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Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Church v. EEOC: Supreme Court Confirms Ministerial Exception to Employment

By Jeremy J. Gray of Zuber & Taillieu

The Supreme Court recently confirmed the applicability of the ministerial exception found under the First Amendment in precluding the application of employment discrimination laws to ministers. In Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Church and School v. EEOC, 132 S.Ct. 694 (2012), the Supreme Court used the ministerial exception to preclude a minister’s claim… More...

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US Labor Department Streamlines Federal Hiring Process

Streamlined Federal Hiring Process  |  Release Number: 10-1543-NAT  |  11/15/2010

The U.S. Department of Labor has joined representatives from across the federal government to mark the progress made over the past six months in streamlining the hiring process to modernize the federal workforce. More...

OPM Issues Guidelines to Implement President Obama’s Directive to Extend Benefits to Same-Sex Domestic Partners of Federal Employees

Extension of 24-Hour LWOP Family Support Policy to Same-Sex Domestic Partners of Federal Employees  |  CPM 2010-16  |  9/10/2010

The office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) has issued a memorandum to implement section 1(a)(vi) of President Obama’s earlier memorandum to specify that the 24 hours of leave without pay (LWOP) for (i) school and early childhood educational activities; (ii) routine family medical purposes; and (iii) elderly relatives’ health or care needs may be used to meet the needs of an employee’s same-sex domestic partner or the partner’s children. More...

MSHA Publishes Emergency Temporary Standard on Rock Dusts to Strengthen Miners' Protection

Recommendations for a New Rock Dusting Standard to Prevent Coal Dust Explosions in Intake Airways  |  Release Number 10-1329-NAT  |  9/21/2010

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) has announced that on Sept. 23 the Federal Register published an emergency temporary standard that revises the existing federal standard on maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust. More...

NLRB Rules That Union “Bannering” Is Permitted under Labor Laws

Eliason & Knuth of Arizona, Inc., Northwest Medical Center, and RA Tempe Corporation  |  Case Nos. 28-CC-955; 28-CC-956; 28-CC-957  |  9/2/2010

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has ruled that a union practice of displaying large stationary banners at a secondary employer’s business is not coercive, and so does not violate U.S. labor law. More...

US Labor Department Announces Nationwide Enforcement Actions to Protect Millions of Dollars in Worker Retirement and Health Benefits

Employee Contributions Initiative  |  Release Number 10-1614-NAT  |  11/16/2010

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration has announced a series of enforcement actions to protect more than $7 million for workers in retirement plans or health plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. More...

US Labor Department Issues Proposed Rule on Wage Calculations for H-2B Program

Proposed Rule on Wage Calculations for H-2B Program  |  Release Number: 10-1365-NAT  |  10/4/2010

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (“ETA”) has issued a proposed rule that seeks to improve the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker program and better protect American workers. More...

US Labor Department’s OSHA Rescinds Clinton-era Directive and Gives Workers More Safeguards against Falls

Compliance Directive for Fall Protection in Residential Construction  |  29 CFR Part 1926  |  12/22/2010

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced a new directive withdrawing a former one that allowed residential builders to bypass fall protection requirements. More...

MSHA’s Rule Underscores Mine Operators’ Responsibility for Conducting Safety and Health Examinations

Proposed Rule on Examinations of Work Areas in Underground Coal Mines for Violations of Mandatory Health or Safety Standards  |  No. 10-1779-NAT  |  12/23/2010

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration has announced a proposal to revise its requirements for pre-shift, supplemental, on-shift and weekly examinations. More...

US Department of Labor’s OSHA Issues Final Rule, Revises Acetylene Standard

Revising Standards Referenced in the Acetylene Standard  |  20 CFR Part 1910, Docket No. OSHA-2008-0034, RIN 1218-AC08  |  10/20/2010

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has revised its acetylene standard. More...

NLRB Streamlines Process to Seek Federal Injunctions When Employees are Fired during Organizing Campaigns

Effective Section 10(j) Remedies for Unlawful Discharges in Organizing Campaigns  |  Memorandum GC 10-07  |  9/30/2010

Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has announced an initiative to strengthen and streamline the Agency’s response to charges filed when employees are fired in the midst of a union organizing campaign. More...

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Companies Mentioned

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The following companies are mentioned in Employment Law Updates:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Ontario Police Department

City of Ontario

Arch Wireless Operating Company, Inc.

Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School

B & D Contracting

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee

Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.

Agere Systems, Inc. f.k.a. Lucent Technologies, Inc.

Tulsa Winch, Inc.

Ramsey Winch, Inc.

Norris

DP Manufacturing, Inc.

Auto Crane Company

Autozone, Inc.

Southwestern Bell Video Services, Inc.

Temco Service Industries, Inc.

SBC Telecom, Inc.

14 Penn Plaza LLC

SBC Services, Inc.

City of Philadelphia

Pacific Telesis Group

Pacific Bell Telephone Co.

Northeastern Land Services, Ltd. d.b.a. NLS Group

Pacific Bell Information Services

LA Weight Loss, Inc. n.k.a. Pure Weight Loss, Inc.

Advanced Solutions, Inc.

Gold’n Plump Poultry, Inc.

Cardone Industries, Inc.

The Work Connection

Pitt-Ohio Express, Inc.

Lehigh Valley Physicians Business Services, Inc.

BVP, LLC d.b.a. Big Vanilla Pasadena

Lehigh Valley Health Services, Inc.

N.F.A.C., Inc. d.b.a. Big Vanilla Athletic Club

Huron Valley Ambulance, Inc.

J.C. Penney Corp.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

American Insurance Co.

Murphy Ford Inc. d.b.a. Murphy Ford Lincoln Mercury Murphy Ford Inc.

City of Chicago

United Airlines, Inc.

Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co.

Equal Employment Opportunity

New Process Steel L.P.

The Star Tribune Company

National Labor Relations Board

Scolari's Warehouse Markets, Inc. d.b.a. Scolari's Food and Drug

Rent-A-Center West, Inc.

EGL, Inc.