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NLRB issues final rule on posting of workplace notices 

Published: August 26, 2011

Tags: Employment Law, labor law, National Labor Relations Act, NLRB, union

WASHINGTON – The National Labor Relations Board has issued its final rule requiring most employers to post notices informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act.

The final rule is set to go into effect Nov. 14.

Blowing the whistle on new SEC whistleblower rules 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: August 22, 2011

Tags: bounty provisions, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Employment Law, SEC, securitiesfraud, whistleblower

According to many employment and litigation defense attorneys, the new whistleblower and bounty provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act are turning employees into potential adversaries.

OSHA reg seeks to simplify workplace safety rules 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: June 1, 2011

Tags: Employment Law, OSHA, workplace safety

WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is set to release a final rule streamlining and simplifying workplace safety standards while reducing employer burdens.

EMPLOYMENT 

Published: May 26, 2011

Tags: E-verify, Employment Law, federal preemption, immigration, Supreme Court

A state law imposing sanctions on employers who hire undocumented workers and mandating the use of the federal E-Verify database is not preempted by federal immigration law.

See “State E-Verify mandate not preempted by federal law.”

U.S. Supreme Court. Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, No. 09-115.
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State E-Verify mandate not preempted by federal law 

Published: May 26, 2011

Tags: E-verify, Employment Law, federal preemption, immigration, Supreme Court

A state law imposing sanctions on employers who hire undocumented workers and mandating the use of the federal E-Verify database is not preempted by federal immigration law, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.

FLSA retaliation ruling could impact other cases 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: April 6, 2011

Tags: Employment Law, fair labor standards act, retaliation, Supreme Court, wage and hour claims

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that oral complaints about workplace conditions made to a company supervisor are covered by the anti-retaliation provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act has employment lawyers taking notice.

Labor Dept. proposes new guest-worker visa rules 

Published: April 5, 2011

Tags: Department of Labor, Employment Law, guest visa, H-2B visa

WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor has proposed new regulations that would require employers to document their attempts to hire American workers before employing foreign guest workers.

NLRB back pay memo sparks controversy 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: March 30, 2011

Tags: backpay, Congress, Employment Law, labor law, Lafe Solomon, NLRB

WASHINGTON – Management-side attorneys are ratcheting up criticism of the National Labor Relations Board and its acting general counsel in the wake of a memo that was sent to regional agency officials urging them seek out cases that can be used to overturn recent precedent restricting back pay for illegally discharged employees.

Workplace posting rule has lawyers bracing for litigation 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: February 1, 2011

Tags: Employment Law, labor law, NLRB, union

WASHINGTON – A proposed rule from the National Labor Relations Board that would require employers to post a notice informing employees of their right to organize has opponents preparing to challenge the measure in court while employment lawyers brace for litigation.

Management lawyers say employers are under siege 

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 31, 2011

Tags: class action, employee misclassification, Employment Law, systemic discrimination, wage and hour

WASHINGTON – One management-side labor and employment law firm has a message for its clients: you are in danger of being sued by your employees, and recent initiatives by federal agencies are making that danger even greater. What used to be small, resolvable workplace matters, it says, are turning into systemic investigations and broad-based lawsuits.