Labor & Employment

The NLRB’s 2014 Initiatives

A memo from the NLRB’s general counsel highlight a few major issues the board is looking to focus on, which may mean dramatic changes are on the horizon for employers.

Homeland Security Targets Employers’ Immigration Compliance

Increasingly, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is analyzing Form I-9 compliance, fining nearly 10,000 employers a total of $31.2 million between 2009 and 2012, and pursuing criminal charges against hundreds of business owners or managers for scheming to avoid Form I-9 requirements.

Silicon Valley Tech Giants Settle Wage-Fixing Class Action

Some of Silicon Valley’s largest tech firms have reached a $324 million settlement in an antitrust class action, far less […]

Compensation Committees Inner Workings Revealed

How do boards determine CEO pay? A study by David De Angelis of Rice University and Yaniv Grinstein of the […]

Fewer CEOs Fired In 2013

Last year the percentage of companies that fired their CEOs was the lowest since 2010. Only 23.8 percent of all […]

A Litigation Risk In Hiring Laterals

Law firms that bring in lateral hires from a firm on the brink of dissolution may risk a future lawsuit, […]

Supreme Court: Voters’ Initiative To End Affirmative Action Is Constitutional

Justice Kennedy wrote for the Court that restricting Michigan voters from making their own decision on affirmative action would be “an unprecedented restriction on a fundamental right held not just by one person but by all in common.”

President Seeks Additional Funding For DOL To Clear Case Backlog

President Obama is trying to ease fiscal restraints at DOL that have kept the Office from Administrative Law Judges from hiring personnel and led to massive backups, which ALJ Chief Judge Stephen Purcell said ” we will not likely recover for years to come.”

Northwestern Mounts Campaign Against Football Players’ Union Vote

Northwestern football players will decide on April 25 whether or not they want to form a union, upending the regulations […]

Georgia Employers Who Hire Ex-Convicts Get Some Protection

Georgia has joined a number of other states in enacting legislation that provides employers who hire an ex-convict with a […]

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