by PC Editorial Staff | Feb 28, 2023 | Federal Labor Law, Labor-Management Relations, NLRA, NLRB
Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that employers may not offer employees severance agreements that require them to broadly waive their employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The NLRB reversed its earlier 2020 decision in...
by PC Editorial Staff | Feb 21, 2023 | Federal Labor Law, Human Resources, Labor-Management Relations, State Labor Law, State News
On February 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit) ruled that arbitration provisions under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempt California arbitration law under Assembly Bill 51 (AB 51). In brief, AB 51 prohibits state employers from...
by PC Editorial Staff | Feb 7, 2023 | Federal Labor Law, FLSA, IRS, Minimum Wage Law, Wage & Hour
Yesterday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued, as a part of Notice 2023-13, a proposed service industry tip reporting program for employers. The proposed program, called the Service Industry Tip Compliance Agreement (SITCA), would be the primary tip reporting...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 31, 2023 | DOL, Federal Labor Law, OSHA, whistleblower, Workplace Hazards
Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued targeted enforcement guidance that includes an instance-by-instance citation policy for specific “high-gravity” serious violations. An instance-by-instance citation may apply where the...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 24, 2023 | DHS, Federal Labor Law, I-9, ICE, immigration, USCIS
This month, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced improvements that would protect undocumented migrant worker rights by streamlining and expediting the deferred action request process. Improvements to the process will allow migrant workers who are...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 24, 2023 | Civil Rights Act, Discrimination, EEOC, Federal Labor Law, State News, Title VII
On January 10th, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Fifth Circuit) held that a lack of proper employee training could constitute an adverse employment action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII). Generally, an...