By: David Bryce On December 14, 2018, Governor Snyder signed into law the Paid Medical Leave Act (the “Leave Act”). The Leave Act requires employers with 50 or more employers to provide paid medical leave to certain employees. It is the culmination of the Legislature’s efforts to minimize the...
MASUD LABOR LAW GROUP BY: David Bryce On November 6, Michigan voters approved Proposal 1, a ballot initiative providing for the legalization of recreational marijuana. Legalization is expected to take effect sometime in December 2018, giving employers less than two-months to sort out how the legal use...
MASUD LABOR LAW GROUP By: Brian Boyd By no means is following the developments of the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) a spectator sport. However, recent developments on the Board just might change that. While the political makeup of the Board will generally dictate Board policy at a...
In a recent decision, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) narrowed the circumstances under which a business that acquires a unionized company must bargain with the union prior to setting the initial terms of employment. The decision, Ridgewood Health Care Center, Inc., 367 NLRB 110 (2019),...
We previously reported on the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) completely outrageous and unreasonable attacks on commonplace work rules and, in truth, best human resource practices. A recent case has shed light on just how truly absurd the NRLB’s rulings are and, further, leave the NLRB...
In December 2012, Governor Snyder signed legislation making Michigan the 24th state to implement Right to Work legislation. The law became effective on March 28, 2013. Collective bargaining agreements in effect prior to March 28, 2013 were exempt from the right to work legislation until the contracts...
In December 2012, the Michigan legislature passed legislation making Michigan the 24th state to enact right to work laws. In summary, right to work laws prohibit an employer and a labor organization from entering into an agreement requiring that employees maintain employment or otherwise pay fees...
The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor statistics, has issued its report of Union membership and other employment statistics for 2014. The BLS report shows Michigan’s union membership dropping significantly between 2013 and 2014. The percentage of employed workers who reported being union members in 2013...
The United States Supreme Court recently chastised a public sector union’s attempt to force non-member employees to subsidize its political aspirations. Many public sector employers are parties to collective bargaining agreements which include an agency shop provision. At first blush, these agency shop provisions might appear to...
CLAIM IS PREEMPTED BY THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT Although supervisors generally are not covered by the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), which protects “employees” from unfair labor practices, there is an exception that exists where a supervisor may bring a claim under the NLRA...