Google Author of Diversity Memo Explores Legal Options After Firing August 9, 2017 By Jan Wolfe and Daniel Wiessner The Google software engineer fired for writing an internal memo critical of diversity hiring policies at the company faces an...
Trump Nominee Kaplan to Tilt Labor Board to Republican Majority June 21, 2017 By Daniel Wiessner President Donald Trump was poised on Tuesday to nominate Washington lawyer Marvin Kaplan to the National Labor Relations Board, nudging...
Trump Reverses Obama Stand, Supports Employers Requiring Class Action Waivers June 19, 2017 By Lawrence Hurley The Trump administration on Friday sided with employers in a Supreme Court case over the rights of workers to bring...
From Fiduciary Rule to Overtime: What to Expect from Trump Labor Nominee Acosta March 22, 2017 By the time President Donald Trump’s first nominee for labor secretary withdrew from consideration, there was little doubt where he...
Court Now Likely for Joint Employer, Franchise Company Liability Case September 28, 2015 By Daniel Wiessner A sanitation company at the center of a major U.S. labor board ruling that could force companies like McDonald’s Corp....
Joint Employer Ruling Hikes Parent Companies’ Liability, Unions’ Bargaining Power August 31, 2015 By Daniel Wiessner A major ruling handed down on Thursday by the U.S. National Labor Relations Board could give unions greater bargaining power...
Franchise Parents, Staffing Firms Ruled Joint Employers Under Labor Law August 28, 2015 By Jim Snyder More companies may be held responsible for labor-law violations committed by contractors and forced to negotiate wages and benefits with...
Northwestern University Athletes Lose Bid to Form Union August 17, 2015 Northwestern University football players cannot form a union, the National Labor Relations Board ruled, overturning a March 2014 decision and...
McDonald’s Is Joint Employer with Franchisees: National Labor Board December 21, 2014 McDonald’s Corp. wields enough control over its franchisees that it should be jointly responsible for the working conditions of their...
Republicans Question Labor Board on McDonald’s Franchise Liability Case September 18, 2014 By Mica Rosenberg Two Republican lawmakers on Wednesday asked a U.S. labor agency for more information about a recent finding that fast-food chain...