The Employment Brief

A National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge has invalidated an employer's work rule prohibiting employees from working another job without the company's approval. Nicholson Terminal & Dock Co., Case No. 07-CA-187907 (May 16, 2018).  Judge Elizabeth Tafe held that the  rule could be interpreted to prohibit employees from working for a union outside of working time and, therefore, unlawfully interfered with employee Section 7...

Imagine this:  the only way you can vote is if you show up in person and bring your ID with you.  Otherwise voicing your will cannot and will not be accepted. In defense of such a rule, proponents say that the requirements are “merely procedural steps necessary to prevent fraud.”  Those who oppose it say the requirements significantly burden the exercise of the protected rights of those who live some distance from the voting place or who lack...

I have represented Colleges and Universities for 33 years and I love the work.  I was an adjunct at the University of Baltimore Law School for 30 years and I loved that too.  The unique things that happen in the world of higher education never cease to amaze me.  So, through that lens, let’s take a look at a recent decision from the Third Circuit, which provides a variety of teachable moments regarding interaction among faculty, a university’s...