Trump Administration Issues New Rule on Joint Employer Liability January 13, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson The Trump Administration announced a final rule setting forth standards for determining joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards...
McDonald’s Wins Battle With Labor, Avoids Joint Employer Liability with Franchises December 13, 2019 By Hassan Kanu McDonald’s Corp. has won a huge victory in a multiyear legal battle over whether it should share responsibility for alleged...
Filing with National Labor Board Accuses Google of Retaliatory Firings December 5, 2019 By Josh Eidelson and Andrew Wallender A complaint filed Tuesday accused Google of terminating staff in retaliation for activism about working conditions, the latest in a...
Texas Wind Turbine Maker Settles with Board Over Labor Practices May 13, 2019 A Texas-based wind turbine manufacturer has reached a settlement with federal officials over alleged violations of U.S. labor laws. GRI...
Democrats Want Trump Labor Board Member’s Recusal on Union Email Rule September 19, 2018 By Josh Eidelson Democratic U.S. senators led by Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts urged a Trump administration labor board appointee to recuse himself from...
Trump’s Labor Board to Try Again to Ease Obama Franchise Liability Standard September 14, 2018 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. agency that enforces federal labor laws took the first steps on Thursday towards loosening an Obama-era standard that...
U.S. Labor Judge Nixes McDonald’s Deal to Avoid Joint Employer Tag July 18, 2018 By Daniel Wiessner A judge with a U.S. labor agency on Tuesday rejected McDonald’s Corp.’s proposed settlement of a major case on whether...
Supreme Court Pro-Arbitration Ruling a Big Win for Employers May 22, 2018 By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a blow to the rights of workers on Monday by allowing companies to require them...
Supreme Court Backs Employers on Forced Arbitration, Limiting Employee Class Actions May 21, 2018 By Greg Stohr A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers can force workers to use individual arbitration instead of class-action lawsuits to...
Trump Administration, McDonald’s Rush to Avoid Employer Liability Trial March 18, 2018 By Josh Eidelson The National Labor Relations Board is ignoring its own guidelines and rushing to settle a major workplace action involving McDonald’s...