For the first time since January 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) unquestionably has a quorum to issue rulings.  This comes on the heels of the U.S. Senate’s votes…

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According to the National Labor Relations Board, employers are free to have policies limiting e-mail usage for business purposes only.  They are just not free to enforce it. At a…

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Confidentiality is the hallmark to any meaningful attempt to investigate workplace misconduct.  Not only for the alleged victim of harassment or discrimination, but for the alleged perpetrator too.  Apparently, the…

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That bastion of unpredictable decisions, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, followed a somewhat predictable path and recently held that the Federal Arbitration Act preempted a state law that disfavored…

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Just one day after the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) got some good news, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered some bad news in NLRB v. Enterprise Leasing Company…

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As part of the Senate’s recent compromise on filibusters, Republicans and Democrats agreed to give an up or down vote on a full slate of members for the National Labor…

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The goals of the Affordable Care Act are lofty, but the implementation of them has proven difficult.  Which is why President Obama announced that the so-called “shared responsibility” obligations under…

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