Recently, the NLRB issued a rule revising the standard for determining a joint employer. Joint employment involves two or more businesses’ sharing of an employee’s activities and therefore sharing legal responsibilities.Continue Reading NLRB finalizes expanded joint employer rule
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Poll Says Ohioans Support “Right-to-Work” Law
The Columbus Dispatch reported on February 14, 2012 that a majority of Ohioans responding to a recent poll believe Ohio should become a “right-to-work” state. In most respects, federal law, not state law, governs collective bargaining and union membership. But, “right-to-work” legislation is one area in which states have successfully regulated union rights.
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First Circuit Dismisses Verizon Union Employees’ Privacy Claims Based On Federal Labor Law Pre-Emption
Beginning in late 2008, Verizon New England, Inc. (VNE) began requiring its field technicians to carry company-issued cell phones, containing a global positioning system (GPS) during work. Prior to adopting this policy, VNE issued its technicians pagers so that their supervisors could communicate with them. The technician would then have to locate a phone to return the call. Obviously, in emergency situations, this was a less than optimum arrangement. As a result, VNE, relying on the management rights provision in the collective bargaining agreement between it and the technicians unit, adopted the disputed policy.Continue Reading First Circuit Dismisses Verizon Union Employees’ Privacy Claims Based On Federal Labor Law Pre-Emption
Ohio Senate Passes Massive Reform to Public Sector Collective Bargaining Law
After a week of significant media attention and almost unprecedented levels of protest at the Ohio Statehouse, the Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 5 by a one-vote margin – 17 to 16. The Bill will now go to the House of Representatives where it is expected to pass quickly, paving the way for the Governor…