Labor Law Violations, Settlement Agreements, Corporate Counsel

How the Latest NLRB Guidance Helps Employers Resolve Disputes

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/28/2025

Newly issued guidance from the NLRB encourages efficient resolution of labor disputes, giving employers more flexibility in crafting resolutions to reach practical compromises in appropriate cases. The memorandum also...more

Snap Reaches $15M Settlement Over Alleged Equal Pay Violations: Why the Deal Might Be a Sign of What’s to Come for All Employers

Fisher Phillips on 7/15/2024

Snapchat’s parent company has agreed to pay $15 million and take extensive measures to ensure fair employment practices as part of settlement to resolve claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against women at...more

California Supreme Court Gives Employee Two Bites of the Class Action Apple

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/6/2022

On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court of California issued a decision in Grande v. Eisenhower Medical Center, No. S261247, that could have a far-reaching impact on the relationships between staffing companies and their clients....more

5 Key Trends In Workplace Class Action Litigation In 2019: #4 Lower Class Action Settlement Numbers In 2019

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/30/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: As measured by the top ten largest case resolutions in various workplace class action categories, overall settlement numbers increased slightly in 2019, but as compared to the last several years, it was one...more

NLRB: Employer’s Side Letter Explaining NLRB Notice Breached Settlement Agreement and Warranted Default Judgment

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 9/12/2017

One of the fundamental pillars of any remedy doled out by the NLRB is the agency’s requirement that the employer (or union) post a “Notice to Employees,” a bright blue poster detailing the misdeeds of the charged party. Such...more

NLRB Restricts Employers’ Ability to Reach Consent Settlement Agreements

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/15/2016

In United States Postal Service, 364 NLRB No. 116 (August 27, 2016), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overturned long-standing precedent by ruling that an administrative law judge (ALJ) may accept a proposed...more