2013 Is Here - Are You "Employment Ready"

As we presented at our December 2012 Breakfast with Bradley program, the governmental agencies responsible for the enforcement of the employment laws and regulations continue to expand their reach by issuing pro employee decisions and narrowing, if not outright reversing, previous decisions that were more employer friendly. Much of this is to be expected with agencies like the National Labor Relations Board (NLRA) which because of the political appointment process has always swung back and forth depending on which party is in charge of the administration. However, even with deference to the regulatory swings caused by a change in administration, the decisions increasingly favor expanding employee rights in ways that heretofore seemed unlikely.