New England Biz Law Update

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently heard oral arguments in a case concerning a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision that changes how employers are required to respond to union organizing efforts. In 2023, the NLRB overruled prior ...

Amazon’s labor practices are under fire as the National Labor Relations Board accuses the company of violating federal labor laws. A recently filed complaint claims that Amazon acted as a joint employer with its California logistics contractor, Battle Tested Strategies ...

In a legal development that puts the world’s largest HR professional organization in the spotlight, a Colorado federal judge has denied the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) motion for summary judgment in a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former ...

Given how much is at stake in the 2024 presidential election, the future direction of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is likely not near the top of anyone’s list outside of the employment bar. Yet that subject was very much ...

A federal appeals court has rejected a request for an en banc review in the case of a former Delta Air Lines flight attendant who alleges she was assaulted by a coworker and that Delta failed to adequately investigate her ...

A group of Democrats in Congress have appealed to the largest U.S. companies to continue their diversity, equity and inclusion programs, saying such efforts give everyone a fair chance at achieving the American dream. The 49 House members, led by ...

The number of union election petitions received by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is up 27% since fiscal year 2023, the agency has announced. The NLRB received 3,286 union election petitions from October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024, ...

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is pushing for Trader Joe’s to recognize and bargain with a union at a New York store, despite a failed unionization vote last year. This move comes under a new NLRB framework designed to ...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has recently announced several settlements addressing various forms of employment discrimination based on citizenship status and national origin. These cases, handled by the Civil Rights Division’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) since June ...

In a recent decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that a fire sprinkler installation company had violated federal labor laws through unlawful terminations and other anti-union conduct but avoided directly addressing the larger issue of worker misclassification. The ...