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Higher legal bar for drug alcohol tests?

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 26 2013

A federal judge in Pittsburgh dismissed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's challenge to U.S. Steel Corp.'s policy of randomly testing new

NLRB recess appointments ruled unconstitutional: hundreds of decisions affected and board unable to act

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

In a decision handed down today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that President Obama lacked the authority to install three

NLRB overturns 50 year old case to require employers to continue union dues "check-off" payments despite expiration of underlying labor agreement

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 22 2012

The National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling to preserve the flow of union dues income to unions during protracted labor negotiations. The ruling is

Employers take notice: scrutinize your social media policies now!

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 16 2012

An NLRB Administrative Law Judge, following the lead of the NLRB from its recent decision in Costco Wholesale Inc., invalidated social media and other employment policies of DISH Network, Inc

NLRB requires employers to respond to irrelevant information requests from unions

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 9 2012

The NLRB added to its step-by-step expansion of union rights at the expense of employers, this time by requiring employers to “promptly respond” to even irrelevant information requests from unions

Watch for unions at your doorstep!

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 7 2012

Employers must remain watchful for increased union organizing at their workplaces

NLRB General Counsel backs off prohibiting all employment-at-will disclaimers

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 1 2012

In an apparent victory for employers, the NLRB’s General Counsel (“GC”) issued a pair of Advice Memoranda upholding handbook employment-at-will disclaimers comparable to provisions found unlawful several months ago by the same GC

California bars employers from requiring social media passwords

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 5 2012

Following the lead of Maryland and Illinois, California is the latest state to stop employers from requesting social media log-in information, such as user names and passwords for Facebook, Twitter, or e-mail, from employees and job applicants

NlLRB decision guides Administratve Law Judge's invalidation of social media policy

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 2 2012

An NLRB Administrative Law Judge, following the lead of the NLRB and its recent decision in Costco Wholesale Inc., invalidated the social media and other employment policies of EchoStar Corp

NLRB rejects social media and confidentiality policies

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 20 2012

The National Labor Relations Board’s recent decision in Costco Wholesale Inc., invalidated certain personnel policies, including social media policies, protecting the dissemination of employee health information and personal identifiers