Labor Days

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s labor and employment practice

Are Your Doctors Poised for an Organizing Push? A Recent NLRB Decision May Provide Some Incentive

Generally speaking, most healthcare employers would not think that their employed physicians are at risk for unionization. As opposed to interns and residents, who have experienced their own unionization push in the…

Complimentary Webinar: Restrictive Covenants 101

Tuesday, June 22nd at 12:30pm ET Restrictive Covenants 101: NDAs, Non-Competes & Other Tools To Protect Your Company A company’s confidential information and customer relationships are its lifeblood—and are the…

The New NLRB: Protecting Workers from Their Own Employers?

During the Trump years, the National Labor Relations Board (meaning, the actual five-member Board in Washington, whose decisions drive interpretations of federal labor law) got a lot less friendly to organized labor,…

Complimentary Webinar: Wage & Hour Laws

Tuesday, May 18th at 12:30pm ET Wage & Hour Laws: How To Avoid Common Pitfalls The DOL’s Wage and Hour Division recovered a record $1.4 billion in back wages for workers in the past 5 years. According to the WHD,…

Are Unions Primed for a Comeback?

For years, employee interest in unions has dwindled. But a pandemic, persistent income inequality and high unemployment—not to mention the most pro-union Presidential administration in generations—have all converged to…