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Evan H. Pontz Document Search Results (9) Sort by:  | "Ambush Election" Rule Set Aside as Lacking Board Quorum - What Does This Mean for Union Representation Elections?
Christina H. Bost Seaton, Seth T. Ford, Richard Gerakitis, Evan H. Pontz; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 15, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 Late last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) attempted to adopt a new, final rule governing union representation elections. The rule, designed to dramatically speed up union representative elections by, among other things, combining pre- and post-election appeals, truncating pre- and...
| | One Court Rejects Union Rights Poster and Another Stops the April 30 Posting Deadline
Katherine Birmingham, Richard Gerakitis, Evan H. Pontz; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 18, 2012, previously published on April 18, 2012 Last Friday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce scored a victory in its challenge of the National Labor Relations Board’s rule requiring employers to post union rights posters. This is the opposite result of another court that upheld part of the rule last month. Further, yesterday the D.C. Court of...
| | Court Upholds Most of the NLRB’s Union Rights Poster Rule
Brandon V. Dhande, Evan H. Pontz, D. Eugene "Gene" Webb; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 6, 2012, previously published on March 5, 2012 Last week, a federal judge rejected a challenge to the controversial rule issued last year by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) that will require employers to display posters informing workers about their rights to form or join a union. The National...
| | Maintaining Whistleblower Confidentiality Required Under SOX
Lindsay S. Marks, Evan H. Pontz; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 27, 2012, previously published on February 23, 2012 An employee complains to HR that required accounting procedures are not being followed. You take immediate steps to respond: you notify the audit committee and several of the employee’s co-workers in the accounting department, telling them that this employee has complained of improper...
| | President Obama¿s Controversial Recess Appointments to the NLRB Foreshadow a Lively Year for Labor Law
Michael D. Kaufman, Evan H. Pontz, Jimmy F. Robinson, D. Eugene "Gene" Webb; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 19, 2012, previously published on January 18, 2012 Starting the year off with a big bang, on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, President Barack Obama ignored the furious reaction of Republicans to his recess appointment of Richard Cordray as the new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and decisively made three more controversial recess...
| | Supreme Court Rules on “Ministerial Exception” for Discrimination Claims Against Religious Organizations
Evan H. Pontz, Laura D. Windsor; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 17, 2012, previously published on January 12, 2012 In what is being viewed as a groundbreaking decision under federal law for religious organization employers, the U.S. Supreme Court held on Wednesday that religious organizations can assert an affirmative defense in employment discrimination and retaliation cases brought under federal statutes,...
| | Perspectives on the Final Regulations to the ADA Amendments Act
Brandon V. Dhande, Evan H. Pontz; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article November 7, 2011, previously published on November 2, 2011 The wait is over. The new regulations interpreting the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Amendments Act are now effective, and with them comes a new world of disability claims for employers. The ADA Amendments Act expanded what it means to be disabled, and favors coverage of individuals to the...
| | FAQs About FMLA Certification: You Ask, We Answer
Tevis Marshall, Evan H. Pontz; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 12, 2011, previously published on July 11, 2011 Employers face many challenges when dealing with claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), including the initial determination of whether the leave is covered by the FMLA. Many illnesses and injuries qualify as a “serious health condition,” thus entitling an employee to...
| | NLRB Publishes Rules to Change the Election Process
Robert H. Buckler, Richard Gerakitis, Michael D. Kaufman, James "Jim" M. McCabe, Evan H. Pontz; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 1, 2011, previously published on June 28, 2011 On Wednesday, June 21, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board proposed amendments to rules that would, if adopted, significantly alter the pre- and post-election procedures relating to the representation of employees for purposes of collective bargaining with their employer. These proposed...
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