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Navigate the Coming Year
The 2021: The Year Ahead for Employers details trends, legislation, regulation and litigation nationwide to help employers know what to expect in the coming months.
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We get work™ – the Podcast
This week’s episode explores how employers can prepare for OSHA initiatives and workplace safety and health concerns in 2021.
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Reimagine the Workplace
Return to work has become so much more than three simple words. Thinking ahead requires thinking differently.
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Leave and Accommodation Suite
Powered by the Jackson Lewis workthruIT ® platform, the Leave and Accommodation Suite offers employers tools to manage leave and accommodation requests more effectively.
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Latest Publications
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Biden Names Peter Ohr NLRB Acting General Counsel
On January 20th, 2021, President Joe Biden summarily removed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb from office. Biden removed Robb’s deputy Alice Stock the following day. As noted, these unprecedented moves were clearly meant to change direction from that of Trump administration appointees.... More
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What Took So Long? Democrats Quickly Introduce Pension Relief Bill
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) introduced the Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2021 (EPPRA) on January 21, 2021. EPPRA represents the latest legislative attempt to address the well-documented multiemployer pension crisis. EPPRA is significant in that it is the first legislation introduced by... More
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Trump DOL Rides Out on Wave of Nine Opinion Letters
In 2017, then-Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Alexander Acosta, appointed by former President Donald Trump, announced the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) would be reviving the practice of issuing Opinion Letters, seeking to “provide clarity that helps increase compliance to the benefit of all.” Opinion Letters represent... More
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Labor Board Approves Carefully Crafted Social Media Policies
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has reversed the decision of an administrative law judge (ALJ) and held lawful an employer’s social media policy prohibiting disparagement of the company and others, “inappropriate communications,” disclosing confidential information, posting photos of coworkers, or using the... More
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See allBrian L. McDermott Elected to Indiana Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (January 19, 2021) Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Indianapolis Office Managing Principal Brian L. McDermott has been elected to the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors. As a board member, Brian will support the Association and... More
DMEC Announces Francis P. Alvarez as New Board Member
NEW YORK, NY (January 14, 2021) Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s preeminent workplace law firms, and the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC), announced two new board members, Francis P. (Frank) Alvarez, Principal at Jackson Lewis P.C. and Jeff Oldham, Chief Revenue Officer at Nayya, have joined its Board of... More
Jeffrey Brecher Discusses DOL Opinion Letters Under Biden Administration
Jeffrey Brecher discusses the possibility of the Biden Administration ceasing the issuance of opinion letters clarifying enforcement practices under the U.S. Department of Labor as the Obama Administration had in "More Opinion Letters Issued in Final Days of Trump Administration," published by SHRM. Subscription may be... More