Keep Out: NLRB Allows Further Restrictions of Union Access to Employers’ Property
By George J. “Jerry” Oliver In a June 14, 2019, decision, the National Labor Relations Board clarified whether an employer may limit non-employee union…
Book Review: The Life and Times Of a Union Organizer At a Tennessee Textile Mill
The Jackson Project What makes this book worthy beyond the story of that struggle, however, is Mr. Cohen’s stark depiction of a vanishing breed – a union…
Appellate Update
It’s our semi-regular roundup of appellate decisions, with two non-appellate highlights at the end. McCaffery v. Chapman, No. 17-2198 (4th Cir. April 9,…
Nothing To Croak About: Westmoreland v. TWC
Judge Niemeyer’s fiery dissent in Westmoreland v. TWC Admin. LLC, No. 18-1600 (4th Cir. May 22, 2019) has people talking more than the typical employment…
NLRB General Counsel Says Uber Drivers Aren’t ‘Employees’ For Labor Law Purposes
Last week, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board publicly released an Advice Memorandum saying that Uber drivers are not “employees”…
How Not to Terminate an Employee
I don’t know if Waste Connections, Inc. (WCI) discriminated against Jimmy Haynes when it terminated him in October 2015, but I do know that it did just…
Compensation Data Reporting In EEO-1 Reports: The Saga Continues
Employers should start gathering their 2018 compensation information if they haven’t already. My last post covered the court decision issued on March 4 in…
Appellate Update
Here are the 4th Circuit and North Carolina Court of Appeals’ latest employment law decisions. Gomez v. Haystax Technology, Inc., No. 17-2360 (4th Cir.…
Submit Nominations For the Labor & Employment Law Harkavy Award
The Jonathan R. Harkavy Award Committee is accepting nominations from now until Friday, May 31. The Harkavy Award exists to recognize an individual for…
Pay ’Em Like Beckham: US Soccer Lawsuit Pushes Gender Discrimination in Athletics to the Forefront
Gender discrimination in international team sports has long been a fraught issue, and US soccer is no exception. The US Senior Men’s National Soccer Team…