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March 02, 2007 | Law.com

Employers Raise Concerns About 'Stealth Organizing'

Employers are keeping a concerned eye on legislation working its way through Congress that would eliminate the decades-old union election process. The Employee Free Choice Act would allow workers to form unions by signing authorization cards instead of voting and impose stiffer penalties on employers for union-busting tactics. Employers argue that the bill's changes would leave them in the dark about organizing activity, but pro-labor organizers say the measure is long overdue.
4 minute read
August 29, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Five Ways You Can Build And Maintain A Good Reputation

When I started my legal career as a law clerk to a federal judge, I quickly became aware that the lawyers who appeared before federal judges in San Francisco all had reputations.
7 minute read
March 28, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Labor organizing changes should trigger internal policy review

The field is tilting in favor of organized labor as new rules by the National Labor Relations Board will likely increase current union success rates of more than 60 percent.
5 minute read
August 02, 2006 | Law.com

Old-Style Union Buster a Dying Breed

Some people would call Cliff Nelson a union buster, but he thinks of himself as a gladiator -- and says he's part of a dying breed of lawyers who practice labor law. Today less than 8 percent of private-sector workers are unionized, compared to one-third of private sector workers when the AFL-CIO formed 50 years ago, and the traditional practice of labor law has declined accordingly. Many practitioners have shifted into employment law, an outgrowth of labor law, which over the years has eclipsed its parent.
9 minute read
March 21, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Board of Contributors: NCAA office pool may be team-builder, but it's still illegal

Attorney Candice Pinares-Baez says March Madness can improve workplace morale, but it also results in the loss of billions of dollars. And it puts workers in an activity that is against the law in Florida.
4 minute read
July 15, 2013 | Daily Business Review

EEOC Steps Up Fight Against Genetic Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed its first two cases against employers alleging violations of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.
5 minute read
April 17, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Board of Contributors: Employers get extra line of defense against class certification

In Comcast v. Behrend, the U.S. Supreme Court placed an affirmative burden on plaintiffs to establish, prior to certification, a plausible methodology for determining damages on a classwide basis through evidentiary proof. The court's holding is applicable to employment and wage-hour litigation as well, according to attorney Cathy M. Stutin.
5 minute read
December 12, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

NLRB Decisions Demand In-House Counsel Vigilance

Although union membership has declined steadily since the 1970s, a string of August decisions by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) may re-invigorate large unions and make union organizing easier, writes A. Kevin Troutman. Thus, even in a right-to-work state such as Texas, in-house counsel seeking to preserve their companies' union-free status must prepare for more organizing activity.
6 minute read
September 20, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

SAFE Act: Job-Protected Leave for Victims Of Domestic Violence

N.J.'s Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act goes into effect on Oct. 1, providing job-protected, unpaid leave for victims of domestic or sexual violence.
7 minute read
August 15, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

Five Ways To Build and Maintain a Reputation

A seasoned professional, with over 40 years' experience as a trial lawyer, shares wisdom about the importance of an attorney's reputation.
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