Employment Policies, Corporate Counsel, Investigations

Hold the Salt: Key Takeaways from the NLRB’s New Guidance on Union Salting

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/12/2025

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is sharpening its focus on “salting”—the practice of union organizers seeking employment with non-union employers to facilitate organizing campaigns. On July 24, 2025, the NLRB’s...more

Investigations: Employers Can Avoid Getting in Their Own Way with Some Planning

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/31/2025

At some point, every employer will need to investigate an employee’s complaint. An investigation is an important tool that employers can use to fix a workplace problem and minimize liability. Or, an investigation can create...more

OFCCP Investigates Companies For Diversity Hiring Plans

Husch Blackwell LLP on 10/21/2020

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

Keep a Lid on It – The Trump NLRB Reaffirms Employer Ability to Enforce Investigative Confidentiality Rules

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/22/2020

In Apogee Retail, 368 NLRB No. 144 (2019), the NLRB overruled the Obama Board’s decision in Banner Estrella Medical Center, 362 NLRB 1108 (2015) and held that investigative confidentiality rules that by their terms apply only...more

Knock Knock, Who's There? The DOL Announces Renewed Focus on On-Site FMLA Investigations

Baker Donelson on 6/9/2014

In April 2014, new FMLA Branch Chief Helen Applewhaite shed some light on the DOL's current enforcement initiatives. In particular, Applewhaite reiterated the DOL's renewed focus on conducting on-site compliance...more

Employment Policies › Corporate Counsel › Investigations

Hold the Salt: Key Takeaways from the NLRB’s New Guidance on Union Salting

Investigations: Employers Can Avoid Getting in Their Own Way with Some Planning

OFCCP Investigates Companies For Diversity Hiring Plans

Keep a Lid on It – The Trump NLRB Reaffirms Employer Ability to Enforce Investigative Confidentiality Rules

Knock Knock, Who's There? The DOL Announces Renewed Focus on On-Site FMLA Investigations

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