Recent NLRB decision continues to erode confidentiality protection for workplace investigations *

USA - January 11 2013
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently overruled its longstanding precedent that categorically protected confidential witness statements…

Co-authors: Brian D. Pedrow.

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NLRB expands employers’ duty to respond to union requests for “presumptively relevant” information *

USA - November 12 2012
A National Labor Relations Board panel recently found that an employer has a good-faith duty under the National Labor Relations Act to respond in a reasonably timely manner to a union request for “presumptively relevant” information – even when the employer believes it may have actual grounds for not providing that information.

Co-authors: Daniel V. Johns .

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Psychological counseling is a medical examination under the ADA, rules the Sixth Circuit *

USA - September 5 2012
In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated a federal district court’s judgment and concluded that psychological counseling constitutes a medical examination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Co-authors: Elisabeth R. Blattner-Thompson .

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New PA law allows 8-80 overtime calculation method *

USA - July 12 2012
A newly enacted amendment to the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act expressly permits the use of the 8-80 method of calculating overtime, making clear that this method is permitted not only under federal law, but state law as well.

Co-authors: John B. Langel , Kaitlin E. Picco, David S. Fryman .

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Philadelphia Paid Sick Leave Law takes effect July 1 *

USA - June 18 2012
The Philadelphia Paid Sick Leave Law goes into effect on July 1, 2012, requiring certain employers to provide paid sick days to eligible full-time employees.

Co-authors: Frank Chernak.

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