On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced a plan to require all private employers with one hundred (100) or more employees to ensure that their workers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or produce a negative COVID-19 test each week. OSHA has yet to release the emergency rule which would implement this policy, but employers should…
A new presidential administration means a new General Counsel (GC) for the National Labor Relations Board. The change at the NLRB brings new guidance and priorities for the board, including more NLRB injunctions. The GC issued new guidance that impacts employers’ rights during an organizing campaign or while engaged in collective bargaining. Section 10(j) of…
The U.S. Department of Labor is offering virtual compliance seminars in August for employers and contractors including prevailing wage training and other issues facing employers. The sessions, presented by the department’s Wage and Hour Division, include video training on a variety of Davis-Bacon Act and Service Contract Act topics. Participants can view the content on…
Hazardous Waste Company Trashes Union Organizing Attempt A California-based hazardous waste hauler and an Arizona-based waste hauler sent the Teamsters packing. Teamster Local 166 filed a single petition to represent drivers for the two companies jointly. The two companies perform very different services and the qualifications for drivers for the two companies is significantly different.…
Despite receiving barely 12% of the vote from eligible workers in Amazon’s high profile Bessemer, Alabama facility, the RWDSU is pulling out all the stops to try to overturn in the courts the free choice of the employees. The union has leveled multiple allegations against the company at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Essentially…
The following is an article from an NLRA client and prominent business leader, Kyle Reagan. Kyle W. Reagan is chairman and chief executive officer of DECCO Inc., and an active member of the Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire. The BIA, New Hampshire’s statewide chamber of commerce, and is a past executive committee member…
Employees at a Massachusetts-based client of NLRA recently rejected the Teamsters by a comfortable margin. The company with three decades of expertise, is an industry leader in its field. It received all but three votes in the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election. The NLRB certified the result of the election on May 4, 2021. The…
Recently, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of race discrimination claims by a bank employee. The bank terminated the employee for a social media post. Employers have wrestled for the better part of the 2000’s with the explosion of social media. The focus is often on how to prevent harm to their business…
When a union is certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) or voluntarily recognized by an employer creates an obligation under the law for both the union and the employer to bargain in good faith. The only thing a union wins when it wins an NLRB election is the right to sit with the…
In an unsurprising move, the Biden administration announced the rollback of a Trump-era policy which will penalize businesses. Employers who violate the wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act may be liable for liquidated damages. Liquidated damages double the amount of the actual wage damages awarded. To avoid such costly fines, employers must examine…