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STAY INFORMED Striking for the Future: How Workers and Lawyers Protect Society Together A recent article on Law.com, originally published on Corporate Counsel, compared striking workers to “ill-tempered,” “angry” kids in the back seat while on vacation, conditioned to demand more and more ice ...

STAY INFORMED The Supreme Court Weighs in on Starbucks Union Organizing Dispute  The U.S. Supreme Court recently addressed how federal courts should evaluate requests for injunctions in union-related cases. The case, Starbucks v. McKinney, arose from a unionization effort at a Starbucks ...

STAY INFORMED OSHA Announces Final Worker Walkaround Rule  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced the final version of its Worker Walkaround Rule, which states that workers may designate a fellow employee as their representative to accompany an OSHA inspector on ...

Navigating Parenthood: the Complex Intersection of IVF, Relationships, and Legal Battles in Pennsylvania In-vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technologies are a blessing to couples struggling to conceive or unable to conceive children naturally. Many couples in ...

DHS Proposes Minimum Staffing Standards for Nursing Homes​ The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seeking to establish minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes. Acknowledging that staffing is linked to pay, DHS said adequate compensation helps create a stable workforce with ...

New Rule Restores Faster, Simpler Election Procedures at NLRB Workers and unions petitioning the National Labor Relations Board soon will have a faster and smoother road to union elections. Labor attorney Michelle “Micky” Devitt shares the latest news about the NLRB’s move to streamline election ...

NLRB to Employers: Work Rules Must Be 'Narrowly Tailored' to Avoid Interference with Protected Activity In August, the National Labor Relations Board issued a much-anticipated decision addressing the lawfulness of employer work rules that could be read as prohibiting or interfering with ...

The Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act Goes into Effect: What It Means for Pregnant and Post Partum Employees The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act went into effect on June 27, 2023, about seven months after President Biden signed it into law. The act requires government and private employers with at ...

Implications to Employee Benefits Plans for the End of COVID-19 Emergency Declarations​ On April 10, 2023, a joint resolution of Congress ended the COVID-19 National Emergency declaration, effective that day, and the White House has announced plans to end the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ...