The National Labor Relations Board (“NRLB”) recently proposed a regulation that would require virtually all employers to post an 11” by 17” poster advising employees of their right to unionize under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). Previously (on January 30, 2009), President Obama signed Executive Order 13496, which required such a posting but only [...]
President Obama signed a bill which allows many people to collect an extra thirteen weeks of unemployment benefits. The Federal government often provides extended benefits when there is a period of high unemployment. If a person’s unemployment benefits run out between now and December 2011, he/she is eligible for this extra thirteen weeks of benefits [...]
Last month, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) issued yet another pro-union decision. In Dana Corporation, 356 NLRB No. 49, the Board validated an employer’s pre-recognition agreement with a union. A pre-recognition agreement establishes many of the terms of a future collective bargaining agreement even though the union does not yet represent the employees. [...]
The Federal Government recently amended its final regulations under the healthcare reform law (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)), offering some employers a bit of reprieve. The new amendments change the way in which a group health plan can maintain its “grandfathered” status, that is, remaining exempt from certain new (often expensive) requirements. [...]
Employers of domestic workers in New York State are now required to treat domestic workers similar to the way major corporations have to treat their employees. A new law, titled The Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, went into effect on November 29, 2010. This law covers any one working in a private home (e.g. a [...]