In most American workplaces, at-will employment clauses in employee handbooks and agreements are as common as break room water coolers.

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Should an employer have to pay taxes on the lump-sum payments? ...

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This week it is all about Facebook and Twitter, even for general counsels. Asked: Our weekly question to the In-House community National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel Lafe E. Solomon issued his latest report on employee social media use ...

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WASHINGTON — A government watchdog has expanded an ethics probe of the National Labor Relations Board after finding that more inside information was leaked to a former adviser to Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, a Democratic lawmaker said Thursday. Maryland ...

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WASHINGTON — The Senate has rejected a Republican attempt to overturn new regulations designed to give unions quicker workplace representation elections. The 54-45 vote against a disapproval resolution leaves intact new National Labor Relations Board rules scheduled to take effect ...

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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the National Labor Relations Board from making millions of businesses put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union. The rule requiring most private employers to display ...

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BOSTON, MA — After the release of an investigative report alleging that National Labor Relations Board member Terry Flynn violated ethics rules by disclosing confidential information to two former Board members, the Senate is launching a probe of the matter. ...

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WASHINGTON — Just when attorneys thought the issue of class action waivers in mandatory arbitration clauses had been settled by the U.S. Supreme Court once and for all, a National Labor Relations Board ruling has called into question employers’ ability ...

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WASHINGTON — In a win for organized labor, the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday approved sweeping new rules that would speed the pace of union elections, making it easier for unions to gain members at companies that have long ...

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Former Maryland Court of Appeals Judge Joseph F. Murphy Jr. has joined Baltimore-based Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White, where he will head the alternative dispute resolution practice. His daughter, Erin Murphy, also works for the firm. Before his 1984 appointment ...

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