Australia: The rise of unregistered organisations and their impact on employers

The rapid rise of an unregistered union in the fast food and retail sectors is causing concern for employers and traditional unions alike.

An application to terminate an enterprise agreement covering 75,000 Coles supermarkets workers by self-represented night fill worker Penny Vickers has become the latest battleground of choice for the unregistered Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) to challenge Australia’s largest private sector union the Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees Association (SDA).

The SDA […]

By | July 7th, 2017 ||

2017 Labor & Employment Legislative Update

Pay equity and Ban The Box bills lead the list of bills approved to continue their quest (moving to the other house of the California Legislature) to become California law.

Friday, June 2, marked the last day for bills in the California Legislature to pass out of their house of origin—the Senate or Assembly—and continue the legislative process for a shot at becoming a new California Peculiarity. Pay equity and Ban The Box bills lead the […]

By | July 6th, 2017 ||

Tips On Employee Raiding For Tennessee Employers

Few things get a business more fired up than a competitor “stealing” a group of its top performers. On its face, there’s nothing wrong with “corporate raiding”—targeting a large number of a competitor’s employees—in Tennessee or most other states. After all, it’s a free country, right? However, there are several potential pitfalls along the way. If it’s not done right, a lawsuit could be lurking around the corner. One employer found this out the […]

By | June 30th, 2017 ||