Legislative Director Update 7/03/18 A brief Legislative Director update below. Supreme Court: The U.S. Supreme Court term that ended June 2018 included decisions on many topics important to workplace law, including class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements, public-sector “agency shop” arrangements, and the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “automobile dealer” overtime exemption. The Court also […]
Supreme Court Strikes Major Blow to Unions Despite the 5-4 ruling’s focus on union fees in the public sector, it may end up being “the most important labor law decision … possibly ever [and] at least in decades,” Phillip Wilson, president and general counsel of the Labor Relations Institute, told attendees at a recent conference. […]
Legislative Director Update 5/24/18 The Supreme Court of the United States earlier this week held that class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements are enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act. The Supreme Court’s decision resolves the circuit split on whether class or collective action waivers contained in employment arbitration agreements violate the National Labor Relations […]
Below is a link to the latest Legislative Update. Also provided are a few other updates below for your quick reference: As you can see from the attached summary, we have seen very little movement on the attached bills over the past few weeks. Today is the 45th day in the 60 day legislative session. […]
Below is a link to the latest Legislative Update. Also provided are a few other updates below for your quick reference: The Wage and Hour Division announced a new nationwide pilot program, the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program, which facilitates resolution of potential overtime and minimum wage violations under the FLSA. You can access […]
Legislative Update: February 9, 2018 Update
Federal Legislative Director Update 12/20/17 Please find below a brief update: NLRB: Two weeks after the newly appointed NLRB General Counsel signaled his intent to ask the Board to consider overruling many union-friendly precedents of the Obama-era Board, the NLRB has beat him to the punch. Over the course of two days (December 14 and […]
Federal Legislative Director Update 12/07/17 Nebraska Legislature: The 105th Legislative Session (2nd Session) will reconvene on January 3, 2018 and is scheduled to conclude on April 18, 2018 (Day 60). As you likely know, the Unicameral operates on a biennium schedule (1st session concluded in the Spring and the 2nd session will begin in January) […]
Below is a brief Federal Legislative update: · Sexual Harassment: Based on recent reports, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its sexual harassment guidelines. The recently updated guidelines were approved by the Commission on November 7th and, following approval from the Office of Management and Budget, will be released to the public. We will keep […]
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