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June 6, 2018 Labor Board Counsel Gives Employers More Leeway With Workplace Rules By Hassan A. Kanu The labor board released guidance June 6 on how it will interpret whether employers’ workplace rules violate workers’ labor rights, shifting the presumption about ambiguous or broadly written rules in favor of businesses. National Labor Relations Board field offices […]
What is Happening with the New Labour Reality in Alberta? Borden Ladner Gervais LLP – Laurie M. Robson The Alberta government passed significant amendments to the Alberta Labour Relations Code, which came into effect on September 1, 2017. Since then, the Alberta Labour Relations Board (“ALRB”) has issued a number of decisions based on the newly passed laws. […]
Are You Correctly Calculating Overtime? May 30, 2018 Written by: Pascal Benyamini Recently, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Alvarado v. Dart Container Corporation of California. The Court’s decision changes the manner in which an employer must calculate overtime for employees who earn a flat sum bonus during a single pay period. Accordingly, based on […]
Why Labor Protests in France Won’t Stop Macron’s Reforms Andrea Garnero May 22, 2018 It’s been 50 years since the events of May 1968, when France went through a period of civil unrest, and one year since the election of centrist reformer Emmanuel Macron as president. The country is marking these anniversaries with a series of strikes, rallies, and occupations in response to […]
Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of May 7 – 11, 2018 The Summary of NLRB Decisions is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to substitute for the opinions of the NLRB. Inquiries should be directed to the Office of the Executive Secretary at 202‑273‑1940. Summarized Board Decisions Murray American Energy, Inc. and the […]
Summary of NLRB Decisions for Week of April 30 – May 4, 2018 The Summary of NLRB Decisions is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to substitute for the opinions of the NLRB. Inquiries should be directed to the Office of the Executive Secretary at 202‑273‑1940. Summarized Board Decisions Whole Foods Market, Inc. (01-CA-096965, […]
Wells Fargo Owes California Bankers $97 Million for Rest Breaks. By Edvard Pettersson Wells Fargo & Co. must pay $97 million to home mortgage consultants and private mortgage bankers in California who didn’t get the breaks they were entitled to under the state’s stringent labor laws. A federal judge in Los Angeles May 8 agreed […]
Could a Major Airline ‘Disappear’? Here’s What You Need to Know About the Turmoil at Air France-KLM. By David Meyer 5:52 AM EDT Air France-KLM, one of the world’s biggest airline groups, is in deep trouble. Its CEO stepped down on Friday, its shares are tumbling and passengers are facing yet more disruption to their flights. Why? Big-time […]
NLRB Voids Hospital ID Policy that Bans Union Insignia Without Regard to Patient Visibility By John Thomas on May 3, 2018 Posted in NLRB Decisions, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Workplace Rules In Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Inc., 366 NLRB No. 66 (April 20, 2018), the Board ruled that the hospital employer’s prohibition of non-approved pins and badges was unlawfully overbroad. As a general rule, […]
02 May 2018 | National Labor Relations Board | David Pryzbylski. Don’t Pick and Choose: Company’s Inconsistent Rules Enforcement Results in Employee Terminations Being Overturned Employee discharge decisions often form the basis for disputes – whether they arise in court or before administrative agencies. Such decisions routinely are challenged by unions before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), […]