President Biden signed 17 executive actions shortly after taking office on January 20, 2021, which either impact the workplace or provide insight into what may be forthcoming under the new administration for employers. A flurry of Executive Orders on day one Biden issued a memorandum to agencies to freeze all last-minute regulations…
The 2020 presidential race is well underway in the US Labor policy has been and will continue to be a key talking point for Democratic candidates and President Donald Trump moving into the general election. In part one of this two-part article, we examine the key labor policy proposals advanced…
As the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads into the broader economy, human resource professionals are finding that grappling with the consequences are more complicated in union-represented workforces. In a union workforce, the employer must determine what it has already agreed it will do, the extent of its freedom to address…
Three recent decisions arising under the National Labor Relations Act highlight that ambiguity and inattentiveness are the twin banes of labor and employment attorneys. In all three cases, the dispute arose because two personnel policies or approaches overlapped, opening the way for conflicting claims. As these cases demonstrate, letting the…