Sluggers Sue Over Performance Enhancing Drug Usage Allegations
In addition to being a busy day on the diamond, October 4 was a busy day off the field for some of Major League Baseball’s biggest stars. On Friday, Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez filed lawsuits...
View ArticleBoys Will Be Boys? Dolphins Face the Tough Question of Where Locker Room...
There is no crying in football, but is there harassment? The Miami Dolphins, a National Football League (NFL) franchise, faces this question in the wake of a highly-publicized bullying scandal...
View ArticleJersey City, New Jersey Enacts Sick Leave Ordinance . . . Is Newark Next?
On October 21, 2013, Jersey City enacted an ordinance (passed by its City Council on September 25) mandating all Jersey City businesses to provide sick leave to their employees. The sick leave must be...
View ArticleSupreme Court Clarifies the Scope of the “Changing Clothes” Exception to the...
On January 27, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion in Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp., No. 12-417, upholding judgment for the employer under section 203(o) of the Fair...
View ArticleDon’t Be Bulldozed by Snow Days: What to Consider Before Docking Pay for...
With thanks likely to the polar vortex, states across the nation are experiencing record low temperatures this winter. The bitterly cold winter has caused employees to call off work (or show up late)...
View ArticleCourt Throws Out Union’s Railway Labor Act Challenge to Employer’s Withdrawal...
On February 18, 2014, in Herrera v. Command Security Corp. d/b/a Aviation Safeguards, 2:12-cv-10968-SVW-RZx, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled that an employer’s...
View ArticleNLRB Considers Radical Changes to Decades-Long Precedent on Deferral to...
In yet another attempt to expand protection for employees under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is considering a new standard for deferral to...
View ArticleSCOTUS Preview: Is the End in Sight for Public Employee Unionism (and Fair...
Does a collective bargaining agreement that requires nonunion home-care workers to pay a fee to a union representative violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? In the next few days the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rejects Labor’s Mandatory Dues Collection Initiative in Favor...
This morning, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits a public-employee union from collecting an agency fee from home-care workers who do...
View ArticleThe Arbitration Obligations Imposed by the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces...
As we discussed yesterday in our blog post, “President Obama Issues Two Executive Orders in 10-Day Period,” this week President Obama issued the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. Under this...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rejects Analysis of Duration of Retiree Benefits As Contrary to...
On January 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States resolved a long-standing dispute between the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the remainder of the federal judiciary in a case concerning...
View ArticleTread Carefully When Implementing a Reduction in Force
With recent price drops in the oil and gas industry it is likely that reductions in force (RIFs) are looming on the horizon. But employers need to tread carefully when implementing any RIF, as it can...
View ArticleWhat Will Be the Fate of Your (Facially Neutral) Light-Duty Policies After...
With its forthcoming decision in Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc., the Supreme Court of the United States is expected to bring some much-needed clarity to the issue of what the Pregnancy...
View ArticleFrench Terminations: What Happens if You Miss the End of the Probationary...
You know that sinking feeling: you have a new employee in France who is not working out, and the manager has left it until the last minute to let you know. What happens if the required termination...
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