Proposed Pennsylvania law would prohibit "unemployment discrimination" *

USA - February 4 2013
In what appears to be something of a trend, the Pennsylvania State Legislature is considering a bill entitled "The Pennsylvania Fair Employment…

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Non-disclosure and non-disparagement provisions in employment agreements not off-limits under the NLRA *

USA - January 25 2013
In a recent case involving Quicken Loans, Inc., Case No. 28-CA-75857, JD(NY)-03-13 (January 8, 2013), attached here, an NLRB Administrative Law Judge…

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NLRB overturns 36-year-old precedent protecting confidential witness statements from disclosure to union *

USA - January 10 2013
On the heels of its December 12 decision overturning 50-year-old Board precedent in WKYC-TV, the NLRB reversed a 36-year-old Board ruling which protected…

Co-authors: William Bevan III.

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Federal court rules Pennsylvania employers cannot use "fluctuating workweek" overtime method *

USA - September 12 2012
A federal court in Pennsylvania ruled that the fluctuating workweek method of calculating overtime, while compliant with the Fair Labor Standards Act, violates Pennsylvania's Minimum Wage Act ("PMWA").

Co-authors: Michael D. Jones.

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NLRB forbids "do not discuss" warnings to employees during confidential investigations *

USA - August 2 2012
The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") is at it again, this time finding that an employer's policy prohibiting employees from discussing ongoing investigations of employee misconduct infringes upon employees’ Section 7 rights in violation of Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act ("Act" or "NLRA").

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