Tag: Collective Bargaining

• Employment Law & Litigation

  SCOTUS: Sandifer v. United States Steel Addresses 40 Hour Work Week

  • January 27, 2014
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  UPDATE: SCOTUS RULES NO COMPENSATION OWED FOR TIME SPENT CHANGING INTO PROTECTIVE GEAR.  CLICK HERE TO READ FOLLOW-UP ON THE COURT’S DECISION. Changing Clothes Under the Fair Labor Standards Act On November 4, 2013, the US Supreme Court heard  oral arguments on what constitutes “changing clothes” within the meaning of Section 203(o) of the Fair […]

• Employment Law & Litigation

  NLRB Rules Against Costco for Social Media Policy

  • December 9, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  Social Media Policy Held to Limit Collective Bargaining Last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that a provision of Costco’s Employee Handbook prohibiting employees from electronically posting statements that damage the Company or damage any person’s reputation constituted an unfair labor practice.  In so ruling, the Board found that the general prohibition would […]

• Employment Law & Litigation

  NLRB Rules Against Employment-At-Will Policies

  • December 3, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch

  NLRB Cracks Down on Employee Handbooks Last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled against the American Red Cross and Hyatt Hotels Corp. with respect to the employment-at-will provisions contained within their employee handbooks.  The provision in the American Red Cross’s employment handbook provided that the at-will employment relationship could not be amended, modified, […]