The Workplace Policy Institute has a comprehensive analysis of possible legislative and regulatory changes to employment law in the coming year. While the full article is certainly worth a read, here is a short summary of some of the most important points. Congress is unlikely to pass any major legislation…
On December 3, 2013, the 5th Circuit issued an important new decision finding that class action waiver provisions in mandatory arbitration agreements under the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) are enforceable. However, in the specific case at bar the court found that the agreement in question was unenforceable because it reasonably…
For the holiday, here are some links to interesting articles. Some of the topics have been touched on by this blog before, and some are new. In any event, have a safe and happy holiday weekend. Check back next week for more links and analysis. With the immigration bill moving…
First up, the Third Circuit has become the second federal appeals court (following the D.C. Circuit) to rule that President Obama’s recess appointments to the NLRB were invalid, and that therefore some Board actions taken in the wake of those appointments were also invalid for lack of a valid quorum. …
Turning again to employment law and social media, here is a look at a recent NLRB decision that held that comments posted on Facebook are protected to the same extent as comments made at the “water cooler.” Littler Mendelson provides an interesting look at the recent case Hispanics United of…
Here are a couple additional links to some employment law developments from the holiday season. Still catching up on news from the past couple of weeks, but check back soon for more posts on some new employment and labor law items. On December 15, the NLRB overturned its longstanding precedent…
The past few weeks have been extremely newsworthy in regards to unions, strikes, and the relationship between organized labor and the public sector. I thought it would be useful to post some summaries of the more interesting developments, as well as some of the takeaways for employers and employees. Probably…
Here are some quick summaries of a few interesting employment law developments from the past week. The Employer Handbook has an interesting look at a case where a company’s HR manager admitted that the company fired an employee as a form of FMLA retaliation. The employee was scheduled for a month of FMLA…
A recent NLRB decision struck down a clause in an employer’s social media policy that prevented employees from using social media on company time. In the case, the employee challenged two provisions of the company’s employee handbook. The first, which we have seen before, prohibited employees from making disparaging comments…
With the holiday coming up, I wanted to write a quick post linking to some interesting (and in one case bizarre) labor and employment law stories. I hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving. The Shirazi Law Firm has an interesting post about how Magic Johnson is currently being…