During the 2022-2023 term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued several decisions with important implications for employers. This column reviews the court's decisions addressing treatment of company property during labor strikes, what it means to be paid a salary, the undue hardship standard for defending the denial of a religious accommodation, and affirmative action.

Strike Limits

In Glacier Northwest v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 174, 143 S. Ct 1404 (2023), the Supreme Court held in an 8-1 decision that the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) did not preempt an employer's state law claims that a union intentionally destroyed the employer's property during a strike.