Insights: Results

Unlocking the Supply Chain

by Brittany K. Lazzaro

How Supply-Chain Transparency—Legal, Regulatory, and via Increasing Consumer Scrutiny—Is Forcing Companies to Take a Hard Look at Forced Labor Worldwide.

California Appeals Court Reverses Workplace Arbitration Decision

by Greg Sirico

Labor Code 432.6, a newly proposed set of legislation in California, was recently met with a successful ruling, but state officials are now reversing that decision.

How Spain's Garrigues Trains a Millenial Workforce

by Best Lawyers

In an interview with Best Lawyers, Adriano Gómez of "Law Firm of the Year" Garrigues in Spain offers a look at his career success, labor and employment law, and embracing a millennial workforce.

Immigration Worksite Compliance Issues for Employers

by Maria I. Casablanca

Immigration worksite enforcement has become a balancing act between verifying eligibility to work and avoiding discrimination; thus it has merged two fields of law: labor and employment law with immigration and nationality law.

Employment Entanglements

by Justin Smulison

As the United States approaches its third summer against the backdrop of the coronavirus, employers and employees still find themselves in a Gordian Knot of interconnected labor and employment challenges, with no clear way to untangle them all.

Announcing the 2022 Best Lawyers: The Employment Law Issue

by Best Lawyers

Featuring the top legal talent from The Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America and “Lawyer of the Year” recipients for Labor and Employment Law, Workers’ Compensation Law, ERISA Law and Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law.

Proceed with Caution!

by Bernard J. Bobber

When Section 7 protections clash with employers’ duty to prevent workplace bigotry

Hollywood Union Strike Threat is Playing Out Under Different Environment

by John Ettorre

Workers in Hollywood are threatening to strike if a deal with studios cannot be reached.

Understanding Illinois’ Workers’ Rights Amendment

by Gregory Sirico

Best Lawyers weighs in on Illinois' newly enacted Amendment 1, which sets to provide state workers with the right to collectively bargain and organize.

Attacked From All Sides: What Is Happening in the World of Restrictive Covenants?

by Christine Bestor Townsend

One employment lawyer explains how companies can navigate challenges of federal and state governmental scrutiny on restrictive covenant agreements.

How College Athletes Will Be Paid Under California’s Fair Pay to Play Act

by Hugh F. Murray III

Another Challenge to NCAA’s Financial Structure

California Grad Student Strike Sparks Legal Free-Speech Battle

by Gregory Sirico

Graduate students in California strike over free speech rights amidst university crackdowns on Pro-Palestine protests, fueling an ongoing legal battle.

Clear and Unmistakable Uncertainty

by William D. Edwards and Joseph J. Brennan

MV Transportation and the battle over the contract coverage test.

Look for the Zoom Label

by Anne R. Yuengert and Matthew C. Lonergan

Will the virtual platforms that got such a boost during the pandemic replace how you interact with your employees, unions, and lawyers?

The Other Shoe Drops—The NLRB’s “Contingent Workforce” Activism Continues

by Timothy C. Kamin

The NLRB will now permit a single bargaining unit to include employees who are solely employed by an employer along with other employees who are jointly employed by that employer and a staffing provider, all without the consent of either employer.