WORKPLACE INVESTIGATIONS » Confidentiality of witness statements no longer...
For over 30 years, labor law protected the confidentiality of witness statements conducted by employers in workplace investigations. Yet, the National Labor Relations Board ended this clear rule in a...
View ArticleSEMINAR » EmployerLINC 2013: ‘Government Gone Wild’
Doing business in an increasingly regulated environment means more rules to follow, costlier penalties and lawsuits to avoid, and increased vigilance on the part of employers in the workplace. So if...
View ArticleEVENT NEWS » ‘Government Gone Wild’ seminar draws record numbers
The theme for EmployerLINC 2013, “Government Gone Wild,” seemed to resonate with employers based on the record number of people who signed up. More than 1,000 business owners, executives, human...
View ArticleEMPLOYER RESOURCES » McAfee & Taft publishes video series from...
McAfee & Taft has made available, at no cost, videos of the presentations from its recent labor, employment and employee benefits seminar, EmployerLINC2013: Government Gone Wild. The seminar was...
View ArticleLABOR RELATIONS » ‘Single employer doctrine’ raises concerns for non-union...
Under what is known as the “single employer doctrine,” the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in August that three corporations essentially functioned as one and were all subject to the same union...
View ArticleLABOR RELATIONS » Unions in college football?
For some time, the NCAA, academic institutions and students have been debating how college athletes should be treated in terms of compensation, benefits and having a voice in college athletic...
View ArticleUPCOMING EVENT » EmployerLINC 2014 Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits...
Trouble comes in all shapes and sizes. Any employer who’s ever been targeted for an agency investigation or audit, threatened with fines or penalties, or hit with a lawsuit will agree that an ounce of...
View ArticleLABOR RELATIONS » Has unionized college football arrived?
Were the Doors thinking about the prospect of unionized college football when they wrote and performed "The End"? That's how many of us felt when the NLRB ruled that Northwestern University football...
View ArticleEVENT NEWS » Annual seminar continues to draw more employers with timely...
EmployerLINC 2014 continued the perennial trend of record-setting registrations for the annual labor, employment and employee benefits seminar presented by McAfee & Taft. Registration for the...
View ArticleEMPLOYER RESOURCES » McAfee & Taft publishes video series from...
McAfee & Taft has made available, at no cost, videos of the presentations from its recent labor, employment and employee benefits seminar, EmployerLINC2014. More than 1,000 business owners,...
View ArticleLABOR LAW ALERT » Labor Board ruling has far-reaching impact on employers and...
Late last week, the National Labor Relations Board changed the rules on employee use of the employer’s email systems for labor organizing. The Labor Board’s new rule is that employee use of email for...
View ArticleLABOR LAW ALERT » NLRB ruling on ‘ambush’ elections poses real threat to...
The National Labor Relations Board last week issued its new rule for union organization elections. The new rule makes several changes, most significantly shortening the time frame for conducting a...
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