December 12, 2024 Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board overturned yet another precedent that affects how employers can run their businesses. The Board overturned the 2019 ruling in MV Transportation, Inc., 368 NLRB No. 66 (2019), which gave employers greater ability to make unilateral changes to their workplace, so long as their actions were covered […]
Posted in: Attorney News, Firm News, Gaetano Urgo, PublicationsDecember 11, 2024 Last month, a federal judge struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s recently enacted overtime rule. The judge found that the rule exceeded the Department’s statutory authority and vacated the rule and remanded it back to the Department for further consideration in light of the judge’s ruling. Overtime Exemption Under the Fair […]
Posted in: Attorney News, Firm News, Gaetano Urgo, PublicationsDecember 11, 2024 Last month, the National Labor Relations Board issued its decision in Amazon.com Services, LLC, Case 29-CA-280153, and effectuated the General Counsel and Biden Administration’s goal of doing away with captive audience meetings. In doing so, the Board overturned its landmark Babcock & Wilcox decision, a 76-year-old precedent that affirmed employers’ First Amendment […]
Posted in: Attorney News, Firm News, Gaetano Urgo, PublicationsDecember 11, 2024 Last month, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in Starbucks, Case No.: 19-CA-290905, that changed the standard for determining the legality of employer statements to employees, specifically with regard to changes in the way employees would be able to communicate with their employer if they voted to unionize. In doing […]
Posted in: Attorney News, Firm News, Gaetano Urgo, PublicationsOctober 18, 2024 Last summer, the National Labor Relations Board drastically changed the landscape of union organizing campaigns in its landmark decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC, 372 NLRB No. 130 (2023). The doctrine that came from this decision, which completely changed the playing field for employers faced with a union organizing campaign, is […]
Posted in: Attorney News, Firm News, Gaetano Urgo, PublicationsJuly 25, 2024 The National Labor Relations Board recently filed a motion to dismiss its challenge to a federal court’s order vacating its regulation that would expand joint labor law liability. This change of heart comes amidst a pivotal time for the Democratic Board as its makeup could change drastically due to the upcoming presidential […]
Posted in: Attorney News, Gaetano Urgo, PublicationsBy Julie A. Noel & Richard A. Russo of Davis & Campbell L.L.C. Earlier this year, the Illinois legislature passed a proposed amendment to the Illinois Constitution that would, if ratified by voters on November 8, 2022, significantly alter the landscape of collective bargaining in Illinois. The so-called “Workers’ Rights Amendment” (“Amendment”) purports to create […]
Posted in: Firm News, Julie A. Noel, Publications, Richard A. RussoNew Board, New Rule On September 20, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board announced that it will establish a regulation exempting student graduate assistants, teaching assistants, research assistants, and other similar positions from the definition of an employee under the National Labor Relations Act. The proposed rule was posted in the Federal Register on September […]
Posted in: Attorney News, Nicole D. Meyer, Paul H. Burmeister, PublicationsNicole D. Meyer, Esq. Davis & Campbell, L.L.C. ndmeyer@dcamplaw.com On June 25, 2019, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed legislation making Illinois the 11th state to approve marijuana for recreational use for individuals age 21 and older. Governor Pritzker argues that the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (“CRTA”), set to go into effect on January 1, 2020, […]
Posted in: Attorney News, Firm News, Nicole D. Meyer, PublicationsJ. Reed Roesler was featured in Leading Lawyers Magazine, a publication that for years has recognized his experience and depth of legal knowledge in the areas of management-side labor and employment law. Click here to read the article »
Posted in: J. Reed Roesler, PublicationsJ. Reed Roesler published “The Employee Right to be Disloyal” in AAIM/EA Connections Quarterly (Spring 2015) Click here to read the article »
Posted in: J. Reed Roesler, PublicationsJ. Reed Roesler published “Words Matter: Employer Assessments of Employee Mental Health Conditions” in AAIM/EA Connections Quarterly (Spring 2014). Click here to read the article »
Posted in: J. Reed Roesler, PublicationsRick Russo published “Please Check Your Guns at the Door: Employer Rights under the Illinois Firearm Concealed Carry Act” in InterBusiness Issues Magazines (September 2013). Click here to read the article »
Posted in: Publications, Richard A. RussoReed Roesler published “Office Politics” in AAIM/EA Connections (November 2012). Click here to read the article »
Posted in: J. Reed Roesler, PublicationsReed Roesler published “Can a Lawsuit Filed Years After the Termination of an Employee be Timely?” in AAIM/EA Connections (July 2012). Click here to read the article »
Posted in: J. Reed Roesler, PublicationsRick Russo published “A Snowy Day and Exempt Employees’ Pay” in InterBusiness Issues Magazines (December 2011). Click here to read the article »
Posted in: Publications, Richard A. RussoRick Russo published “He Said, She Said: Investigating and Handling Uncorroborated Allegations of Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment” in InterBusiness Issues Magazines (October 2011). Click here to read the article »
Posted in: Publications, Richard A. RussoDerek Schryer published “New W-2 Reporting Requirements: What Employers Need to Know” in the Illinois State Bar Association’s Employee Benefits Newsletter (2011). Click here to read the article »
Posted in: Derek A. Schryer, PublicationsDerek Schryer published “Group Health Plan Design Under the Illinois Civil Union Act” in the Illinois State Bar Association’s Employee Benefits Newsletter (2011). Click here to read the article »
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