Labor and Employment Law
My client, the Dill Pickle Food Co-op (DPFC), is pleased to announce that their former labor union, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) was decertified on 12/20/22. The IWW was replaced with the DPFC's own employees’ union, the Dill Pickle Food Co-op Workers Union. The new Union & DPFC are excited and pleased that employees chose to go [...]
Contractor v. Employee: Dept. of Labor Proposed Employee Classification Rule December 19, 2022; By Charles A. Krugel Contractor v. employee violations occur in every industry. This is in part due to the regulatory processes in wage rates, labor agreements, and exemptions defining who is and who isn’t an independent contractor. To paraphrase a genial and [...]
Thanks to Cheryl Winokur Munk for quoting me in her 11/15/22 article for Property & Casualty Specialist. Due to copyright restrictions, I'm only posting my contributions. The above links should take you to P&C's website oe the article itself. Carriers Should Prepare for Potential Rise in Sexual Harassment Claims With more people returning to work, [...]
https://hrexecutive.com/the-hr-troubles-with-twitters-layoffs-and-how-to-avoid-them/ The HR troubles with Twitter’s layoffs—and how to avoid them By Tom Starner November 10, 2022 When new billionaire owner Elon Musk laid off roughly half of Twitter‘s employees last week using workers’ personal email addresses, HR’s reaction and advice was strong and swift—on and off the social media network. Clumsy, unprofessional, brutal, inhumane, [...]
How can caregivers who worked through the pandemic be sure they’re getting the hazard pay they are due? By Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace Updated: 23 hours ago 11/7/22 Question: I work as a caregiver. Unlike many employees able to switch to remote working, we caregivers traveled to our clients in their homes. They needed us [...]
