Recently, Amazon workers in New York voted to unionize.  Despite many attempts and at least one other election at an Amazon site in Bessmer, Alabama, this is the first Amazon facility to unionize.  Amazon workers voted in person over five days and about 8,000...

Non-compete agreements, also called restrictive covenants, are often found in employment contracts, or in some instances, employees are required to sign separate documents which have non-compete or non-solicitation agreements.  Employers may ask an employee to sign...

On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme lifted a pending stay against the healthcare final rule, the Emergency Standard issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, allowing the standard, and vaccine mandates in healthcare, to move forward.  The CMS...

The holidays are time to spread cheer throughout your business and celebrate the end of another year and look toward a fresh new one.  Holiday parties are common ways to celebrate at this time of year.  However, employers need to be aware of possible issues when...

The Court of Appeals recently slammed the National Labor Relations Board’s decision that the publisher of conservative online magazine the Federalist unlawfully threatened workers by tweeting that he’d send them “back to the salt mine” if they tried to unionize....

In a landmark decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employees cannot be fired based on gay or transgender status. The Court ruled that it is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender...