Duane Morris LLP | USA | 21 Feb 2023
On January 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) had issued new enforcement…
Rajah & Tann Asia | Malaysia | 21 Jan 2021
The Industrial Relations Act 1967 (“IRA”) is a piece of social legislation aimed to promote and maintain industrial harmony and regulate the…
Kingsley Napley | United Kingdom | 27 Apr 2020
As news comes to light that a second person has been wrongly charged under the new Coronavirus Act 2020 for leaving his home, scrutiny is increasing…
Kemp IT Law | European Union, United Kingdom, USA | 13 Nov 2018
The High Court decision in Blade Motor Group Limited v Reynolds & Reynolds Limited in May this year, serves some useful lessons to software customers…
Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP | USA | 27 Sep 2018
During the first half of 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) granted four states—Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky and New…
Jackson Lewis PC | USA | 30 Apr 2018
Employees who take leave to care for a family member often have the ability to continue working during their leave if the caretaking obligations do…
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr | South Africa | 19 Feb 2018
The Labour Relations Amendment Bill seeks to introduce measures which will address protected strikes that commence in the absence of picketing rules…
Fasken | Canada | 8 Nov 2017
In British Columbia secondary picketing is unlawful unless the striking union can obtain a declaration that the secondary business or location has allied itself with the struck employer. Suppliers and other affected businesses can arrange their affairs to work around strikes and lockouts without being declared an ally – so-called 'self-help' is permitted by such third parties. A recent......
Dentons | Canada | 26 Sep 2017
In a recent Ontario appeal decision, the court upheld a C$270,000 fine, despite the Ministry of Labour prosecutor and defence counsel agreeing that a C$180,000 fine would be appropriate. The case illustrates that, particularly in cases of serious injury to a worker which offends the court, there is always a risk that the court will impose a fine that is greater than the amount that the......
Haynes and Boone LLP | USA | 22 Jun 2017
OSHA’s proposed revision to the lockout/tagout rule is facing major delays. As previously reported, OSHA made its proposed revisions to the rule, and…