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On September 3, 2025, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law New Jersey Assembly Bill 4429 which expands on prior statutory prohibitions on employers’ requiring employees “to attend or listen to communications related to...more
On September 3, 2025, in Minnesota Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors v. Ellison, et al., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in a 2-1 ruling, dismissed a lawsuit challenging Minnesota’s captive...more
Captive audience meetings are employer sponsored meetings where the employer requires employees to attend and listen to the employer position concerning a union organizing effort. The meeting is intended to dissuade workers...more
New Jersey lawmakers recently advanced a bill that would expand labor protections for workers in the cannabis industry. If enacted, the measure—which provides stronger union organizing rights, protections for employee...more
Under the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, an employer’s failure to deduct and remit union dues based on a valid authorization by the employee or a collective bargaining agreement may be an unfair labor practice....more
Ohio Council 8, AFSCMA, AFL-CIO v. City of Lakewood, 2025-Ohio-2052 -An employee of the Department of Public Works was on a last-chance agreement when he committed another fault and was terminated. The union demanded...more
The ubiquity of smartphones and sensitive security cameras have made audio recording in the workplace more common. Some may be accidental, while other recordings may be intentional attempts document workplace conversations...more
Ignorantia legis neminem excusat. That is, “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” Under this principle, those to whom the law applies are presumed to know the law and will be held accountable for violating it....more
Under current federal law, employers may legally require workers to attend meetings during working hours that concern the employer’s views on politics, religion and similar matters. Hawaii recently joined several states,...more
At Ward and Smith’s recent annual Employment Law Symposium, two attorneys from the firm’s labor and employment group, Grant Osborne and X. Lightfoot, interviewed Shannon Meares, a regional attorney with the National Labor...more
As the cannabis industry has rapidly progressed over the years, states such as New York, New Jersey and Illinois have begun to implement legislation that encourages employers to engage in labor peace agreements with unions....more