NLRA, Employment Policies, Title VII

Kanye’s Wife’s Grammy Dress Provides a Lesson in Dress Codes

FordHarrison on 2/19/2025

During the biggest night in music, the 2025 Grammy awards ceremony, Kanye’s wife, Bianca Censori, caused quite a commotion by walking the red carpet when she removed her coat to reveal . . . just about everything. Her dress,...more

Unprecedented Moves: Early Employment and Labor Changes Following President Trump’s Inauguration

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 1/31/2025

In the first ten days of his second term, President Trump has already made significant moves impacting the labor and employment landscape. Some actions were expected, while others are unprecedented. On January 27, 2025, as we...more

NLRB GC Issues Memo on Harmonizing NLRA and EEO Laws

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/20/2025

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel (GC) has issued a memorandum explaining her view on how employers can balance compliance with the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and equal employment opportunity...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

Five Predictions for President Trump’s Second Administration: Employment and Labor

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 1/8/2025

Looking toward a second administration under President-elect Trump, we anticipate a shift toward more employer-friendly labor policies and away from interpretations of law that afforded more expansive protections to...more

Political Speech in the Workplace: Legal Considerations for Employers

Goulston & Storrs PC on 10/18/2024

As the 2024 U.S. presidential election approaches, many employers are bracing themselves for a wave of political discussions—and tension—in the workplace and elsewhere. Navigating these inevitable interactions and the...more

Managing Political Speech in the Workplace

Husch Blackwell LLP on 9/9/2024

As the 2024 general election draws near, employers can anticipate a rise in political expression from employees both inside and outside of the workplace. Political speech encompasses a broad array of activities, extending far...more

NLRB Returns to Liberalized Section 7 Protection for Workplace Misconduct Incidents

Morgan Lewis on 5/5/2023

The National Labor Relations Board’s recent decision in Lion Elastomers reinstated setting-specific standards to assess how employers respond to employee misconduct, including potentially profane, discriminatory, and...more

Post-Dobbs Employment Considerations

Benesch on 8/17/2022

In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization the United States Supreme Court overturned years of precedent started by Roe v. Wade and conferred the right to regulate abortions to individual states. This marked change has...more

What Employers Need To Know in a Post-Roe World

Burr & Forman on 6/30/2022

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that protected a woman’s right to have an abortion. In Dobbs, the Supreme Court...more

Employment Implications Arising from Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/30/2022

The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization on June 24, 2022, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and holding that there is no right to abortion in the U.S....more

Supreme Leak: Religion at Work

Verrill on 5/11/2022

Over the last year, our society has navigated COVID-19 and rules concerning vaccination and masking. As a society and on this blog, we have discussed regularly the role religious freedoms play in the work environment—under...more

[Ongoing Program] Handbooks and Policies - The Re-Emerging Breeding Ground for Unfair Labor Practices and Other Employment Claims...

BakerHostetler on 12/23/2021

Please join us for BakerHostetler’s The ‘New’ Normal: The State of Labor Relations and Employment Law Master Class. Our 9th Annual Master Class will be virtual again this year, as it was last year, due to the continuation of...more

COVID-19 Vaccinations: Legal Considerations for Employers

Miller Canfield on 12/18/2020

With the recent approval for emergency usage of the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States, employers may consider mandating or administering COVID-19 vaccinations when they become available for workplace safety reasons or...more

Can Employers Mandate the COVID-19 Vaccine?

Benesch on 12/14/2020

When the COVID-19 vaccination becomes readily available, can private employers require employees to take the vaccine? The short answer: Probably, provided employers are mindful that, depending on the work performed,...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

Political Discussions In The Workplace

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 10/28/2020

As Election Day nears, employers across the country may be wondering how they can properly address political discussions in the workplace. This article provides employers simple and straightforward strategies for managing...more

Employment Best Practices for Hotel Operators During the Pandemic

ArentFox Schiff on 10/27/2020

As travel increases despite ongoing pandemic concerns, hotel operators must address how to welcome back the increased workforce needed to care for more guests. While some hotels remained open during quarantine with...more

Political Speech in the Workplace: 2020 Refresher

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 10/23/2020

As we near Election Day, employers are again faced with the thorny challenges posed by political expression at work. When adopting policies to address political speech in the workplace, employers must be mindful of a...more

Five Issues for Employers to Consider as Political and Social Activism Surges in the Workplace

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 9/23/2020

Six months into a global pandemic, employers across the United States continue to deal with a series of new economic realities. More employees are working from home, with companies continuing to reevaluate their business...more

NLRB Upends Context-Specific Tests for Profane Conduct, Folding Such Discipline Into Traditional Motivation Tests For Evaluating...

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 7/23/2020

In another long-anticipated decision, on July 21, 2020, in General Motors LLC, 369 NLRB No. 127 (2020), the Board replaced three context-specific rules for determining whether certain abusive conduct committed by employees is...more

NLRB Reverses Position on Confidentiality Concerning Workplace Investigations – Holds That Confidentiality Requirements Are...

Epstein Becker & Green on 12/24/2019

The National Labor Relations Board, in its December 17th decision in Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store, has reversed its prior rule and held that employer requirements that employees treat workplace investigations...more

II-35- The New Sexual Harassment Training/Policy Requirements in New York State and New York City

Cozen O'Connor on 9/26/2018

This special episode discusses the new sexual harassment training and policy requirements imposed by New York State and New York City (following a brief discussion of a significant development on joint employer liability)....more

Don’t Call It A Comeback: The “Return” Of Workplace Civility Rules

Fisher Phillips on 3/7/2018

Dear Susan, I have to tell you about a situation that has been occurring between John and myself. But it’s not what you think! Well, maybe it is. I don’t know. I’m hoping that, as our supervisor, you can help me. To put it...more

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