An ongoing dispute between the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the South Carolina Ports Authority will not be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2021, the ILA, which represents port workers on the East Coast, sued the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), an industry group ...
Wendy F. Pongracz Discusses Johnson & Johnson ERISA Suit
A recent lawsuit involving an employee of Johnson & Johnson may indicate an increased focus on litigation related to health benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Willig, Williams & Davidson partner Louise “Wendy” F. Pongracz weighed in on the case in a recent article in ...
Attorney Joseph Salamon Discusses How to Determine if an Employee Benefits Plan Discriminates on the Basis of Gender Identity
Gender-affirming care is a hot-button topic for health insurance providers, with the U.S. House of Representatives currently considering an appropriations bill which would prohibit the use of federal funds for this type of healthcare and several states imposing similar limitations. When denied ...
Attorney Jordan Konell Discusses Unionization in the Arts and Culture Sector
Union activity is on the rise and unlikely to decrease anytime soon - the National Labor Relations Board reported a 53 percent increase in union election petitions between October 2021 and September 2022. Amidst this historic resurgence in union organizing, arts and culture workers have increased ...
Joseph Richardson Discusses NLRB’s Clarification of Anti-Union Bias Test
A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) clarifies that a large amount of direct evidence is not needed to find violations against employers for punishing workers for organizing. The decision was issued in a lawsuit alleging packaging products maker Intertape Polymer Corp. ...
‘I Think Being on the Union Side in Labor Relations as Being on the Side of the Angels’
Managing partner Deborah R. Willig has spent nearly five decades fighting for the marginalized and excluded, whether as a labor lawyer advocating for workers to be treated with dignity and fairness or as a trailblazer paving the way for other women in the legal profession. In 2023, Willig received ...
Jessica Caggiano Discusses Growing Demand for Union Representation
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reported an increase in the number of union representation petitions in the first half of the 2023 fiscal year, with unfair labor practice charges rising by 16 percent. Amidst a changing workforce and a rising interest in labor organizing, the services of ...
Law360 Covers Housekeepers’ Dispute with Sheraton Hotel over Unreliable Scheduling
A group of housekeepers has filed a proposed class action against a Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Philadelphia for allegedly changing workers’ schedules at the last minute and prioritizing new hires over giving additional hours to existing employees. Law360 recently covered the Fair Workweek Law ...
Michelle Devitt Discusses NLRB’s Remedies Against Repeat Labor Law Violators
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently laid out a list of harsher remedies for repeat violators of labor laws. While none of the remedies are new, the NLRB’s decision indicates that the board will employ stronger methods in holding employers accountable for violating workers’ rights. In ...
Deborah R. Willig Featured in Philadelphia Lawyer for Paving the Way for Women in the Legal Profession
Managing partner Deborah R. Willig’s nearly 50-year career fighting for marginalized communities and paving the way for women lawyers was recently highlighted in the Women in Law issue of Philadelphia Lawyer, the Philadelphia Bar Association’s quarterly magazine. The first woman Chancellor of the ...