A unionized employer must bargain with its employees’ union before making any unilateral changes in employees’ wages, hours, working conditions or other terms and conditions of employment. Such changes are commonly referred to as mandatory bargaining...By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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New York state lawmakers were busy during the final days of the legislative session, introducing and passing several bills as part of an aggressive agenda to overhaul New York state employment laws. In addition to passing bills that would redefine...By: Harris Beach PLLC
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A recent case in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals addresses the intersection of Employee Stock Ownership Plans (“ESOPs”) and the rules under Section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code related to the timing of deductions for payments to a related...By: Hodgson Russ LLP
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In Ephrat et al v medCPU, Inc., the Delaware Court of Chancery considered whether a separation agreement released claims of advancement pursuant to medCPU’s, or the company’s, certificate of incorporation. The plaintiffs, former officers and...By: Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog
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Concluding their 2019 legislative sessions, New York and Connecticut adopted sweeping new discrimination and harassment requirements — mandating additional training, expanding available remedies and making it easier for victims to obtain judicial...By: Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog
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As discussed in our June 20, 2019 Alert, although the state of Texas does not require employers to provide employees with paid sick leave, the cities of Dallas, San Antonio and Austin have all recently passed ordinances which would require almost all...By: FordHarrison
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Years ago I recommended to a client that we hire a construction defect expert in a case. The client, a thrifty fellow, responded, “But I thought you were the construction expert. Why do I need to hire another expert? A fair question and one that...By: Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP
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Starting today, Minnesota has one of the toughest wage theft laws in the country. The civil portions of Minnesota’s new Wage Theft Law, effective July 1, 2019, require employees to take the following additional actions......By: Cozen O'Connor
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The New York state legislature has passed a bill that would allow employees making certain claims for unpaid wages to obtain a lien against their employers’ property for the value of the claim, inclusive of liquidated damages. If signed by Governor...By: Proskauer - Law and the Workplace
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Dear YouDig? Freedom? The laws of construction sure don’t provide “Freedom.” It’s more like law prison. What gives? -MAGA...By: Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC
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