In recent years, much has been reported about public sector pension systems and their severe levels of underfunding. Many such plans have less than 70% of the funds necessary to provide the pensions promised to state and local employees. The latest ...
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Labor Relations
NLRB Restores Long-Standing Precedent
Union Employers May Make Unilateral Employment Policy Changes When Consistent with Past Practices...
In a 3-2 decision involving Raytheon Network Centric Systems last week, the National Labor Relations Board restored a 1964 precedent allowing an ...
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Dennis Cook and Ron Brown: Super Lawyers
We are pleased to announce that Dennis Cook and Ron Brown have been selected to the 2017 California Super Lawyers list. The annual selections are made through a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer ...
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Workplace Policy: Court Says Whole Foods Overreached
Whole Foods claimed that its policy barring employees from all unapproved recording in the workplace was in the best interest of the employees. But that didn’t stop the Second Circuit Court of Appeal from upholding a National Labor Relations Board ...
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NLRB to Burger Chain: “Fight for $15 Buttons” are In-Not-Out
It is well established that employers may require employees to wear a uniform while working, and it is also well established under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) that employees have the right to wear union buttons and insignia while working. ...
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Labor Law: National Labor Relations Board Applies to Everyone
Poorly drafted handbooks can run afoul of the National Labor Relations Act when they overstep certain employee rights. Steve McCutcheon looks at the case of In-and-Out Burger and the "Fight for $15" button.
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The Saga Continues: D.C. Circuit Hears a Challenge to the NLRB’s New Joint Employment Test
In 2015, the NLRB issued arguably one if it’s most controversial rulings in Browning-Ferris, which expanded the joint employment test, finding that a business could be a joint employer of workers provided by a temp agency if that business exerts ...
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The Impact of the Total Security Management Decision on Employers
Interpretive guidance issued by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) clarifies the power that an employer has to discipline employees during the time period between when the union wins a certification election and the employer signs a collective ...
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