News & Analysis

The NLRB overturned decades-old precedent by finding that mandatory meetings about unionization are unlawful.

The recent NLRB decision finding that mandatory employer meetings involving unionization discussions are unlawful includes other points that will affect employers.

Dutch law prohibits employers from paying full-time employees differently—i.e., more favorably—than part-time employees, unless the difference in pay can be objectively justified. This is not readily the case, however.

Georgia Senate Bill 384, signed into law this year, establishes the State of Georgia as a Model Employer (the “GAME”) Program.

On November 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated and set aside the DOL’s final regulation increasing the salary threshold for the “white collar” overtime exemption under the FLSA on a nationwide basis.

In Bertsch v. Datastealth Inc., 2024 ONSC 5593, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed an employee’s claim for common law reasonable notice of termination on a Rule 21 motion.

The New York State Clean Slate Act, designed to relieve the barriers to employment for persons with criminal convictions, takes effect Saturday, November 16, 2024.

The new administration is likely to have a profound impact on immigration law and enforcement come January 20.

In the November 5, 2024 election, a majority of Alaskans appear to have voted in favor of Alaska Ballot Measure No. 1 to create a new statewide paid sick leave law that would become operative on July 1, 2025.

This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments in federal courts of appeal in the last month.