Labor and Employment Law
Thanks to Sheldon Alderton, a LinkedIn contact & group member of Charles Krugel's Labor & Employment Law & Human Resources Practices Group (3,900-plus members). As a followup to the recent Construction Dive article quoting me, Sheldon recently asked me questions about the viability of labor unions going forward. I've decided to turn Sheldon's questions & [...]
Thanks to writer Joe Bousquin for quoting me in: Is 'Striketober' the moment construction unions have been waiting for? The convergence of worker shortages, supply chain snarls and vaccine mandates could give labor the upper hand at the bargaining table, experts say. Published Oct. 28, 2021 Joe Bousquin, Senior Reporter Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images via Getty [...]
Thanks to Lynne Curry for quoting me in her 10/5/21 article: I was fired because I refuse to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Can I sue? This was published in her Workplace Coach Blog & the Anchorage Daily News. The article is below. I was fired because I refuse to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Can I [...]
The Dotted Line: How to Navigate Vaccine Mandates Contractors are getting squeezed between demands for inoculated jobsites and a hesitant workforce, but there are legal and business advantages to the situation. Published Aug. 31, 2021 Joe Bousquin Senior Reporter Danielle Ternes/Construction Dive This feature is a part of "The Dotted Line" series, which takes an in-depth [...]
Fact Check: Workers Fired for Refusing a Aaccine are Unlikely to Qualify for Unemployment McKenzie Sadeghi USA TODAY Published 1:11 p.m. ET Aug. 9, 2021 Updated 2:14 p.m. ET Aug. 9, 2021 The claim: Employees who are fired for refusing a vaccine are eligible for unemployment benefits The highly transmissible delta coronavirus variant has caused a nationwide [...]
