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Use these 3 factors to review ‘stay-or-pay’ agreements

05/15/2025
Employers should review their agreements to ensure that under state law, they constitute valid contracts. The answer will depend on each state’s contract and other laws. To increase the likelihood that a stay-or-pay contract will pass muster, review it with an eye toward these factors.

Beware unintended consequences of sharing pay info

05/09/2025
It’s increasingly difficult for employers to keep employees from finding out how much their co-workers are paid. However, a new study shows the unintended consequences when employers tell employees where they stand on pay.

Almost all OFCCP enforcement staff placed on leave

05/05/2025
Most employees who handle enforcement at the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs have been placed on administrative leave, according to Bloomberg Law. The move affected employees in OFCCP’s national office in Washington, D.C. and five of six regional offices across the country.

Appeals court OKs Wilcox return to NLRB, Supreme Court says not so fast

04/14/2025
Another day, another court, another status change for once-again former National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox.

Wilcox again removed from NLRB, leaving it unable to conduct business

04/07/2025
The NLRB again lacks enough members to conduct substantive business, although it continues to receive unfair labor practices complaints.

Judge orders reinstatement of fired NLRB member, restoring quorum

03/17/2025
A federal judge on March 6 ruled that President Trump acted unlawfully when he fired National Labor Relations Board member Gwynne Wilcox in January. Judge Beryle Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered Wilcox’s reinstatement to the board, and she resumed her duties on March 10.

NLRB acting general counsel drops Biden-era legal guidance

03/07/2025
In February, the acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board notified board staff that he had rescinded select guidance issued by the NLRB’s former general counsel. The move indicated that the NLRB will change how it handles unfair-labor-practices findings, employee monitoring, union elections and much more.

Former NLRB member Wilcox sues Trump, Kaplan over firing

02/10/2025
Gwynne Wilcox, fired Jan. 27 by President Trump from her job as a member of the National Labor Relations Board, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging her termination was illegal and demanding reinstatement to the board.

Kaplan appointed NLRB chair, signaling coming pro-employer tilt

01/27/2025
President Trump on Jan. 21 tapped Marvin E. Kaplan to serve as chair of the National Labor Relations Board. Kaplan, currently the only Republican on the NLRB, became a board member in 2017.

How Trump’s coming NLRB revamp will affect employers

01/13/2025
The National Labor Relations Board under the Biden administration has been widely recognized as the most pro-worker, pro-union board in decades. With President-elect Trump about to take office, that’s soon to change.