On July 19, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board ordered an electrical company in Iowa to reinstate and provide back pay to a utility pole worker who had been fired...
On March 7, 2018, in the case of Guzmán v. Brown County, No. 16-3599, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 5722 (March 7, 2018), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a...
On Tuesday, November 7, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, by a vote of 242-181, the “Save Local Business Act”, which would narrow the National Labor Relations Act’s and Fair...
Recently on October 4, United States Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions issued a Memorandum instructing the Justice Department to take the position that Federal law does not protect transgender individuals...
On July 12, 2017, a three-Judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the United States Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin’s September...
In recent weeks, the United States Department of Labor has taken firm steps towards rescinding the “Persuader Rule,” which is a regulation issued by the Office of Labor-Management Standards (“OLMS”)...
Last December, we had discussed the uncertain future of the Overtime Rules enacted during the Obama Administration, which would have more than doubled the minimum salary threshold for the major...
Obama Administration’s Overtime Rule Faces Uncertain Future In our November 1, 2016 alert, we had discussed the new overtime rule unveiled by the Obama Administration in May which, effective December 1,...
New Department of Labor Overtime Rule Creates New Pitfalls for Employers On May 18, the United States Department of Labor released its final rule regarding changes to the overtime threshold for...
Court of Appeals Decision Reiterates that Race is Based on Immutable Characteristics On September 15, 2016, by a 3-0 decision, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit dismissed...