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At-Will Language Held to Violate the National Labor Relations Act
July 25, 2012Recently, an Administrative Law Judge of the National Labor Relations Board held that traditional "at-will," language is a per se violation of Section 7 of the National Labor Relations...
Read moreFederal Program to help Employers Avoid Layoffs and Save Money
May 17, 2012While 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 provision in that law which...
Read moreHold the Presses; NLRB Posting Delayed
April 17, 2012Today, 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...
Read moreUnion is Obligated to Indemnify Employer for Withdrawal Liability from Multi-Employer Pension Plan
April 4, 2012Recently, 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...
Read moreEEOC Subpoena Held Too Broad
February 29, 2012This 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...
Read moreBeware of Informal Settlements with the National Labor Relations Board
February 8, 2012Last 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...
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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.
Recent Posts
- Jul 25 2012 : At-Will Language Held to Violate the National Labor Relations Act (No Comments)
Recently, an Administrative Law Judge of the National Labor Relations Board held that traditional "at-will," language is a per se violation of Section 7 of the National Labor Relations [More...]
- 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...]
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Rick is the most senior Shareholder in Fredrikson's Labor & Employment Law Department and its former Chair. He is the founder of the Minnesota Management Attorneys Association and an MSBA Certified Labor and Employment Law Specialist. He has been practicing exclusively labor and employment law for 35 years. He advises management clients on how to stay out of employment-related litigation and defends them if they get sued. Rick also defends clients before the NLRB, negotiates collective bargaining agreements and defends labor arbitrations. Rick also lectures, writes, teaches and trains employers. Rick is admitted to practice in Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York, California and Iowa.
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