In a major decision, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has overturned long-standing precedent by expanding the ability of employers to eject nonemployee union organizers from publicly accessible spaces on their premises. This decision provides ...
The current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continues to reconsider longstanding legal positions regarding the balance of rights between employers and their workforces. The most recent example of this can be found in the case ...
After last year’s unfortunate DOL investigation (which we reported in The Labor Department’s View of Santa’s Workshop), Santa decided to bring in an experienced Human Resources Director to shore things up. Susan Walker, a long ...
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals just dealt a slight blow to Wisconsin’s 2015 “right to work law” by finding that the provision governing the law’s abbreviated time period for revoking authorization for union dues ...
A federal appeals court just approved the right of off-duty hospital employees to picket their employer under certain circumstances. Is picketing on premises presumptively permissible? Capital Medical Center of Olympia, WA, was engaged in a ...
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the long-awaited opinion in Janus v. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 holding that the First Amendment prevents public sector unions from ...
The NLRB’s General Counsel recently issued guidance for employers outlining the analysis by which the NLRB (“the Board”) will evaluate the lawfulness of handbook provisions and work rules promulgated and maintained by employers. As we ...
The Minnesota Court of Appeals recently denied reinstatement to a Minnesota police officer by reversing an arbitration award that was deemed contrary to public policy. This marks only the second time that the Court of ...
