Alexander MacDonald says Jarkesy’s biggest effect on the NLRB might come not from what the court ruled, but from what it decided not to rule on.
Law360 Employment Authority
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Archives for July 7, 2024
Political Unions, Free Speech, And The Death of Voluntarism: Why Exclusive Representation Violates The First Amendment
Alexander MacDonald discusses the origins of exclusive representation and why it is still applied to the labor movement.
Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy
Littler Continues Robust Canadian Expansion with Five New Additions to Toronto Office
New Additions Follow Arrival of Three Partners in Recent Months
Pollution Curbs, Non-Compete Bans Put at Risk by Chevron Ruling
Alexander MacDonald says most of the rules, regulations, decisions and doctrines employment lawyers deal with each day are first developed by agencies.
Bloomberg
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SEC In-House Judges Ruling Will Ripple to Other Federal Agencies
Michael Lotito says the Supreme Court’s decision to curb the SEC’s in-house courts may result in challenges for state labor agencies that use a similarly modeled in-house enforcement and appeals process.
Bloomberg Law
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Denmark relaxes entry rules for foreign talent
Bo Enevold Uhrenfeldt says Denmark’s new rules that fast-track the hiring of foreign workers could put small companies at a disadvantage.
International Employment Lawyer
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Compliance Countdown To New Calif. Workplace Safety Rules
Adam Fiss, Alka Ramchandani-Raj and David Dixon discuss California Labor Code Section 6401.9, which will implement the first general industry workplace violence prevention safety requirements in the U.S.
Law360
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“New PAGA” Brings Guarded Optimism to California Employers
Long-awaited PAGA reform legislation (“New PAGA”) brings significant change and some clarification to the 20-year-old law, reconciling previously ambiguous interpretations of the law, as well as adding new provisions that will have far-reaching effects on the litigation of PAGA actions.
OSH Law Primer, Part VII: Refusals to Work and Whistleblower Protection
This is the seventh installment in a series of articles intended to provide the reader with a very high-level overview of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970 and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and how both influence workplaces in the United States.