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 …
Carl and Angel Larsen own and operate Telescope Media Group, which specializes in the creation and production of videos for hire, including for weddings. According to the Larsens, they use their “unique skills to identify and tell compelling stories through …
For employers working with unionized employees, the Weingarten principles have become as much a part of labor relations as contract negotiations, and probably play a larger role in everyday employee management. The principle is simple: employees are entitled to representation …
Baywood Home Care specializes in providing home health aides to provide companionship services for elderly or otherwise in need of assistance in their homes. Its payment system for those employee had been what is called a “split-day plan,” where the …
At the Wiley Law Office, we’ve blogged about arbitration awards that found employees had not suffered any form of discipline when being placed on administrative investigatory leave. However, when an employer places an employee on administrative leave following an employee’s …
For the last few years, starting with the Court of Appeals decision in City of Richfield v. LELS, the possibility of having an arbitrator’s decision overturned as violative of public policy actually seemed attainable. However, with the Supreme Court’s overturning …
Last week, we discussed an arbitration award between ABM Industries and SEIU, where an arbitrator ruled that not only did the St. Paul and Minneapolis ordinances apply to an employer outside the two cities, but that the employer was not …
Many employers struggled with the Sick and Safe Leave ordinances created by the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. At their most basic, the ordinances provide for sick and “safety” (for victims of abuse or stalking) leave to be accrued …
