HR Support on the Management of Labor Relations

New and Updated

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  Coronavirus (COVID-19): Vaccination Options and Responsibilities

  Updated to reflect revised EEOC guidance regarding mandatory employer vaccination programs and disability-related accommodations.

• Date:

  July 27, 2022

  Type:

  News

  Activision Employees Stage Walkout for LGBTQ, Reproductive Rights Protection

  Possibly foretelling a trend in protected labor protests following the Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Activision Blizzard workers walked off the job recently to pressure the game design company to end gender inequity.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  The Unionization Process: Connecticut

  Updated to reflect law regarding "captive audience" meetings, effective July 1, 2022.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Connecticut Protects Employees in Regard to Captive Audience Meetings

• Date:

  May 24, 2022

  Type:

  News

  Connecticut Bans "Captive Audience" Meetings

  Employers in Connecticut cannot compel employees to attend mandatory meetings held to dissuade employees from joining a union, effective July 1.

• Date:

  May 20, 2022

  Type:

  News

  US Soccer's Historic Equal Pay Deal Takes on Gender Pay Gap

  A member of the US women's soccer bargaining team spoke of this first-of-its-kind collective bargaining agreement "setting a new value for women in the workforce."

• Date:

  May 3, 2022

  Type:

  News

  Amazon Wins Union Election at Second NYC Warehouse

  Amazon fought off a unionizing drive by the Amazon Labor Union at a second New York City warehouse, winning by a vote of 618 to 380.

• Date:

  April 12, 2022

  Type:

  News

  NLRB Considers Limiting Employer Speech Options as Union Elections Surge

  Mandatory meetings during a unionizing campaign, in which employers explain why they think employees should not join a union, should be declared unlawful, according to the NLRB General Council.

• Date:

  April 4, 2022

  Type:

  News

  NY Warehouse Workers First to Win Union Drive at Amazon, Other Elections Pending

  An independent grass-roots union has become the first to successfully unionize an Amazon workplace in the US, winning by more than 500 votes.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Arbitration: Federal

  Updated to reflect a new law prohibiting mandatory arbitration of sexual assault and harassment claims, effective March 3, 2022.