By Emily C. Lamb
The end of the year is a time of joy and celebration as much of the American workforce observes one or more of the religious holidays. Yet employers sometimes struggle as to how to celebrate these holidays while recognizing the diversity of religious beliefs. As the holiday season rolls into full swing, it is particularly important ...
By Mitzi D. Wyrick
Effective November 2012, Kentucky has updated its Unemployment Insurance poster. Previously, the poster stated that medical restrictions that result in reduced work hours were potentially eligible for benefits. Now, Kentucky has removed this language from the Unemployment Insurance poster. The poster now states only ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
The National Labor Relations Board has announced that its previously announced restructuring of several regional offices, as proposed in July 2012, and as modified in October, 2012, has taken effect on December 10, 2012. The restructuring was published in the Federal Register on December 6, 2012.
The changes affect the status ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On November 13, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act (H.R. 6371), moving the responsibility for wage claims adjustments for workers employed by federal contractors to the U.S. Department of Labor from the Government Accountability Office ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On September 28, 2012, we reported that the U.S. Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, had announced that he and 41 other Senators had filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in Noel Canning v. NLRB, Nos. 12-1115, 12-1153, challenging the constitutionality of the recess ...
By Debra H. Dawahare
The Kentucky Supreme Court usually does not consider unemployment cases, but made an exception in the recent matter of Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Commission et al v. Diana Cecil, 2012 WL 5273867 (Ky). Claimant Cecil, who worked for the Louisville Water Company (“LWC”) from 2001 through 2005, was often late to work. ...
by Leila G. O’Carra
The Sixth Circuit recently issued two opinions addressing retired employees’ claims to lifetime, unchangeable healthcare benefits. In both cases, the Sixth Circuit rejected the retirees’ claims. In Reese v. CNH America LLC, Nos. 11-1359/1969, the parties’ collective bargaining agreement (CBA) promised ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On October 23, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board announced that, as part of its efforts to settle cases, it had contracted with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to provide FMCS mediators to the parties who participate in the Board’s alternative dispute resolution (ADR) program.
According to the ...
On October 16, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board announced that in the fiscal year just ended on September 30, 2012, it had issued 341 decisions in contested cases. Of that total, 277 were unfair labor practice cases and 64 were representation cases. It also stated that the median age of pending cases was reduced from 219 days ...