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NLRBb again flexes its muscle

  • BoyarMiller
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 25 2011

While the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act is seemingly dead, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is still seeking to implement parts of the Act through administrative fiat

Dukes not so hazardous after all

  • BoyarMiller
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 24 2011

As an update to our blog posting on April 6, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that a district court improperly certified a nationwide class of female employees of Wal-Mart who were claiming sex discrimination in the company's pay and promotion practices

United Kingdom's Bribery Act 2010 to become a law

  • BoyarMiller
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • June 14 2011

After years of discussion, debate and delay, the United Kingdom's Bribery Act 2010, which has been described as the toughest anti-corruption legislation in the world, will finally become law effective July 1, 2011

Employers lose fight against concealed carry license holder employees in Texas

  • BoyarMiller
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 8 2011

On June 2, the Texas Legislature passed S.B. 321, which prohibits employers from denying employees with concealed carry handgun licenses the ability to carry a firearm in a locked, privately owned automobile in a parking lot, garage or parking area that the employer provides to employees

Supremes ok Legal Arizona Workers Act

  • BoyarMiller
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 1 2011

The Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) requires the Attorney General or County Attorney to investigate all complaints made by anyone against an employer relating to the employment of unauthorized aliens

OSHA recordkeeping site for employers

  • BoyarMiller
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 20 2011

You may have heard, or read in my last blog entry, that the Department of Labor (DOL) has come out with an "app" to assist employees in keeping track of their time for wage and overtime matters

Supremes rule: class action arbitration waivers valid

  • BoyarMiller
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 28 2011

In a bit of good news for employers, the United States Supreme Court on April 27, 2011 struck down a state law which prohibited arbitration agreement provisions waiving the right to participate in class action litigation

"No Match" letters return

  • BoyarMiller
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2011

After a three-year hiatus, the Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced that it will again begin sending "No Match" letters to employers

The hazard of Dukes

  • BoyarMiller
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 6 2011

On March 29 the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc

The immigration dilemma: ways to protect yourself from liability under US immigration laws

  • BoyarMiller
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 30 2011

Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) employers are often placed between a rock and a hard place when confronted with an employee who may be unauthorized to work in the United States