by PC Editorial Staff | Sep 27, 2022 | FTC, Gig Economy, Independent contractors, Labor-Management Relations
Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a policy statement applying its consumer and fair competition protections to gig workers. The full policy statement identifies several problem areas in the gig economy and lays out enforcement priorities to combat...
by PC Editorial Staff | Sep 20, 2022 | Labor-Management Relations, NLRA, NLRB, Small Business Administration
Earlier this month, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), in collaboration with three other federal agencies, launched a new digital toolkit to promote workers’ right to unionize and facilitate healthy labor-management relations. Agencies joining the SBA...
by PC Editorial Staff | Aug 23, 2022 | Labor-Management Relations, NLRA, NLRB, retaliation
On August 18th, 2022, a U.S. District Judge for the District Court of Western Tennessee (the Court) issued an injunction against a Memphis, Tennessee Starbucks in a retaliation and wrongful termination case involving employees engaged in union activities. The National...
by PC Editorial Staff | Apr 12, 2022 | Labor-Management Relations, NLRA, NLRB
On April 7th, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum asking the NLRB to find mandatory captive audience meetings a violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). In brief, captive audience meetings...
by PC Editorial Staff | Mar 8, 2022 | DOJ, Labor-Management Relations, State Labor Law
The Antitrust Division under the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently filed a statement of interest directed towards a case in a Nevada state court in order to stop non-compete agreements between a medical group and its employees. Indeed, such non-compete...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 25, 2022 | cybersecurity, FTC, Labor-Management Relations
Recently, Judge Catherine C. Blake of the United States District Court District of Maryland awarded $7.5 million to Modern Remodeling, INC (MRI) in a jury verdict as part of an unfair competition and restrictive covenant case. Generally, MRI had alleged breaches of...
