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Jackson Lewis LLP Reston, VA Document Search Results (35) Show: results per page Sort by:  | NLRB “Quickie Election” Rule Invalid for Lack of Board Quorum, Federal Court Rules
Roger S. Kaplan, Philip B. Rosen, Thomas V. Walsh, Harold R. Weinrich; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2012, previously published on May 15, 2012 The National Labor Relations Board “quickie election” rule that went into effect on April 30, 2012, is invalid because only two members of the Board, instead of the three needed to make up a Board quorum, participated in the final vote to pass it, a federal district court has ruled....
| | OSHA Recordkeeping Violations Subject to Six-Month Limitations; Continuing Violation Theory Rejected
Bradford T. Hammock; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 4, 2012, previously published on May 4, 2012 Vacating citations issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act’s recordkeeping requirements, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has held that the citations were untimely and barred by the...
| | OSHA Finalizes Major Changes to its Hazard Communication Standard
Bradford T. Hammock; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 27, 2012, previously published on April 26, 2012 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has finalized a rule revising its hazard communication standard to align it with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). This is one of the agency’s most significant rulemaking...
|  | OSHA Focuses Enforcement Resources on Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
Bradford T. Hammock; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 27, 2012, previously published on April 2012 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced a National Emphasis Program (NEP) to encourage compliance with safety and health standards at nursing and residential care facilities through programmed inspections. The NEP,1 which directs OSHA compliance officers to focus...
| | New NLRB Election Rule under Fire in Congress and Courts
Garen E. Dodge, Philip B. Rosen, Harold R. Weinrich; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 27, 2012, previously published on April 25, 2012 With the National Labor Relations Board’s “quickie election” final rule scheduled to take effect on April 30, 2012, Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) introduced S. J. Res. 36 under the Congressional...
| | EEOC Enforcement Guidance Expected on Employers’ Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records
Susan M. Corcoran, Garen E. Dodge, Richard I. Greenberg, Paul A. Patten; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 23, 2012, previously published on April 19, 2012 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will vote on April 25, 2012, to approve new enforcement guidance on the use of criminal background checks in employment. It is expected that the EEOC’s new guidance will substantially modify existing EEOC guidance on criminal background checks,...
| | Discrimination against Unemployed Job Applicants Is Prohibited By New District of Columbia Law
John M. Remy, Teresa Burke Wright; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 19, 2012, previously published on April 18, 2012 The first law in the nation to prohibit discrimination against job applicants who are unemployed has been enacted in the District of Columbia.
| | NLRB Workers’ Rights Posting Requirement is Unlawful, Federal Judge in SC Holds
Philip B. Rosen, Jonathan J. Spitz, Harold R. Weinrich; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 19, 2012, previously published on April 16, 2012 The National Labor Relations Board does not have the authority to require that all employers covered by the National Labor Relations Act conspicuously post a notice informing employees of their right to organize, providing contact information for the NLRB, and conveying information about...
| | Implementation of NLRB Workers’ Rights Posting Rule Delayed by Federal Appeals Court
Philip B. Rosen, Jonathan J. Spitz, Harold R. Weinrich; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 19, 2012, previously published on April 17, 2012 The National Labor Relations Board’s rule that requires all employers covered by the National Labor Relations Act to post a notice informing workers of their rights under the Act will not go into effect on April 30th after all. An emergency injunction was granted by the U.S. Court of Appeals...
| | Beware of the Unpaid Interns (including Summer Interns)
Paul DeCamp, Richard I. Greenberg; Jackson Lewis LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 16, 2012, previously published on March 12, 2012 The approach of summer will bring thousands of college students seeking internships to employers’ doors. Recent college graduates and other unemployed workers also will seek internships in order to get their feet in the door for regular employment.
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