Labor & Employment Law Update

In another effort to support unions, the National Labor Relations Board issued a significant and long-awaited decision yesterday that gives most employees the right to use their employers’ email systems to encourage employees to form and support a labor union. In Purple Communications, Inc., 361 NLRB 126 (December 11, 2014), […]

Earlier today, the National Labor Relations Board officially announced its “final rule” amending the current union election procedures. The new procedures will be published in the Federal Register on December 15, and will take effect roughly three months from now, on April 14, 2015. According to the Board, the old […]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) recently announced revised record-keeping requirements that will go into effect on January 1, 2015, for workplaces under OSHA’s jurisdiction. Under the revised rule, employers will be required to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours, and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or losses […]

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently found that the alleged mistreatment an employee received after returning from maternity leave did not amount to an adverse employment action under Title VII and the Iowa Civil Rights Act (“ICRA”). The Eighth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the […]

Last night, President Obama announced a number of sweeping changes to the current immigration system.  While everyone was expecting deferred action expansion, the proposed employment immigration changes, especially the introduction of pre-registration for adjustment of status, could have a great impact for employers. The following information is subject to change […]