In this episode, I discuss the Supreme Court’s labor and employment law cases for the 2020-2021 term. Among the cases discussed are Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, which concerned access for unions to agricultural employers in California. The Court found
Brett Holubeck
Hi, I’m Brett Holubeck (bholubeck@fisherphillips.com) and I’m an attorney with Fisher & Phillips. I have a great interest in helping businesses run efficiently, ethically, and most importantly, legally—it excites me, challenges me, and gives my work great meaning. As the son of a small business owner, I have seen first-hand what it takes to run a strong business that ensures a safe and productive work place for employer and employee alike.
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Supreme Court 2020-2021 Labor and Employment Term Roundup
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While there were some important decisions in the 2020-2021 term, this term was not as groundbreaking as last term when the Supreme Court issued the Bostock decision that prohibited employers from discriminating against employees…
OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
In this episode, I discuss OSHA’s emergency temporary standard for businesses that engage in healthcare and healthcare support services. Specifically, I address which business must follow this standard, what are the requirements, and how businesses can follow the requirements that…
How Does Union Organizing Begin?
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As I have been explaining on my blog and podcast, the Biden administration may cause a turning point in the decline of unions as it does everything it can to support unions.
Amazon and Union Organizing
In the most recent episode of my podcast (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2WmK1YxI8O9SOxeEnpqWNF?si=ibYbQMwHS4-sSjh0K60D9A) I discuss Amazon’s recent union organizing drive and what companies can do in a union organizing campaign.
Why do companies and HR professionals need to educate themselves on union…
Employee Handbook Checklist
Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on UnsplashThere is no company too small to have an employee handbook. It provides the rules at any place of business, the expectations for various employees, and the rights that employees have at the company…
Introducing Employment Law Problems
I’ve re-branded my podcast as Employment Law Problems.
On the second episode of Work Law Problems, second episode of Employment Law Problems, I discuss one of my favorite workplace topics: Workplace Investigations.
Workplace investigations are one of the most critical steps to…
Top 10 Labor and Employment Problems in Bankruptcy
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The next phase in the ever evolving COVID-19 and coronavirus crisis are the upcoming bankruptcies. This year was already shaping up to be an interesting year, but the coronavirus rapidly accelerated bankruptcy declarations. One…
Introducing Work Law Problems
I am happy to introduce Work Law Problems, a podcast about employment law that I plan to run in conjunction with this site. Currently, the podcast is available on Spotify (and several other places where podcasts are found) and will…
What is an EEO-1 Report?
Photo by John Schnobrich on UnsplashThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has moved back the deadline to file the Employer Information Report EEO-1 (“EEO-1 Report”) to April 2021 for the 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection. In…