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While much of the country spent the last week of summer enjoying the last few days of sun, the National Labor Relations Board spent the week before its eponymous three-day weekend churning out a couple of important decisions....By: Proskauer - Labor Relations

Earlier this year, the National Labor Relations Board announced that it intended to conduct administrative rule-making concerning standards for access to an employer’s private property. Shortly thereafter, in University of Pittsburgh Medical Center,...By: Cozen O'Connor

On August 7, 2019, the Commonwealth Court ruled that the defendant in a fully denied workers’ compensation claim cannot take certain actions through a no liability Compromise and Release Agreement, to prevent a medical provider from receiving payment...By: Chartwell Law

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continues to retreat from its previously expansive approach to what might be considered interference with Section 7 rights under the National Labor Relations Act (the "Act"). Followers of Hinshaw's blog...By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

The NRC will soon issue in the Federal Register a proposed rulemaking to amend the drug testing requirements of the Fitness for Duty (FFD) Program in 10 CFR Part 26. The proposed rule seeks to align the NRC’s drug testing requirements in Part 26 with...By: Morgan Lewis

On August 27, 2019, USCIS announced that, until further notice, employers should continue using the current version of the Form I-9 for Employment Eligibility Verification, even after the form’s expiration date of August 31, 2019 has passed....By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP

The National Labor Relations Board continues to provide guidance with respect to employers’ attempts to regulate employee social media behavior. In its Boeing Co. decision, the board made it significantly more difficult for employees or unions to...By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

In late July 2019, the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) released an update to its FAQ on Minnesota’s new wage theft law, including 37 new questions and answers to further clarify what is expected of employers under the statute. The...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

By no later than September 30, 2019, employers with 100 or more employees must file EEO-1 Component 2 to report pay data for their workforces in 2017 and 2018. As the deadline approaches, a reminder of the history and requirements of this...By: Nexsen Pruet, PLLC

Waiting on Dorian to arrive or to skip Florida altogether got me thinking about the HR challenges of dealing with employees who can’t seem to show up on time—or at all.  Managing employee attendance problems and preparing for a hurricane share some...By: FordHarrison