As seen in the January, 30 2012 CT Law Tribune
Big changes are coming to union elections. The National Labor Relations Board issued its final rule, designed to promote efficiency by making major changes to how employees elect representatives. In other words, rather than 42 days to prepare for a union election, employers may only have a few weeks. The new rules will limit an [...]
This past fall we wrote about a new National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) notice-posting mandate, which requires employers to post an oversized Notice of Employee Rights in the workplace. This poster is intended to inform employees of their rights to unionize. Action is not yet needed. Although slated for a November 14, 2011 effective date, [...]
The Obama Administration may go down in history as the Administration of Enforcement: investigations of worker misclassification and wage and hour issues are way up. Now we’re seeing it also applies to the civil rights arena. Last year was a record-setting year for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. It received more charges than ever, resolved [...]
Credit checks may become a thing of the past for most employers. Seven states (California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, and Washington) have laws prohibiting employers from checking credit reports unless there is a nexus to actual job responsibilities. However, these laws do permit credit checks on applicants whose jobs provide access to company or [...]