HelloRF Companies summoned to receive guidance include Meituan, Alibaba, Tencent and Didi. China’s top digital firms and delivery service providers, including Meituan, Alibaba, Tencent and Didi, were summoned by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MHRSS) to receive administrative guidance over labor rights protection under new forms of […]
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NLRB Encourages Significant Remedies for Labor Issues
Related Practices & Jurisdictions Thursday, September 9, 2021 In keeping with the momentum of her Office, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum yesterday to all Regional Offices advising them to request that the Board exercise its broad discretion in fashioning remedies for workers impacted by […]
Labor Law: Walmart lost a lawsuit brought by worker with Down syndrome | Business News
RTD Metro Business law columnist, Karen Michael. TIMES-DISPATCH By KAREN MICHAEL Special correspondent A Walmart employee with Down syndrome who was fired for excessive absenteeism was awarded $150,000 in compensatory damages and a whopping $125 million in punitive damages following a four-day jury trial in Green Bay, Wis. The former […]
PRO Act May Change US Labor Law, NY HERO Act Safety Plans
Related Practices & Jurisdictions Welcome to #WorkforceWednesday. This week, we look at the potential “game changing” legal and policy shifts coming to labor relations. How the PRO Act Could Change Labor Law The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, if enacted, would make the most significant changes to the […]
EEOC, labor law professor say employers can require COVID-19 vaccinations
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Health care worker holds a syringe and vial of vaccine.(KKTV) NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – President Joe Biden announced his administration is requiring civilian federal government workers and some federal contractors to prove they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or be subject to universal masking, get tested weekly and physically distance […]
How to Get Labor Law Reforms Past the Filibuster
Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat from West Virginia., chairs a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on infrastructure needs of the U.S. energy sector, western water and public lands, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Manchin and other Senate infrastructure negotiators are meeting with President Joe Biden […]