NLRA, Civil Rights Act, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Digital Danger: When Social Media Posts Can Trigger Workplace Investigations

Oppenheimer Investigations Group on 4/29/2025

Employers bear the responsibility of preventing and correcting harassment in the workplace. While the line between on and off duty conduct has never been crystal clear, in today’s hyper-connected world of social media, the...more

Former NLRB GC Abruzzo’s Parting Words on the Complementary Relationship between NLRA and EEOC Statutes

Littler on 1/29/2025

On January 16, 2025, then-NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo issued Memorandum GC 25-04, Harmonization of the NLRA and EEO Laws. The memo responds to criticism from employers that NLRB decisions issued under the Biden...more

The intersection of partisan political speech and employee rights. Look both ways before crossing.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 1/16/2025

Considering the barrage of vitriolic campaign ads that invaded our homes on a nightly basis during the past year, you might think that political debate in America had reached a new low. Think again....more

Busy Inside the Beltway: Recent Activity by the DOL, EEOC, NLRB and FTC

BCLP on 6/8/2023

Federal agencies responsible for employment-related matters have been busy in recent weeks issuing guidance, updated workplace posters, and more. Let’s get caught up...more

The COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout: What Employers Need to Know

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/6/2021

Key Points: - Vaccinations for COVID-19 are picking up steam around the country as supply increases and eligibility expands. - Now is the time for employers to think through issues raised by employee vaccination...more

Take COVID-19 Vaccine or Else: Legal Pitfalls for Employers

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 3/19/2021

The imminent availability of a COVID-19 vaccine has garnered massive public attention. Perhaps the most pressing question from Colorado employers is, “Can employees be required to take the vaccine once it’s available?”...more

The Top 20 Non-COVID Workplace Law Stories Of 2020

Fisher Phillips on 12/11/2020

That this past year was the most challenging year in your professional life is an almost certainty. You were forced to learn entirely new statutory schemes, absorb new local health directives on a near-daily basis, create a...more

The Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine – Planning for the Employer Response

Littler on 9/18/2020

Introduction - Many employers are hopeful that a vaccine for COVID-19 will be the silver bullet that will enable employers to return to some semblance of a pre-COVID workplace. Assuming a vaccine is developed, can an...more

A Return to Workplace Civility: The NLRB Adopts the Wright Line Burden-Shifting Approach to Section 7 Speech

Littler on 7/23/2020

During a pandemic, protests, and a polarized election season, employers have walked an ever-increasingly fine line between protecting employee speech in the workplace and enforcing rules on workplace conduct....more

5 Key Trends For Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2019: Trend #3 Governmental Enforcement Litigation Trends In 2019

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/23/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: The third key trend from our 16th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report involves governmental enforcement litigation, including an overview of priorities and filings by the EEOC, the U.S....more

Recently Published Department of Labor Final Rule Overhauls FLSA Joint Employer Test

Benesch on 1/15/2020

On January 12, 2020, the Department of Labor (Department) announced a final rule to revise and update its regulations interpreting joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (see prior alert on Department...more

EEOC Petitions the NLRB to Change Legal Test for Considering Whether Employee Racial Outbursts are Protected NLRA Activity

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 12/4/2019

In response to an amicus brief submitted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has agreed to review General Motors LLC, a case which reveals a tension between the...more

EEOC Joins in the Holiday Festivities by Adding Proposed Joint-Employer Rulemaking to its ‘To Do’ List

Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/3/2019

In mid-November, the Trump administration published its fall agenda. Of interest to employers, that agenda included a notice from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that it intends to clarify its...more

Beltway Buzz - August 2019 #4

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/23/2019

EEO-1 on Appeal. Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its appeal of the March 4, 2019, district court decision that reinstituted the 2016 EEO-1 wage and hour reporting scheme. The DOJ argued to the...more

Beltway Buzz - July 2019

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/15/2019

Secretary of Labor Resigns. On July 12, 2019, Alexander Acosta resigned as Secretary of Labor amid renewed scrutiny of his handling of criminal charges against Jeffrey Epstein while serving as the U.S. attorney for the...more

Supreme Court Confirms Deferential Standard of Review for EEOC Subpoenas

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 4/25/2017

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court confirmed that federal appeals courts should apply a deferential standard of review to federal district court determinations regarding the legal sufficiency of EEOC subpoenas....more

These Foolish Things – The Oddest Employment Issues of the Past Year

Littler on 3/30/2017

Even outside the Capital Beltway, this has been a strange year. Those of us who handle labor and employment issues everyday often think we’ve seen it all—only to be proven wrong time and again. As April Fools’ Day approaches,...more

With the Election (Mercifully) Behind Us, What Will a Trump Administration Mean for Employers?

Littler on 11/10/2016

The 2016 Presidential election was arguably the most contentious, unpredictable, and politically polarizing race in this nation's history. The contours of the electoral map changed by the hour in the days leading up to...more

The Employment Law Authority - November/December 2016

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/7/2016

Court Upholds Employer’s Dreadlock Ban Finds Grooming Policy Did Not Violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act - A federal appellate court recently held that an employer’s policy banning dreadlocks did not constitute...more

California Employment Law Notes - September 2016

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 9/12/2016

Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Employer's Class Action Waiver - Morris v. Ernst & Young, LLP, 2016 WL 4433080 (9th Cir. 2016) - As a condition of employment, Stephen Morris and Kelly McDaniel were required to sign...more

No bluff: Wright demands equal pay on House of Cards

FordHarrison on 5/24/2016

Actress Robin Wright, who plays the formidable Claire Underwood on House of Cards, is the latest in the entertainment world to speak out on equal pay. According to a recent interview, Wright demanded equal pay after...more

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