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Jan 10, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Jonathan Todd |Adam Primm |J. Philip Nester
Negotiations between the InternationalLongshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United StatesMaritime Alliance (USMX) are set to resume this week – justdays before a January 15, 2025 resolution deadline before the ILAmay restart its strike. The strike previously forced 36 U.S. ports along the East andGulf Coasts to close in October 2024 with disruptions acrossdomestic and international supply chains.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | J. Philip Nester |Adam Primm |Jonathan Todd
The strike previously forced 36 U.S. ports along the East and Gulf Coasts to close in October 2024 with disruptions across domestic and international supply chains. The ILA walked away from negotiations over port automation and it recently threatened to strike again if demands are not met. There will be another strike if parties do not reach a deal.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
beneschlaw.com | Adam Primm |J. Philip Nester
The strike previously forced 36 U.S. ports along the East and Gulf Coasts to close in October 2024 with disruptions across domestic and international supply chains. The ILA walked away from negotiations over port automation and it recently threatened to strike again if demands are not met. There will be another strike if parties do not reach a deal.
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Dec 30, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Adam Primm
On Friday, December 27, 2024, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals handed Starbucks a victory by vacating an order issued by the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) on the grounds that the Board exceeded its authority under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or the “Act”) by ordering Starbucks to compensate two baristas for any “direct and foreseeable pecuniary harms incurred as a result of the unlawful adverse action against them, including reasonable search-for-work and interim...
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Adam Primm
NLRB Decision Aims to Weaken Management Rights In Endurance Environmental Solutions and Teamsters Local No. 100, the Board issued a decision attacking employers’ management rights, making it more difficult for employers to take unilateral action with respect to their unionized workforce.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | W. Eric Baisden |Thomas Jackson |Adam Primm
As we anticipated in the wake of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, which held that race may not be used as a factor in college admissions decisions, that ruling has emboldened challenges to DEI initiatives among private employers.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
beneschlaw.com | Adam Primm |Thomas Jackson
As we anticipated in the wake of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, which held that race may not be used as a factor in college admissions decisions, that ruling has emboldened challenges to DEI initiatives among private employers.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
beneschlaw.com | W. Eric Baisden |Adam Primm
The 2024 Final Rule As explained in our prior alert, the now-invalidated Final Rule contained three, staged changes to the EAP exemption salary threshold: July 1, 2024: The minimum salary threshold increased from $684 to $844 per week. January 1, 2025: The threshold was set to rise further to $1,128 per week. July 1, 2027, and every three years thereafter: The rule introduced automatic updates to adjust the salary thresholds based on current earnings data.
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May 7, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | W. Eric Baisden |Thomas Jackson |Adam Primm
The guidance highlights issues involving workplace harassment. According to the EEOC, one-third of the employment discrimination charges filed with the agency in the last five years include allegations of unlawful harassment based on race, sex, disability, or other protected characteristics.
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Jan 12, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | W. Eric Baisden |Jordan Call |Adam Primm
The DOL’s final rule changes the manner in which the DOL determines whether a worker is properly classified as an independent contractor or is actually an employee under the FLSA and entitled to minimum wage, overtime, and other protections. In a past alert, we discussed the DOL’s initial proposal of the rule in October 2022. This final rule repeals a prior rule (issued by the Trump administration) with a new, less predictable multi-factor test.
