Get Ready for 2025

Approved legislation covers topics from paid leave to freelance work, driver's license discrimination to intersectionality discrimination, a "captive audience" ban to social compliance audits, with other laws specifically...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

[Webinar] 2024 Labor & Employment Law Virtual Update - September 18th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am ET

It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more

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Washington State Bans Captive Audience Meetings

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Washington state employers are now banned from holding “captive audience” meetings. So-called captive audience meetings are mandatory meetings held by employers during work hours to address activities protected by Section 7...more

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10 Employee Handbook Resolutions for 2024

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The start of a new year is always a good time to reevaluate the employee handbook to ensure it covers all the relevant legal and practical topics in the modern workplace. The following are 10 “Handbook Resolutions” for...more

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How 2024 Employment Law Updates Affect Your Wallet, Unions & More

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As could be expected in 2023, employers have had to adapt to an ever-changing landscape of employment laws, regulations, and in the case of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) a growing library of general counsel...more

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[Webinar] Looking Ahead to 2024: Global Labor and Employment Legal Update - December 6th, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm EST

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Following a dynamic year coupled with a continually evolving legal landscape, employers may feel that they are left with more questions than answers. Join us for an in-depth webinar that will unpack the most pertinent legal...more

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

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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

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Workplace Policy Updates Required: What Employers Need to Know About the NLRB's Stericycle Decision

Are your employee handbooks and policies "chilling" employee conduct? This and other questions, answered - Employers should take note, the NLRB's recent Stericycle decision has broad implications for all U.S. employers...more

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Q3 Employment Law Updates: Enforcement Actions Bring Much for Employers to Consider

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The third quarter of 2023 has been pretty exciting as far as employment lawyers are concerned. Substantial regulations have been proposed and the pressure from federal agencies continues to rise. We will talk about some of...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Dust Off the Handbook: Employee Handbooks Need Revised Following Landmark NLRB Decision

The adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” could have been coined with employee handbooks in mind. A well-drafted employee handbook can solve many employment-related problems before they arise by providing...more

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SuperVision - Labor & Employment Insights, Issue 3, October 2023

New Business Reporting Obligations for Employers: Beneficial Ownership Information Under the Corporate Transparency Act - Effective January 1, 2024, most legal entities incorporated, organized, or registered to do business...more

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Post-Labor Day Wrap Up: What NLRB’s 2023 Decisions Mean for Employers

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In the weeks surrounding Labor Day 2023, the National Labor Relations Board overturned precedent with decisions and rules significantly impacting both union and non-union employers. The result is labor laws encouraging both...more

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NLRB Delivers Labor Day Gifts to Unions

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It has been a decision-packed summer at the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”), and the last weeks of summer were especially active, with a number of significant decisions released at the end of August that...more

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Handbooks and Policies - Time to Revise Them After NLRB Ruling, or Another Pendulum Swing?

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The answer after the Stericycle ruling is likely “both.”  As the composition of the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) changes, the roller coaster continues, making it difficult for businesses – whether private,...more

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NLRB Sets New Standard for Evaluating Workplace Rules

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On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Stericycle, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 113 (2023), which creates a new standard for evaluating whether a company's workplace rules violate the National...more

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National Labor Relations Board Will Scrutinize Employee Handbook Policies Under New Standard

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The National Labor Relations Board (Board) on August 2, 2023 announced a new and intrusive standard for evaluating whether many commonplace work rules and employee employment handbook provisions actually violate the National...more

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Employer Work Rules Need Review Due To NLRB Strict New Standard

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On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its decision in Stericycle, Inc., in which it articulated its new standard for evaluating whether employer work rules are impermissible under the National...more

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Is Your Employee Handbook Legal Under The NLRA? Yet another new opinion from the Board says maybe not

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On August 2, the National Labor Relations Board issued its decision in Stericycle, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 113 (Aug. 2, 2023), announcing yet another test for determining whether employer policies that are facially neutral might...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

In light of recent NLRB decision, employer workplace rules face more aggressive scrutiny

The National Labor Relations Board swung to a Democratic majority after the 2020 election of President Joe Biden. That majority has been almost continually dismantling standards established by the Republican majority Board...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

NLRB’s New Work Rules Standard Skews in Favor of Employees and Unions

On Aug. 2, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) set a new standard to evaluate facially neutral work rules in union and nonunionized workplaces when it issued a much-anticipated decision in Stericycle, Inc., 372 NLRB No....more

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NLRB Increases Scrutiny of Workplace Rules

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BACKGROUND - In its recent Stericycle decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) modified its framework for evaluating whether employer work rules that do not expressly restrict employee Section 7 activity are...more

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NLRB Tells Employers to Review Their Handbooks Early This Year

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Earlier this month, the National Labor Relations Board (the NLRB or the Board) released its highly anticipated decision in Stericycle Inc. The decision establishes a new, employee-friendly standard by which the Board will...more

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NLRB Applies a Shifting Burdens Analysis in Reviewing Employer Work Rules; Boeing Overruled

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On August 2, 2023, the NLRB further limited employers’ flexibility in designing work rules by holding that all work rules will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and no work rules will get an automatic pass....more

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