The Paley Rothman Blog
Paley Rothman shares this library of resources with clients and friends of the firm to help them stay ahead of legal and business developments and trends. Here, you will find helpful tips and tools written by our attorneys. The information in the blogs and articles is not a substitute for legal advice and should not be relied on as such. Should you have any questions or want legal advice, please contact the attorney who wrote the blog or article.
March 27, 2012
By
Hope Eastman on March 27, 2012
As companies across the country struggle to create or update social media policies, the NLRB may soon provide more clarity on the content of acceptable policies. At a seminar on March 24th, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Lafe Solomon indicated that an NLRB ruling would be coming out in the next couple of weeks containing guidance on what should and should not be in a company’s social media policy.
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February 23, 2012
By
Hope Eastman on February 23, 2012
In a notice published on February 15th in the Federal Register, the Department of Labor (DOL) finally issued proposed regulations to implement the 2009 statutory amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
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January 27, 2012
By
Hope Eastman on January 27, 2012
Employers that have been gearing up to meet the January 31, deadline for posting an National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) poster notifying employees of their right to unionize, no longer need to rush. The NLRB has for the second time delayed the implementation deadline; posters need not go up before April 30, 2012.
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March 16, 2010
By
Hope Eastman on March 16, 2010
Recent legislation prohibits mandatory arbitration of employment disputes for defense contractors. The new law may well reflect a trend destined to spread to other businesses.
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March 10, 2010
By
Hope Eastman on March 10, 2010
According to a recent Associated Press story citing statistics from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the percentage of sexual harassment claims filed by men from 1990 to 2009 doubled from 8 percent to 16 percent of all claims...
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