The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a decision finding that an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) by requiring employees to attend meetings in which the employer expresses its views on unionization. The decision, Amazon.com Services LLC, was issued on November 13, 2024 and overruled precedent dating back to 1948.
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On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, a federal judge in Texas set aside the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Rule banning the use of noncompete agreements in employment, which was set to take effect on September 4, 2024. The judge held that the FTC exceeded its statutory authority in making the Rule, and that the Rule violated…
With a presidential election just around the corner, employers can expect to see an uptick in political discussions in the workplace, if they haven’t already. The days when coworkers typically refrained from discussing politics and religion have passed. However, what is permitted and required of employers with respect to politics in the workplace these days…
On July 17, 2024, Pennsylvania passed a new law concerning noncompete agreements within the healthcare industry, which is known as the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act (the “Act”). The Act will take effect on January 1, 2025, and brings significant changes impacting how noncompete agreements can be used and enforced within healthcare industry.…
The Supreme Court of the United States recently unanimously ruled against the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) in Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney. The decision reversed the NLRB’s attempt to change the standard for evaluating the right to injunctive relief, and requires courts to analyze four factors before issuing a preliminary injunction to restrict…
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a Final Rule (the “Rule”) prohibiting the use of non-compete restrictive covenants (with a limited exception) throughout the United States as an unfair method of competition under the FTC Act. The Rule is set to become effective 120 days after it is published in the…
On February 21, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a decision finding that Home Depot violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”) by using Home Depot’s dress code to require an employee to remove the acronym “BLM,” an initialism for “Black Lives Matter,” from the Employee’s work uniform. The decision…
