The NLRB recently made public its NLRB Strategic Plan FY 2019-FY2022 wherein it states it wants to reduce time to handle cases before it by 5% per year at each stage of the case processing.

San Francisco recently added significant teeth to its "Fair Chance" ordinance, which is designed to give applicants who have criminal histories a chance to get their foot in the door without...

An Illinois state appellate court recently confirmed that Railway Labor Act "minor dispute" preemption is alive and well as a potential defense to state-law retaliatory discharge claims.

On March 22, 2010, Green alleged to an Equal Employment Opportunity counselor that he had been constructively discharged.

On Jan. 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court, in an 8-0 decision*, reaffirmed and extended its holding in the 2015 Tibble v. Edison case, such that ERISA retirement plan fiduciaries, as part of their duty of prudence...

Today, the French labor market experienced the start of a power swing, from its historically employee-friendly labor regime to a more employer-friendly set of laws...

When terminating an employee, an employer should create documentation showing the reason for and circumstances relating to the termination.

An employer is liable for retaliation when it terminates an employee out of fear that the employee may, in the future, file a workplace safety complaint.

In most states, the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing that is typical in written business contracts does not apply to employment contracts or employment relationships.

On March 10th, the University of Connecticut announced that it was firing Head Men's Basketball Coach, Kevin Ollie. Despite winning a National Championship in 2014, the firing was not a surprise to Husky fans.

Thinking about terminating an employee who recently came to work for you? You may be feeling relatively safe.

Shortly before Townsend was terminated, his corporate credit card had been suspended for about six months, because his wife had inadvertently used his expense reimbursements from Bayer to pay other bills.

For years, courts have often ruled that employees cannot use last-minute declarations of disabilities to protect themselves from the potential consequences of their actions or avoid getting fired.

The Texas Court of Appeals for the Second District found that an employee was wrongfully terminated from an architecture firm when he refused to engage in behavior that he believed would expose him to liability for criminal copyright infringement.

Angela Aguilar who worked in a copper mine for approximately 11 months claimed she was sexually harassed, retaliated against, subjected to intentional infliction of emotional distress...

The NLRB recently held that an employer lawfully terminated an employee for intentionally violating an overbroad and unlawful confidentiality rule.

I live by "To Do" lists, which help me get things accomplished from work to shopping, and everything in between. Perhaps the most significant "To Do" list is the one we should be considering and writing in the next few days - our resolutions for 2012.

A newly enacted, under-the-radar statute in California could undermine efforts by employers to challenge the expert opinion testimony regarding...

A recent decision by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division for the First Department, Buchanan Capital Markets, LLC v. DeLucca, suggests that noncompetition restrictions against employees...

New York State Legislature has passed a bill that would require employers to provide employees with a minimum 21-day review period and 7-day revocation window for separation agreements involving the release of claims. The proposed "No Severance Ultimatums Act" extends procedural protections similar to those under federal age discrimination law to all covered severance agreements, regardless of employee age, and awaits Governor Hochul's signature.