The Fight Against Ebola: How Employers Can Join the Front Lines
By Joel S. Barras and Sarah T. Hansel With the first United States Ebola cases diagnosed in Dallas, employers are asking: What can we do to protect our workforce, especially if an employee will be...
View ArticleEmployers Using Personality Tests To Vet Applicants Need Cautious...
By Sara A. Begley, Julia Y. Trankiem and Sarah T. Hansel Choose one of the following that best describes you: “There is more to life than having money and being successful.” OR “It is very important...
View ArticleEmployers Beware: Legal Recreational Use of Marijuana May Be Expanding
By John DiNome, Joel Barras, and Hadley Perkins Next week, residents of Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, D.C. will vote on initiatives to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana, reflecting a...
View Article‘Tis the Season: Spruce Up Your Electronic-Use Policies in Time for Cyber Monday
By Joel S. Barras and Sarah T. Hansel As employees return to work the Monday after Thanksgiving, their minds (and electronic devices) may be focused on sales rather than work. Although some reports...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana and the Workplace: What Employers Need to Know Now
By John A. DiNome, Amanda D. Haverstick, and Hadley B. Perkins There are now 24 jurisdictions with laws that legalize use of marijuana for medical purposes. Five of those jurisdictions—Colorado,...
View ArticleNLRB: Employees May Usurp Employer Email Systems for Non-Work-Related...
In its long-awaited decision in Purple Communications, Inc., the National Labor Relations Board valued employees’ communication rights over employer property rights. Here, the NLRB invalidated a...
View ArticleNLRB Passes Quickie Election Rules
As expected, the National Labor Relations Board again adopted new Rules for union representation cases, significantly reducing the period between the filing of a petition and a union election. While...
View ArticleHave Yourself a Merry Little Party: How to Minimize Office Holiday Party...
By Cindy S. Minniti, Mark S. Goldstein, and Kimberly M. Mitchell Over the next few weeks, office holiday parties will invade restaurants, bars, and conference rooms across the nation. This...
View ArticleNew York’s 5 Gifts for Employers in 2015: What State and City Employers Need...
By Cindy S. Minniti and Mark S. Goldstein 2014 was a hectic year for New York labor and employment practitioners, yielding mixed results for employers and, in many instances, creating more questions...
View ArticleNew Year, New Rules, New Union-Avoidance Strategies
This post was written by Joel S. Barras and John A. DiNome. The National Labor Relations Board topped off 2014 with several jabs to employers, including its recent decision in Purple Communications,...
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