The Labor Law Insider: How Arbitrations Help Preserve Labor-Management Peace, Part II
The Labor Law Insider: How Arbitrations Help Preserve Labor-Management Peace, Part I
The Labor Law Insider: NLRB Does a U-Turn on Make-Whole Settlement Remedies, Part II
Business Better Podcast Episode: Bridging Campuses: Legal Insights on Education Industry Consolidation – Labor, Employment, and Benefits
Employee Rights in Non-Unionized Workplaces: What's the Tea in L&E?
The Labor Law Insider: How Unions Are Navigating Trump 2.0, Part II
The Labor Law Insider - How Unions Are Navigating Trump 2.0, Part I
Stumbling Your Way Into a Union: Key Advice for Employers: What’s the Tea in L&E?
The Labor Law Insider: What's Next for Labor Law Under the Trump Administration, Part II
The Labor Law Insider: What's Next for Labor Law Under the Trump Administration, Part I
The Burr Broadcast: Captive Audience Meetings
The Labor Law Insider - Elections Have Consequences: Labor Law Changes Anticipated Under Trump Administration, Part II
#WorkforceWednesday®: Biden’s Final Labor Moves - Employment Law This Week®
The Labor Law Insider - Elections Have Consequences: Labor Law Changes Anticipated Under Trump Administration, Part I
#WorkforceWednesday®: What a Trump Win Means for Unions - Employment Law This Week®
What's the Tea in L&E? "If You Don't Like It Here, You Can Leave!"
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 35: Navigating Union Campaigns with Armando Llorente of Llorente HR Consulting
The Labor Law Insider - Whistleblower Breaks Details of NLRB Mail Ballot Election Abuse – Part II
The Labor Law Insider: Whistleblower Breaks Details of NLRB Mail Ballot Election Abuse - Part I
Labor Law Insider - Collective Bargaining: Ins and Outs, Nuts and Bolts, Part II
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
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
Washington lawmakers were busy this year, and a wave of new laws will have a major impact on the workplace. Employers must be aware of significant workplace laws taking effect within the next year, including 11 new laws that...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) has been in a state of limbo since the beginning of President Donald J. Trump’s second term. Now, New York is trying to fill that void....more
With mounting uncertainty about the lack of a quorum and near term future of the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB” or the “Board”), New York State legislators are attempting to usurp the powers delegated to the Board...more
Colorado Union Dues System Remains Unchanged – For Now - On May 16, 2025, Colorado Governor Jared Polis vetoed a bill that would have upended the state’s unique structure around mandatory payment of union dues as a...more
A recently passed Washington State House Bill permits agricultural workers to unionize under the supervision of Washington’s Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC). On April 22, 2025, the Governor signed House Bill...more
As layoff procedures in Poland and Germany are anchored in the same EU Directive, their national regulations are similar in direction, but they still have their own flavor and local specificity. Germany and Poland share...more
The 2025 session of the North Carolina General Assembly is in full swing. Here is a list of proposed legislation that employers should pay attention to....more
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek issued Executive Order No. 24-31, titled "Establishing Project Labor Agreements[1] for State Construction Projects" ("EO 24-31" or "Order"), on December 18, 2024. On December 31, 2024, the...more
Despite head-turning decisions issued in recent years by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) designed to help labor unions in their organizing efforts, a concentrated government push towards union-only Project Labor...more
New York Senate Bill 7676B regulates contracts for the creation and use of digital replicas. This law took effect on January 1, 2025. The law defines “digital replica” as “a digital simulation of the voice or likeness of an...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more
On December 2, 2024, a Dane County, Wisconsin Circuit Court issued a landmark decision striking down portions of 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 (“Act 10”) and thus affecting the collective bargaining rights of public sector employees...more
It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more
On February 26, 2024, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Labor Standards and Statistics (the “Division”) adopted final rules for the Protections for Public Workers Act (PROPWA). As previously...more
Employers in New York can no longer discipline employees who opt not to attend “captive audience” meetings under a new state law. Employers generally hold these mandatory meetings to express their views on unionization to...more
On September 6, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law that prohibits employers from requiring employees to attend employer-sponsored meetings the “primary purpose” of which is to communicate the employer’s...more
Last week, Senate Constitutional Amendment 7 (“SCA 7”) passed the California Senate Labor Committee. This provision, if placed before the voters and passed, would add Section 1.5 to Article XIV of the California Constitution....more
On June 9, 2023, Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker signed into law HB 2907 and HB 3396, amending the Illinois Labor Disputes Act (“Act”) to expand protections for striking workers. The new law restricts defensive measures...more
Executive Summary: On May 9, 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 256, which overhauls Florida’s Public Employees Relations Act, implementing significant changes to procedures related to dues authorization...more
On March 24, 2023, Michigan repealed its right-to-work law for private-sector employees. The right-to-work law made it unlawful for a union and an employer to agree that payment of union dues and fees are a condition of...more
In 2012, Michigan enacted a right-to-work statute that prevented employees from being forced to join or financially support a labor union as a condition of employment. On Friday, March 24, 2023, Michigan became the first...more
Happy New Year! Several employment laws became effective January 1, 2023, and our team at Franczek P.C. has compiled them in its new Labor & Employment Law Legislative Update, focused on new laws in effect in 2023. The new...more
On November 8, 2022, Illinois voters approved the Illinois Constitution Amendment 1 (the “Workers’ Rights Amendment” or the “Amendment”), which amends the state constitution to guarantee workers a broad right to collective...more