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Employment and labor laws and regulations are constantly changing.  Employers need to keep up to date with these ever changing and sometimes expanding rules that affect their operations.  Some of these changes are significant and others are less so.  My focus is to identify these changes and novel issues in order to inform and educate employers, their human resources staff and legal representatives.

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• May 17 2012 : Federal Program to help Employers Avoid Layoffs and Save Money (No Comments)
  

  While many people are aware that President Obama signed the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Act on February 22, 2012 extending the payroll tax cut, few knew about a [More...]

  
  
• Apr 17 2012 : Hold the Presses; NLRB Posting Delayed (No Comments)
  

  Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a temporary injunction, enjoining the posting of the NLRB poster.  The Circuit Court of Appeals issued a briefing [More...]

  
  
• Apr 4 2012 : Union is Obligated to Indemnify Employer for Withdrawal Liability from Multi-Employer Pension Plan (No Comments)
  

  Recently, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a District Court order, enforcing an indemnification clause in a collective bargaining agreement, requiring the Unionto indemnify the Employer for withdrawal liability.  [More...]

  
  
• Feb 29 2012 : EEOC Subpoena Held Too Broad (No Comments)
  

  This week the Federal Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad upheld a District Court decision declining to enforce an administrative [More...]

  
  
• Feb 8 2012 : Beware of Informal Settlements with the National Labor Relations Board (2 Comments)
  

  Last month, the Acting General Counsel, Lafe Solomon issued revised instructions regarding informal settlement agreements with the NLRB.  In the Memorandum (GC-11-04), the Acting General Counsel expanded the use of [More...]