Earlier this year, we reported on the United States Department of Labor Final Rule that increased the salary threshold for the “white collar” overtime exception under the Fair Labor Standards Act. As we’d predicted, a District Court in the Eastern …
With the changes in administrations come changes in administrative agencies, and as we near the end of the Biden administration the currently employee-friendly National Labor Relations Board has issued its long-awaited decision regarding captive audience meetings. In the past, employers …
When disciplining employees, employers may sometimes go beyond the traditional levels of discipline and implement additional measures on employees, such as coaching, performance plans, or additional training. In the case of City of St. Paul and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, …
Oftentimes, in public employment, employers come across an applicant with a criminal history that makes the applicant either undesirable or unqualified for that position. However, statutory inroads have been made in the criminal rehabilitation community to allow those once convicted …
It isn’t often we get to discuss the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”), but a fun bit of trivia us labor and employment attorneys like to throw out there is that it actually applies to airline employees! Feel free to use …
Minnesota Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) begins on January 1, 2026. However, your responsibilities as an employer begin this month, with quarterly wage reporting due by October 31, 2024. The good part is that if all of your employees …
Over the last year, in conferences and on this blog, our firm has discussed an employer’s obligation to bargain over changes in terms and conditions of employment. Minnesota has a long history of siding with employee representatives on issues of …
Employers frequently include arbitration provisions in order to avoid the costs and time of litigation that can result from claims that arise from an employment relationship. In the courts, arbitration clauses are frequently enforced due to the liberal federal policy …
Normally, we discuss current cases as they can be good examples of what employers are, or are not, supposed to do. Sometimes we discuss cases just because they have to do with employment or labor law and we just find …
The instances when an arbitration is denied based on timeliness come so few and far between, it is important for us to take a moment to recognize and celebrate when they actually occur. In the recent decision between ISD No. …
