The U.S. energy industry, which has been a job creator and economy driver for years, is in the throes of a significant downturn due to the dropping price of crude oil.

Government officials across the world are easing up, or preparing to ease up, on the stringent business closures and stay at home orders that were implemented to slow the spread of COVID-19.

We previously reported in August on the National Labor Relations Board's decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, NLRB Case No. 28-CA-230115, 327 NLRB No. 130 (August 25, 2023)...

The Massachusetts Appeals Court, in a slip op opinion issued on January 20, 2021, decided that at-will employees can be terminated for submitting rebuttal letters pursuant to G.L.c. 149, §52C.

The Ohio Supreme Court recently issued its second opinion this year addressing the tort of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy.

In Richey v. Autonation, Inc., the California Supreme Court reinstated an arbitration award against the plaintiff and confirmed that employers retain the right to terminate employees who violate company policy...

The ARB recently concluded that a former program manager was entitled to recover more than $250,000 in back pay and benefits under Section 806 of SOX based on his discipline and constructive discharge.

On June 13, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Starbucks' favor in Starbucks v. The National Labor Relations Board, holding that when seeking a Section 10(j) preliminary injunction...

The Indiana Supreme Court has determined that terminated county employees do not have the right to sue county commissioners to obtain judicial review.

The ARB recently addressed the standard for proving that protected activity was a "contributing factor" in adverse employment actions.

Complainant was employed by the Company, a provider of fire protection and life safety systems, as a Senior Tech Representative.

Employers often want bright line policies that are easy for supervisors to apply.

The scope of NLRB remedies for unfair labor practice violations has been disputed since December 2022, when the Board in a novel case called Thryv, Inc.

In Woolf v. Strada, decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in February 2020, the court considered whether the...

For years, most observers believed that the Massachusetts Personnel Records Statute (MPRS) – which requires Massachusetts employers with 20 or more employees to maintain a personnel record...

Earlier this spring, in a 3-1 vote, the Board issued a notice and solicited briefs on whether to reconsider Johnnie's Poultry doctrine (doctrine), which was established in the 1964 Board decision, Johnnie's Poultry Co.

On October 20, the Seventh Circuit held that a former state employee's Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") denial of leave claim was untimely because suit was not filed until the employee was fired for her poor attendance record and not within two years of each alleged leave denial.

The United States Supreme Court resolved a split among appellate circuits about when an employee must take action to pursue a constructive discharge claim.

Nonprofit employers are entitled to hire and employ individuals based on information that is both accurate and truthful.

The Fourth Circuit recently held that SOX whistleblower retaliation claims are subject to a four-year statute of limitations and that emotional distress damages are available in SOX actions.