New Jersey Resolution Seeks to Give Public Employees the Right to Collective Bargaining

On October 13, 2021, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson allowed a new law addressing mandated COVID-19 vaccines for employees to go into effect without his signature. The Arkansas legislation specifically allows employees to opt out of COVID-19 vaccine requirements by means other than the medical or religious exemptions allowed by federal law, and it requires employers to provide a specific exemption process.

Since the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued the Specialty Healthcare decision in 2011, unions have been permitted to organize “micro-units” of an employer, such as employees of a department rather than employees of an entire facility. The Board’s recent decision in Guide Dogs for the Blind, 359 NLRB No……

A new Illinois law aimed at preventing defendants from delaying payment after agreeing to settle a claim will impact Illinois employers that settle certain tort claims. The new section of the Civil Practice Law, “Settlement of claims; payment” (735 ILCS § 5/2-2301), will take effect on January 1, 2014. The new law will require non-governmental defendants in certain civil cases to deliver a release within 14 days after written confirmation of an agreement to settle and pay sums due under the agreement within 30 days after a plaintiff returns the executed release.