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Labor & Employment Webinar: Have Questions? Get Answers
The volume of evolving information arising out of the coronavirus pandemic is astounding. How do employers sort through it all to know what is important for your company and role within the organization? Bracewell’s webinar aims to help. Our Labor...
DOL’s Persuader Advice Exemption Rule Blocked
Yesterday, Texas federal judge Sam R. Cummings granted Summary Judgment to several business groups, joined by Texas and nine other states, seeking to block enforcement of the U. S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new “Persuader Activity” rule. In effect, the...
OSHA Delays Enforcement of its New Anti-Retaliation Provisions until November 1, 2016
There have been significant developments impacting the portions of OSHA’s new work-related injury and illness rule scheduled to become effective on August 10. As our
Does Your Company Have "Reasonable" Procedures for Employee Reporting of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses Consistent with OSHA’s New Rule Effective August 10th?
OSHA’s May 12, 2016 final rule revising its recording and reporting regulations received a great deal of publicity, in large part, because of the new requirements beginning in 2017 for some employers to electronically submit on-the-job injury and illness information...
NLRB Broadly Expands Employee Rights to Use Company Email for Union Organizing and Other Protected Activity
To listen to the podcast, please click here . The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has found that employees have the right, during “nonworking time,” to use company email systems for union organizing and other activity protected under the National...
Department of Labor Issues Final Rule Increasing Salary Threshold for Exempt Positions
Following over 270,000 comments on its proposed rule, the Department of Labor (DOL) today issued the final rule revising the requirements for exemption from overtime pay for salaried workers. The DOL expects the rule to extend overtime pay protections to...
Judge Rules NLRB's Fast-Track Election Rule Invalid
On May 14, 2012, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, a 2011 Obama appointee to the Washington, D.C. District Court, found invalid the National Labor Relations Board's recent rule that would speed up union elections, because the NLRB enacted it without...