Labor and Employment

Hard Lessons From A Grisly Accident

Following the horrific death of an employee, Bumble Bee Foods announced its agreement to pay $6 million in a criminal […]

Criminal Background Checks A Dilemma For Employers

There is currently no federal law that prohibits using conviction information in the hire decision or refusing to hire someone […]

Practical Steps For Franchisors To Avoid Joint Liability

With its August decision in the Browning-Ferris case, the National Labor Relations Board widened its working definition of joint-employer, and […]

NLRB: No Drug Test If No Union Rep Present

A recent National Labor Relations Board decision confirmed that if an employee requests the presence of a union representative during […]

How To Fire An Executive

Planning and Implementing an executive’s “removal” presents a number of practical issues that require careful attention, writes Dechert attorney Charles […]

Largest U.S. Union Endorses Hillary

Hillary Clinton, whose candidacy has struggled because of a stream of news about her use of a private email server […]

Easy Termination Decision Complicated By FMLA

A dumb reply by a manager to an employee’s request can outweigh many abusive comments by that employee when a […]

Feedback Primary Source Of Gender Bias In Workplace

In workplace feedback, women are more likely to be seen as coming on too strong, and their accomplishments attributed to […]

NCAA Rule Violates Antitrust Law

The NCAA must permit schools to provide student-athletes with money, up to the cost of attendance, a three-judge panel of […]

Reasonable Suspicion Alcohol Test Upheld

Taghleef Industries was justified in requiring a worker to take an alcohol and drug test after returning to work from […]

Daily Updates

Sign up for our free daily newsletter for the latest news and business legal developments.

Scroll to Top