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Federal Court Rejects ADA Suit Over Random Alcohol Testing of Probationary Plant Employees
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission challenge to U.S. Steel Corporation's random alcohol testing of probationary employees at one of the company's most safety sensitive facilities. The Court's ruling in this carefully watched suit...
NLRB Plans to Ignore D.C. Circuit Ruling Invalidating Obama Recess Appointments; Validity of Appointment of Richard Cordray as CFPB Director Also Suspect
In what appears to be the continuation of a showdown among the three branches of federal government, the D. C. Circuit ruled today that President Obama's January 2012 "recess" appointments of three members to the National Labor Relations Board ("Board")...
Supreme Court Allows Fifth Circuit Ruling on Private FLSA Settlements to Stand
On December 10, 2012, the United States Supreme Court declined to review a recent ruling of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which approved a private settlement of employees' claims for unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...
Texas Workforce Commission: New Employment Record Requirement
On September 28, 2012, the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) proposed a new rule that would require all employers to create and maintain job descriptions for anyone who performed services for the employer over the last four years. Specifically, the TWC...
Department of Labor's OFCCP Postpones TRICARE Network Provider Compliance Reviews
The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the federal agency tasked with enforcing the affirmative action requirements of Executive Order 11246 and related federal statutes, is notifying TRICARE network providers that any on-going compliance reviews...
D.C. Circuit Court Blocks NLRB's Notice Posting Rule
Posting Requirement Delayed at least through September 2012 The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today granted an injunction blocking the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from implementing its new notice posting rule. The rule would have...
South Carolina Federal Court Strikes Down NLRB's Notice Posting Rule
On April 13, 2012, a South Carolina federal district court held that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) exceeded its authority in promulgating a rule that requires all employers subject to the NLRB's jurisdiction to post a notice of Employee...
Mandatory Posting Date for NLRB's Notice of Unionization Rights Remains in Effect
Federal Court Partially Upholds Notice Rule and April 30 Posting Deadline On March 2, 2012, a D.C. federal court ruled that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) can require all employers subject to the NLRB's jurisdiction to post a notice...