Jurisdiction, Employee Definition

When Do International Employees Have UK Employment Rights?

King & Spalding on 6/4/2025

INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEES – WHEN DO THEY HAVE UK EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS? The question of jurisdiction and application of UK employment rights is a growing problem for employers, as employees increasingly work in multiple...more

NLRB’s Joint Employer Rule Vacated

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/14/2024

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) gives employees the right to unionize and imposes obligations on employers to collectively bargain with unions representing their employees. Failing to recognize those rights and...more

Massachusetts Court of Appeals Gives Victory to Employers in Interpretation of ABC Test

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/12/2022

A recent decision on the scope of the so-called ABC Test gives guidance to firms using independent contractors. In Tiger Home Inspection, Inc. v. Director of the Dept. of Unemployment Assistance, a Massachusetts appeals court...more

NLRB General Counsel Rescinds Controversial Memo Regarding Section 7 Rights Of University Faculty, Student Assistants, And...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/14/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 1, 2017, the newly-confirmed General Counsel of the National Relations Board, Peter Robb, issued a memorandum to the NLRB regional offices listing legal issues that should be submitted for...more

Money, Dirt and Steel: Spring 2017

Williams Mullen on 4/12/2017

When Are Your Subcontractor's Employees Your Employees? In January, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals entered its decision in Salinas v. Commercial Interiors, Inc., ruling that a contractor and its subcontractor can be...more

NLRB Punts on College Athlete Unions

Miller Canfield on 8/18/2015

On August 17, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board issued the long awaited decision in the Northwestern University football union case. 362 NLRB No. 167 (8/17/2015). In a rare display of unanimity, the five members of...more