The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit challenging a new rule by the National Labor Relations Board requiring employers to post notices in the workplace explaining employees' rights under the National Labor Relations Act. The suit alleges that the rule, which is set to go into effect Nov. 14, violates federal labor and regulatory laws as well as the First Amendment.
As Americans are focused on the economy, an economic issue of note that has not gotten enough attention is how dramatically the rights of employees in the workplace may change depending upon the presidential and Senate races this year. Support for the woefully misnamed Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is a key issue of difference in the elections. EFCA is an extreme measure that would strip employees of their right to secret ballot in union elections and is so radical that even liberal icon George McGovern has called it "a disturbing and undemocratic overreach." In a recent ad, Mr. McGovern lamented that "today's union leaders are turning their backs on democratic workplace elections." Surprisingly, this issue puts Barack Obama and Senate Democratic candidates to the left of Mr. McGovern.
Flu season is here - and employers need to prepare. The EEOC recently issued guidance, "Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act," to remind employers of employees' rights and help them plan for dealing with the H1N1 virus.
... Union, Local 165, affiliated with Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, AFL2... protected employees exercising their own rights under the National Labor Relations Act, but not em... based merely on the location of their workplace, without any showing that the resulting limitation...
Extend the hand of acceptance The resolution to eliminate discrimination in the workplace for Shelby County government employees (June 2 article, "Handy win for rights / Shelby job-bias bill silent on gays, but activists roar; city effort next") is a step in the direction for equality, and I, as a homosexual person and Shelby County resident, should be happy that it includes local GLBTQ persons . I can't help but wonder why Shelby County won't extend this sign of acknowledgment to all employees in the county .
A mayor and police chief could be sued for violating the civil rights of municipal employees by surreptitiously recording calls placed from workplace phones, the 7th Circuit has ruled in affirming a denial of immunity. Officials in Bellwood, Ill., authorized the secret recording of phone calls from the village's finance department to address concerns that the department's employees were making personal phone calls on village time.
With the election of a new president and a new majority in the legislative branch, employers subject to laws and regulations administered by the United States Department of Labor (DOL) should be preparing for a number of changes. In June of 2009, new U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, addressing a National Policy Forum in Washington, D.C. stated that under her watch, "enforcement of our labor laws will be intensified" (Gurchiek, 2009). While vowing to not completely eliminate voluntary compliance programs initiated by her predecessor, the main focus of the DOL will turn from voluntary compliance programs to enforcement (Leonard, 2009). The purpose of this paper is to identify aspects of DOL's enforcement efforts that employers can expect to see in the near term and policy and practice...
... paid a fair wage, have a voice in the workplace, are provided a safe workplace and have a secure r... of all employers: "DOL, EEOC, and Your Employees' Attorneys are Reading this Report" (CORT, 2009). ... post notices regarding employees' rights in the workplace. With the taboo on attorney marke...
... by quantitatively surveying corporate employees for the purpose of developing, testing and present...
A legislative proposal that would make significant changes in state workplace drug testing laws cleared both houses of the Oklahoma Legislature and is awaiting review by Gov. Mary Fallin. And though supporters of House Bill 2033 tout the measure as a streamlining of workplace drug testing, opponents say the measure would take away more rights from employees.
... to uphold or enforce labor and employment rights in the most egregious settings (i.e., those in whi... enforcement, and at the same time make employees vulnerable to both immigration and non-immigration...
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