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FREE WEBINAR and CLE: “Check-In: EEOC, DOL and NLRB Compliance—A Labor and Employment Law Roundtable” [June 6, 2018, 2-3 pm EDT]

Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/webinar-conferencing-video-beverage-3199164/) The session, entitled “Check-In: EEOC, DOL and NLRB Compliance—A Labor and Employment Law Roundtable,” features an all-star panel of lawyers* and will explore each federal agency’s current compliance environment, enforcement priorities, practical guidelines for navigating difficult compliance issues and best practices. *They invited me to participate…

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Eric, can I get a simple breakdown of yesterday’s Supreme Court decision on class-action waivers?

By Photograph by Franz Jantzen, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsSure, I can do that for you. First, we need some music. Godsmack? Celine Dion? Billy Idol? Nah, let’s go with Whitesnake. Give it to me in a nutshell, Eric. I want it…

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Ex-Google employee who criticized the Damore memo sues Google after getting fired

Photo by PhotoMIX Ltd. from Pexels https://www.pexels.com/photo/marketing-desk-office-tablet-106341/ Hold up a sec. I’m dizzy. A win for Google. Earlier this week, Team Cool a/k/a the employment-law blogger community, began to report that the National Labor Relations Board had dismissed unfair labor practice charges against Google. And not just any old charges. No,…

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Have you ever seen the former NLRB Chair and Stone Cold Steve Austin in the same room?

How else can you explain what happened last week at the National Labor Relations Board? According to the website, the Board is “an independent federal agency vested with the power to safeguard employees’ rights to organize and to determine whether to have unions as their bargaining representative. The agency also acts…

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Go ahead and pull those old employee handbooks out of the trash!

Just be sure to wipe off the coffee grounds. And cross out all of those outdated references to MySpace and Friendster in the social media policy. What gives, Eric? Well, yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board continued its mad dash to erase all of the last several years of questionable…

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The NLRB wants your input on quickie union elections. [Translation: bye bye quickie union elections]

I got a little early holiday present yesterday, one that I’d like to share with each of you. And, of all places, it was from the National Labor Relations Board. [Cue music // Spotify | YouTube] Yesterday, at 9:01 am EST, I received an email from the Board. In that email, the Board…

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Three key areas that could make 2018 the year of the employee handbook overhaul

Read on, HR enthusiasts. 1. Paid Family and Medical Leave. A few weeks ago, I wrote here about a SHRM-endorsed paid-employee-leave bill that was introduced in House. Yesterday, over at Bloomberg Law, Tyrone Richardson reported here that as the House and Senate work on finalizing a tax bill, another paid leave option…

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JOIN US: “The Employment Law Year in Review,” a free webinar on Thu, Dec 7, 2017 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

I had one date circled — one date between now and the end of the year. Later this week, on November 17, Netflix releases Marvel’s The Punisher. If you’ve dorked out gotten culture with any of The Defenders series, then, like me, you’ve been chomping at the bit for this release.…

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Court politely tells union where to stick its request to reinstate a member accused of sexual harassment.

***pops open can of Haterade*** A local Philadelphia-area school district employed a teacher/union advocate for about 10 years until it ended his employment on the grounds that he was creating a hostile work environment for his fellow teachers and making lewd and suggestive statements to students. Given that this is…

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Local union throws flag on Dallas Cowboys’ owner’s threat to bench players who disrespect the U.S. flag

Humility is not my middle name. Actually, it’s “Hercules.” (It’s not Hercules). But, it’s not “Humility” either and I rarely turn down the opportunity to say, “I told you so.” So, remember when I told you a few weeks ago how NFL owners would have a tough time legally firing…