Category Archives: Employment Law

In a 5-to-4 decision issued yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court held that public employees who are not union members cannot be required to pay special fees to finance a union’s political activities unless they affirmatively agree to the assessments beforehand. … Continue reading →

In a decision recently released by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the EEOC concluded that an African-American employee of the U.S. Postal Service adequately alleged that he was subjected to a racially discriminatory hostile work environment because his … Continue reading →

In John Keller, Action Auto Body v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2012-62, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service reclassified ten workers at an auto repair shop as employees instead of independent contractors as the shop had claimed. The IRS issued a notice … Continue reading →

A New Jersey appellate court reinstated an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by a former employee against a company and two former supervisors who allegedly directed anti-Semitic comments against him for more than a year in the mistaken belief that he … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit entered an emergency injunction against enforcement of the National Labor Relations Board’s Final Rule entitled “Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations … Continue reading →