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Teamsters
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California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
A Concerted Effort to Regulate Workplace Technology – What Public Employers Need to Know About Proposed State Legislation
By Kelly Tuffo
While many employers view implementation of workplace technology as a managerial prerogative, labor unions are increasingly framing issues such as electronic surveillance of employees, workplace algorithmic decision-making, and Artificial Intelligence…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Federal labour board orders rail workers back to work, mandates binding arbitration
Teamsters union plans to appeal decision despite compliance
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Seventh Circuit Orders Refund of Withdrawal Liability to Employer Where CBA Did Not Require It to Make Pension Contributions
In Bulk Transp. Corp. v. Teamsters Union No. 142 Pension Fund, No. 23-1563, __F.4th__, 2024 WL 1230236 (7th Cir. Mar. 22, 2024), Bulk Transport challenged the district court’s grant of…
Benefits Law Advisor
Seventh Circuit Orders Pension Fund to Return Withdrawal Liability to Employer
By Robert R. Perry, David M. Pixley
An employer can contest a withdrawal liability assessment and ultimately prevail. That is the moral of Bulk Transport Corp. v. Teamsters Union No. 142 Pension Fund, No. 23-1563 (7th Cir. Mar. 22,…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Big Labor Victories Likely to Lead to More Organizing in 2024
By Anne Hall
After big deals were reached in 2023 by the United Auto Workers (UAW) with Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, and the Teamsters with UPS, big labor is likely to proceed…
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
NLRB Establishes New Work Rule Standard: Time to Revise Handbooks and Policies
On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or “Board”) published an opinion regarding employer work rules. That opinion in the Stericycle and Teamsters Local 628 matter clarified…
Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog
Workers’ Compensation in the Proposed UPS-Teamsters Agreement
I was very surprised during the pandemic at how little some unions knew about workers' compensation. I'll be keeping a close look during this period of union agitation to see…
Chicago Litigation Blog
A Quick Recap of Last Week’s Supreme Court Opinions
By Jake Leahy
Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters (Labor) Striking workers who do not take reasonable precautions to protect against property damage are not protected by the National Labor Relations Act, because this is…
Roberts Disability Law Blog
Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Claims Seeking Roll Over of Accounts in Multiemployer Defined-Contribution Plan
In Dean v. Nat’l Prod. Workers Union Severance Tr. Plan, No. 21-1872, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 3355075 (7th Cir. Aug. 15, 2022), Plaintiffs are employees of Parsec, Inc. who sued the…
Independent Contractor Misclassification & Compliance
Over 1,800: The Number of Comments Submitted to Labor Department on Proposed Rule Governing Independent Contractor Status
By Richard Reibstein Esq. of Littler Mendelson P.C.
In response to the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed regulation on independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act, over 1,500 individuals and organizations have already filed comments prior…