Biden State of the Union signals measured approach on non-compete ban
By Nikki Mayo The legal and mainstream media is still abuzz following the Federal Trade Commission’s Jan. 5, 2023, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would ban all employee non-compete agreements...
View ArticleNLRB targets confidentiality provisions in severance agreements
By Nikki Mayo In a decision issued Feb. 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) set a new precedent regarding confidentiality provisions. The McLaren Macomb case involved furloughed...
View ArticleConsistency matters: When the employer speaks, the employees may answer
By Chris Riedel A recent National Labor Relations Board decision is a reminder that consistency is an important factor in determining whether an employer has committed an unfair labor practice. In the...
View ArticleShot through the heart: Did SCOTUS give strikes a bad name?
By Sarah Squillante *Special thanks to Porter Wright summer law clerk, Diego De La Vega, for his assistance with this post. On June 1, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision...
View ArticleState of Ohio continues to examine the remote work debate
By Chris Russell Red Sox or Yankees? Hamburgers or hot dogs? In the office or work from home? While some debates have been around for many years, the debate over whether employees should be required to...
View ArticleNLRB finalizes expanded joint employer rule
By Rebecca Kopp Levine Recently, the NLRB issued a rule revising the standard for determining a joint employer. Joint employment involves two or more businesses’ sharing of an employee’s activities and...
View ArticleColumbus implements salary history ban
By Sarah Squillante Columbus will soon join Toledo and Cincinnati in the growing number of states and localities implementing laws related to salary history, or so-called wage-gap laws. Effective Mar....
View Article“February madness” in college basketball: NLRB rules players are university...
By Chris Russell There is no need to wait until March for college basketball to take the spotlight thanks to a recent ruling issued by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). On Monday, a regional...
View ArticleNLRB joint employer rule delayed
By Rebecca Kopp Levine As we discussed in a recent blog post, last year the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a rule revising the standard for determining a joint employer. The rule was due...
View ArticleTexas federal court strikes down NLRB’s joint employer rule
By Rebecca Kopp Levine Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of Texas struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s 2023 rule changing the standard for establishing whether two...
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