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In Intermodal Bridge Transport, the Board held that the Company did not meet its burden of establishing that delivery drivers were independent contractors. Applying its decision in SuperShuttle – [...]

The National Labor Relations Board held that two disputed provisions in the Employer’s severance agreements were not unlawful work rules. The Board reasoned that the agreements were optional and [...]

The U.S. Department of Labor released three new opinion letters on March 26, 2020, addressing whether certain payments – longevity bonuses, referral bonuses, and employer benefit contributions – [...]

On March 23, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in which it held that plaintiffs bringing claims under Section 1981 must show that race was the only reason, not just one of the [...]

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maryland General Assembly managed to pass well over 600 bills in the three days before the session’s early adjournment. One of the bills, which has [...]

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, governors in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia have issued various orders requiring certain business [...]

Last month, pending official guidance for employers from the Centers for Disease Control on how to address Coronavirus (which has now been named COVID-19), we provided recommendations to [...]

So said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in finding that an employee was not qualified for her job based on attendance and performance reasons unrelated to her disability. [...]

In the latest batch of Advice Memoranda from the National Labor Relations Board, the Office of General Counsel (OGC) offers further guidance to employers, both unionized and non-union. Advice [...]

There has been much media attention to the coronavirus outbreak in China and its spread to other countries. At this point, there are only a few confirmed cases in the U.S., but that can be [...]