Yesterday, Baltimore’s local ordinance prohibiting persons from “obtaining, retaining, accessing, or using certain face surveillance technology or any information obtained from certain face surveillance technology,” became effective. The new ordinance prohibits the use of facial recognition technology by city residents, businesses, and most of the city government (excluding the city police
Archives for September 10, 2021
Why Biden’s Vaccine Mandate May Fall Apart
President Biden announced a requirement for all employers with 100 or more employees to mandate a Covid-19 vaccination or require weekly Covid tests for all unvaccinated employees.
Companies are scrambling to deal with the logistics of this. How do you track weekly tests? Who pays for these
NLRB General Counsel Instructs Regions to Seek Enhanced Penalties NOW
As we discussed in our recent report on National Labor Relations Board General Counsel (“GC”) Jennifer Abruzzo’s August 12th agenda for the direction of NLRB case law, employers should be ready for an aggressive expansion of remedies that the NLRB will seek. In the short time since the GC’s memorandum
The Great Resignation: A new idea for keeping employees on the job
This employment lawyer suggests organizations consider employer agreements—with a few caveats.
Third Time the Charm? NLRB to Revisit Rights of Contractor Employee Access to Employer Property
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) must reconsider its newest ruling on the rights of certain employees to access private property to engage in activity on behalf of a union, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has directed in an August 31, 2021, decision remanding NLRB
Kicking Off a New Season and Moving Toward the End Zone
It’s September, which happens to be my favorite month. The leaves start changing, and we Midwesterners get to pull cardigans and boots out of storage in preparation for the inevitable chilly day that will hit within these next thirty days. (Indeed, here in Chicago, we often get to experience a