Supreme Court poised to hear oral arguments in blockbuster LGBTQ+ workplace discrimination cases

By Lori Armstrong Halber & Gavin Carpenter on October 7, 2019

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On October 8, 2019, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in three landmark LGBTQ+ rights cases, which could broaden protections for the LGBTQ+ community by prohibiting employers from discriminating against employees based on their sexual orientation, transgender-status, or gender identity under federal law. Currently, conflicting federal cases and shifts in interpretation and policies at administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Justice have left employers without clear guidance…

Employment Law Watch

On the eve of Labor Day, a win for business from the NLRB

By Lori Armstrong Halber & Jay Glunt on August 30, 2019

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Today more than ever, U.S. businesses supplement their workforce with independent contractors as a solution to competitive and customer pressures. The use of contractors is entirely legal. But the correct classification of workers as contractors, as opposed to employees, is a complex analysis with frameworks that differ across a variety of governing laws. Employers, therefore, sometimes get this wrong. Recognizing the likelihood that workers are sometimes misclassified as contractors, on August 29, 2019, the National…

Employment Law Watch

NLRB publishes proposed changes to union election procedures

By Michele Haydel Gehrke, Lori Armstrong Halber & Tom Posey on August 12, 2019

The National Labor Relations Board (Board or NLRB) issued on Friday its first proposed regulation in a series that will overhaul parts of union election procedures. The Board’s 113-page proposed rule, which was published in the Federal Register today, Monday, August 12, modifies three of the board’s election processes: (1) the handling of blocking charges; (2) the voluntary recognition bar; and (3) certain collective bargaining relationships involving employers in the construction industry. This piecemeal approach…

Lori Armstrong Halber

Supreme Court poised to hear oral arguments in blockbuster LGBTQ+ workplace discrimination cases

On the eve of Labor Day, a win for business from the NLRB

NLRB publishes proposed changes to union election procedures

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