Labor Relations / Unions

Urgent! Union persuader rule loophole opens for just days

06/17/2016

If you currently engage the services of an advisor to help employees understand your side on union organizing and collective bargaining issues, get in touch with him or her and your attorney right away!

Target warehouse workers allege overtime law violations

06/09/2016

Retail giant Target could face a class-action lawsuit in federal court in New York.

7th Circuit ruling sets up split on class-action waivers

06/02/2016

A federal appeals court ruled late last month that arbitration agreements prohibiting class-action lawsuits violate the National Labor Relations Act.

A.G. Harris joins call for more predictable work schedules

05/27/2016

California Attorney General Kamala Harris has joined attorneys general from across the nation pressing large retailers to make their employees’ schedules more predictable.

Supreme Court could revisit deadlocked union dues case

05/13/2016

The last word may not yet have been written in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.

HR Minnesota Legal Briefs

05/13/2016

Merely being obese is not a disability under the ADA, a panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

NLRB’s ‘ambush’ rules reduced union election cycle by 2 weeks

05/06/2016

An NLRB analysis of union representation cases in the last year reveals there is now about 14 days off the time between initial filings of an election petition and actual balloting.

No free speech protection when speaking out is just part of government worker’s job

04/28/2016

Unlike employees in the private sector, government workers have the right to speak out on matters of public importance without being punished for doing so.

Uber settles lawsuit for $100M, retains contractor status

04/27/2016

The popular ride-sharing service has reached an agreement with its drivers in California and Massachusetts that preserves independent contractor status, but gives some new job protections.

No unemployment benefits for union objector

04/14/2016

Refusing to pay dues or agency fees may amount to misconduct. And those who commit employment misconduct don’t get benefits.