Employment Law News and Insights

Maryland Passes Expansive Paid Family Leave Law

Published: Apr 18, 2022
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On Saturday, April 9, the Maryland General Assembly closed its legislative session by passing the Time to Care Act of 2022, overriding Governor Hogan's earlier veto of Senate Bill 275.  As such, Maryland has now joined just nine (9) other states and the District of Columbia in enacting a paid...

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Union Representation Petitions Increase By Astonishing 57% In The First Half Of FY 2022

Published: Apr 11, 2022
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On April 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a  press release recognizing the shockingly large surge in new union organizing. Specifically, during the first half of Fiscal Year 2022 (October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022), the NLRB reported that union representation petitions increased by 57%....

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Third Circuit Takes Supreme Court Cue And Rejects “Implied” Union Contracts

Published: Apr 06, 2022
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On March 30, 2022, three judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously overruled prior precedent allowing "implied" contracts to survive the expiration of a written agreement. The instant panel held, instead, that "implied" contract provisions that "have no durational limit of their own" are "governed by the...

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