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Please Click HerePosted on May 6, 2015 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Some commentators have suggested that the recent Republican vote will limit the activity of the National Labor Relations Board and avoid the potential for more activist activity from the Board. It is not clear, however, how the House and Senate can effectively limit the activism that has been predicted absent drastic legislative changes. As Christmas […]
Posted on May 6, 2015 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Everyone is thinking about the holiday season. Many human resource professionals are wondering whether or not the company should sponsor a holiday party and what limits should be applied to such an event. The best answer is to be reasonable and to be more concerned about the safety of employees because of a potential disaster […]
Posted on May 6, 2015 by Ruder Ware Alumni
A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board has attacked the test that is generally used to determine whether or not an individual is an independent contractor or is considered an employee eligible for voting to be represented by a union. In the recent decision of FEDEX Home Delivery, 361NLRB No. 55 (2014), the […]
Posted on May 6, 2015 by Ruder Ware Alumni
On November 21, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) served up a holiday season gift to organized labor—in the form of a new, significantly more “union friendly” view of “solicitation” policies utilized in many non-union workplaces [designed to lawfully limit pro-union solicitation, and other forms of solicitation, which can hamper employee productivity]. The decision […]
Posted on May 5, 2015 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Running a business is, undeniably, a daunting task. On top of the challenge of running a business, today’s employers are also responsible for staying current with the latest and greatest legal developments impacting their workplaces. One area of increased emphasis for enforcement agencies like the EEOC, and plaintiffs’ attorneys as well, is pregnancy discrimination. Employers […]
Posted on May 5, 2015 by Ruder Ware Alumni
A number of recent decisions have laid out some of the risks related to employee Facebook postings and decisions by the employer to terminate an employee for inappropriate statements on Facebook. These decisions have involved constitutional challenges to a termination of a public employee for liking the Facebook page of a particular candidate for office, […]
Posted on May 5, 2015 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Several months ago, there was a lot of media coverage about a law adopted by the Indiana Legislature known as the Right-to-Work law. This law provided that a union could not force union members to pay union dues or be required to join a union that represented employees at a company. This law was subject […]
Posted on May 5, 2015 by Ruder Ware Alumni
This post follows, and builds upon, my November 26, 2014 post Labor Unions Have Another Reason to Be Thankful: NLRB Serves Up Holiday Season Gift. On November 26, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board issued another union-friendly decision in connection with employer solicitation and distribution policies. The case is Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. (MUBUSI), 361 […]
Posted on May 5, 2015 by Mary Ellen Schill
This afternoon the IRS issued the standard mileage rates for determining the deductible cost for operating automobiles for various purposes (business, medical, charitable) beginning January 1, 2015. Details can be found here. Even with declining gasoline prices, the reimbursement rate for business purposes actually will increase from 56 cents per mile to 57.5 cents. The […]
Posted on May 5, 2015 by Ruder Ware Alumni
Yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board issued its long-awaited email access decision in Purple Communications, Inc. There is no question that this decision is a “game changer” in the area of union organizing activity at non-union worksites. For details about the decision, and how it will impact your workplace, please read the E-Alert I prepared, […]