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 ...
Law360 Shares Insight from Joseph Richardson on National Labor Relations Board’s 10(j) Injunction
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently disclosed that it takes an average of nearly 10 months to file an emergency injunction that would end an ongoing labor violation. In an article in Law360, Willig, Williams & Davidson attorney Joseph Richardson discusses how this glacial pace ...
Deborah Willig Named Recipient of 2023 ABA Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award
PHILADELPHIA (April 2023) – Willig, Williams & Davidson is pleased to announce that the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession has named Deborah R. Willig a 2023 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award honoree. Willig is the sixth recipient from Philadelphia ...
Implications to Employee Benefits Plans For the End of the COVID-19 National Emergency and Public Health Emergency
by Susan Bahme BlumenfeldPresident Trump declared the COVID-19 National Emergency (“NE”) on March 13, 2020, retroactively effective March 1, 2020. Similarly, the U.S. Department Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”), initially beginning on January 27, ...
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Sides with Former Philadelphia Eagles Player in Workers’ Comp Case
Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court recently sided with Willig, Williams & Davidson client Emmanuel Acho in a significant workers’ compensation case. Acho, a former player with the Philadelphia Eagles, filed a workers’ comp claim petition in 2018 after he injured his thumb twice during practice ...