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Employment law mediates the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions and the government. Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship between employee, employer and union. Individual labour law concerns employees’ rights at work and through the contract for work. Employment standards are social norms for the minimum socially acceptable conditions under which employees or contractors are allowed to work.
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Featured Attorney
Andrew Parker - Minneapolis - MN
Led by Andrew Parker, Parker Daniels Kibort’s employment litigation team has many decades of collective experience in delivering consistently successful results for its clients. Having represented some of the largest employers in the state of Minnesota and beyond, while also having represented scores of individual Plaintiffs, Parker Daniels Kibort provides [...]Redefining Workplace Safety: OSHA’s Updated Hazard Communication Rule Explained
In May 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule to amend the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), aligning it more closely with the seventh revision of the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). This amendment aims to improve communication about chemical hazards and enhance worker safety by ensuring employees are well informed [...]
Consent Orders Are Dead.
Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 22, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a decision in Metro Health, Inc. d/b/a Hospital Metropolitano Rio Piedras ending more than 50 years of the Board’s practice of approving consent orders, whereby an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) resolves unfair labor practice (“ULP”) cases absent the agreement of the charging party and the General Counsel. Chairman McFerran [...]