Worklaw® Network | USA | 25 Apr 2023
In a unanimous decision, the Illinois Supreme Court determined that the Biometric Information Privacy Act ("BIPA") is pre-empted by the Labor…
Winston & Strawn LLP | USA | 4 Dec 2018
Two Fiat Chrysler officials and a United Auto Workers official received prison sentences of at least one year in an embezzlement scheme. Former UAW…
Barnes & Thornburg LLP | USA | 18 Sep 2018
Under the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), unions can make employees’ authorizations for union dues to be deducted from their paychecks…
Shawe Rosenthal LLP | USA | 5 Sep 2018
I was amused by a recent case involving rather odd facts. Apparently an employee arrived at work with windblown hair. Her co-worker said “I can fix…
Ogletree Deakins | USA | 27 Jun 2018
The decades-long battle over union security faces two important pivot points during the summer of 2018. On June 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of the…
Barnes & Thornburg LLP | USA | 25 Jun 2018
The Teamsters union has yet again been found by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to have violated the rights of its own members. On June 20…
Jackson Lewis PC | USA | 4 Apr 2018
We are excited to present the latest edition of Employee Benefits for Employers. Our lead piece by Paul Friedman explores the interesting world of…
Barnes & Thornburg LLP | USA | 23 Mar 2018
The federal probe into the illegal use of blue-collar training funds, used to allegedly “keep union leaders fat, dumb, and happy” during the run up to…
Barnes & Thornburg LLP | USA | 23 Feb 2018
The National Right to Work Foundation has just issued a press release announcing that it has filed a charge against a United Steelworkers (USW) local…
Jackson Lewis PC | USA | 14 Feb 2018
In a recent decision, Judge Philip S. Gutierrez of the United States District Court for the Central District of California clarified an available…