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Corporate Counsel

Juror-Employees Get Some Additional Protections From Company Discipline

Jurors may soon be rejoicing. There are numerous statutes protecting employees from adverse employment action as they fulfill their civic duties.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Breaking Up (With Employees) Can Be Hard to Do

It may be cuffing season for millennials, but employers also can't just be letting employees go, especially around the holiday season. Here are some questions that must be asked before giving anyone notice.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Judge: Bag Check Not Part of Workday Because Workers Could Leave Bags at Home

Anyone who has ever waited more than five minutes to go through security at the airport can surely empathize.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Circuit Court Backs NLRB on Social Media Conduct, Voids Handbook Provision

The National Labor Relations Board has handed down numerous decisions over the past few years, ruling that what may appear to be bad behavior by employees actually is protected concerted activity under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act. Usually the board gets the last word, but one case made it to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

If Whistleblowers Snooze, They May Lose (Money)

The message from the SEC seems clear: a delay in reporting suspicious activity will cost money.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

OSHA Records Might Go Online. And Public, Too

It could be coming soon to a database near you. A new rule requiring the electronic tracking of employers' injury and illness records, that is.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Be Careful With Company Secrets—But There’s a Last-Ditch Theft Remedy

A new case in California may help employers fight the theft of sensitive information by former employees.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Budget Gives OSHA the First Boost in Fines in 25 Years

The bipartisan budget passed by the House and Senate and signed by President Obama earlier this week has a big line-item for all employers.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Columbia Grad Students Lose Union Battle, May Win War

The debate over college athletes unionizing may have obscured discussion about another group on campus likely to make it to the bargaining table—graduate students.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New York, New York, a Women's Issues State

Women's equality is on the agenda in New York. Indeed, Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed a series of bills in that very name.
2 minute read

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