Sitting with the C-Suite: Listen Aggressively
The Principality of Liechtenstein lies at the centre of Europe, nestled between Switzerland and Austria, next to the river Rhine. The form of government is a constitutional monarchy established on democratic parliamentary...more
Mandatory employer-sponsored meetings, otherwise known as captive audience meetings, sparked significant discussion and legislation these past few months....more
The California Legislature has enacted several new laws that will impact the workplace in 2025. This Holland & Knight alert provides a brief summary of select employment laws that go into effect Jan. 1, 2025, unless stated...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued a decision ruling that employers violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when they require employees to attend captive audience meetings. ...more
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a decision finding that an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) by requiring employees to attend meetings in which the employer expresses its views on...more
The Board also opted to apply its holding prospectively only and not retroactively, which is atypical. The Board acknowledged that its decision marks a significant change in nearly eight decades of precedent permitting...more
Summary of June 2024 Annual General Shareholder Meeting Season Shareholder Proposals - - While the total number of shareholder proposals is comparable to the June 2023 general meeting season, the number of companies...more
Illinois recently passed a number of laws that will significantly impact Illinois employers and require employer policies and employee handbooks to be updated and revised. Effective August 2, 2024- On August 2, 2024,...more
The validity of a board meeting hinges on three things - a quorum, notice and call. Many lawyers focus on the first two and may overlook the third. For California and Nevada corporations, the question of who may call a...more
Illinois joined a handful of other states in limiting employers’ ability to conduct “captive audience” meetings when Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law SB3649, commonly known as the Worker Freedom of Speech Act. The Act...more
On July 31, 2024, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed into law Illinois Senate Bill 3649, or the Worker Freedom of Speech Act (WFSA), prohibiting employers from holding mandatory meetings to discuss company views on...more
If you’ve managed a workforce during a union organizing campaign, you’re likely familiar with captive audience meetings; compulsory sessions at which managers try to persuade employees to reject the union. For over 70 years,...more
I recently discussed whether chat messages constitute "minutes" of a meeting. A related question is whether emails constitute a meeting....more
In Ho Kwok Leung Glen, Hau Kai Ling and Ge Jun v Nan Hai Corporation Limited [2024] SC (Bda) 2 Civ, 31 January 2024, the Supreme Court of Bermuda (the “Court”) rejected the Plaintiffs’ application for a declaration that seven...more
In a recent decision, a New York federal court rejected a former employee’s claims that permitting employees to speak only Japanese in business meetings, where individuals who do not speak Japanese are present and are without...more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill last month that amended the New York State's Human Rights Law to state that interns are protected from unlawful discrimination based on gender identity or expression. Since 2014,...more
New York employers faced with union organizing are now prohibited from holding mandatory "captive audience" meetings (i.e., meetings in response to union organizing campaigns) and disciplining employees who refuse to attend...more
As summer turns to fall, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, with choreographed fanfare, celebrated Labor Day by signing several employment-related bills into law. Notably missing from the Governor’s autograph spree was...more
On September 6, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law that prohibits employers from requiring employees to attend employer-sponsored meetings the “primary purpose” of which is to communicate the employer’s...more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill on September 6, 2023, which expands Section 201-d of the New York Labor Law to provide employees with protection from the political and religious ideologies of their employer. The...more
Key Takeaways - New York State Penal Law amendments strengthen penalties for employers guilty of wage theft. New York State prohibits employer mandatory meetings on political and religious matters....more
On September 6, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law (A6604 / S4982) a bill banning businesses from requiring employees to attend meetings or listen to communications where the “primary purpose” of such...more
On May 24, 2023, Governor Tim Walz signed into law legislation that adds a new section to the labor and employment law of Minnesota to prohibit employers from taking adverse employment action against employees who decline to...more
In early April, the climate activist shareholder group, Follow This, filed shareholder resolutions seeking stronger energy transition strategies from several oil “super-majors.” The resolutions have been filed in advance of...more