Not much happened at the beginning of the year in regard to interest arbitration, but during the last six months of the year, the Bureau of Mediation Services reported eight arbitrations involving six different jurisdictions and six different unions. And …
The Brady/Giglio cases may have happened over 50 years ago, but until recently, defense attorneys and prosecutors made little of the impact those decisions could have on criminal trials. However, because those decisions play such a vital role in the …
In what this attorney is hoping will become an annual tradition, we’re going to give you a break from the intense labor law lessons we provide you on a weekly basis, and will simply take a moment to wish a …
As most of you know, the Wiley Law Office specializes in Labor and Employment law, including labor negotiations, employment advising, investigations and employer representation. Many of you may not be aware that for the last twelve years, we have also …
We at the Wiley Law Office have taken a special interest in state medical marijuana laws ever since Minnesota adopted its law back in 2014. While those taking medical marijuana are not protected under the ADA or ADAAA, there are …
The results of a month-long shortened workweek experiment at the Microsoft Japan offices were recently released. For the summer, all employees’ schedules were reduced to four days per week, but employees were not required to work longer hours during their …
After the longest Auto Worker strike in almost 50 years, GM employees across the country have returned to work following the ratification of a successor contract. 48,000 workers left work at more than 30 GM factories, and the impact of …
While we were catching up with local and employment labor issues this month, two important cases made their way to oral arguments in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. In Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, the plaintiff is asking the …
If you work with unions long enough, you will eventually be faced with a proposal from your employees’ collective bargaining representatives to have some say in the hiring and promotion process for employees. Hopefully, when you receive this offer of …
Last year we discussed a controversial ruling by the Minnesota Court of Appeals in Firefighters Union Local 4725 vs. City of Brainerd. In that decision, the Court of Appeals ruled that the City did not have the authority to reorganize …
