Labor and Employment

Practical Steps For Franchisors To Avoid Joint Liability

October 7, 2015

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

October 6, 2015

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

October 5, 2015

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

October 5, 2015

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

October 4, 2015

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

October 1, 2015

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

October 1, 2015

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

September 28, 2015

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

Discrimination Suit Over Strength Requirement Settled

September 28, 2015

Trucking company Central Refrigerated Service has settled an age and sex discrimination suit with the EEOC, after workers claimed that […]

Hidden Risks in Confidentiality Requirements

September 28, 2015

Earlier this year the SEC fined Houston-based KBR Inc. $130,000 for requiring some of its employees to sign confidentiality agreements […]

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