On August 25, 2023, the NLRB adopted a modified “Joy Silk doctrine,” which facilitates union organizing by card check instead of a secret ballot election.
With presidential assent granted on August 11, 2023, for India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, India joined the ranks of dozens of jurisdictions globally that have enacted comprehensive data protection laws.
Even when they establish rules and policies prohibiting the improper use of their customers’ private information, employers may be found vicariously liable when their employees violate s. 1 of British Columbia’s Privacy Act.
In Khangura v Lumberwest Building Supplies Inc., 2023 BCSC 1053, the Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed an employee’s claim that he was entitled to damages because he had been wrongfully dismissed without cause.
On August 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor published its final rule, calling for the most sweeping revisions to the rules governing Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) enforcement since the Reagan administration’s 1982 reforms.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released proposed regulations under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) that include an expansive reading of the requirements imposed by the law.
This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month.
This year’s Women’s World Cup, which kicked off on July 20, 2023, has been drawing record viewers both in person and on television. As viewers watch these teams compete, many wonder whether these athletes receive pay equal to their male counterparts.