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Constitutional attorney Jeffrey Schwab from the Liberty Justice Center joins Labor Relations Radio to discuss a newly-filed case that, if successful, may open governments up to being “joint employers” with certain private-sector employers.
Schwab, who is not a labor attorney, served as counsel for Mark Janus in Janus v. AFSCME, the landmark case in which the United States Supreme Court found that public employees could not be compelled to pay money to a union without their consent.
In this most recent case, Schwab is representing two public defenders who work for the publicly-funded Legal Aid Society in New York City and are required to pay agency fees to the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA).
The plaintiffs argue that, even though the Legal Aid Society is a private employer under the National Labor Relations Act, since the City of New York funds the pay and benefits and “attaches conditions that, at least in part, exert control over how LAS spends funds received by the City, including, for example, approving bonuses,” the protections under Janus v. AFSCME from being compelled to pay agency fees to a union should apply to them as well.
Related:
* Will A Lawsuit Over A Union's Alleged 'Anti-Semitism' Open The Door To Expanding Janus To The Private Sector?
* Legal Aid lawyers sue union, claiming that dues violate First Amendment
* Read the lawsuit in full here
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Internationally recognized leadership consultant and CEO of the Parone Group, Irma Parone, joins the podcast to discuss her problem-solving techniques, as well as her book WINX: The Problem-Solving Model to Win Exponentially with Customers, Employees, & Your Bottom Line and her new book WINX for Employees: The Problem-Solving Model to Unlock Workplace Success.
* To read more about Ms. Parone, view her bio here, or follow her on LinkedIn here.
* To contact Ms. Parone, visit the Parone Group website here.
* You can order her books on Amazon here.
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On this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Cary Burke, a labor attorney with Seyfarth Shaw returns to discuss a number of topics, including a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Administrative Law Judge’s recent decision that a manager visiting an employee’s LinkedIn profile was ‘surveillance,’ the potential for the NLRB to issue a Cemex Bargaining Order at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama, as well as a number of other potential NLRB actions we might expect in the months ahead.
Follow Cary Burke on LinkedIn here.
Related:
* UAW Has Path to Reverse Mercedes Loss Under New Labor Standard
* Labor Relations Radio, E95—Seyfarth Shaw's Cary Burke on the 'retroactivity' of Cemex Bargaining Orders and more
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Recently, an administrative law judge (ALJ) ruled that Amazon CEO Andy Jassey’s answers to interview questions violated the National Labor Relations Act.
Unless the ALJ's decision regarding Jassey's seemingly innocuous statements made during various interviews in 2022 (included in this episode) is overturned, which is unlikely to happen soon, all employers' speech during union-organizing campaigns may be significantly impacted. [See the full ALJ decision here.]
In this joint episode of Labor Relations Radio and Labor Relations Institute’s Left of Boom show, LRI’s Phil Wilson and Peter List discuss the ALJ’s decision against Amazon, and its ramifications for all employers.
* NLRB ALJ Decision on Amazon CEO Comments
* NLRB’s Basic Guide to the National Labor Relations Act
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With employee engagement the lowest it’s been in 11 years, Dr. Fiona Jamison, CEO of Spring International, joins Labor Relations Radio host Peter List to discuss the “seismic shift” in employee expectations that has occurred over the past several years and how employers can adapt.
Fiona’s company, Spring International, is a women-owned, full-service, custom research and consulting firm located in suburban Philadelphia, PA. Across all research (policy, customer, and employee) programs, Spring has helped large corporations using customized employee engagement surveys, onboarding surveys, diversity assessments, exit interviews, & leadership assessments, as well as conducted research in 88 countries and in 25 languages.
You can follow Fiona Jamison on LinkedIn here, or contact Spring International here.
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According to Gallup, employee engagement is at its lowest point in 11 years.
The term ‘Employee Engagement’ has been around since 1990. Since then, corporate America has spent millions (billions?) of dollars investing in the “engagement industry”—polls, seminars, consultants and training.
Why, then, is engagement still so low?
What Is Employee Engagement? “Employee engagement,” according to one definition, “is a concept in human resources that refers to the degree to which employees are invested in, motivated by and passionate about the work they do and the company for which they work.” 
In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, returning guest Patricia Garland—author of ‘33 Ways How Not to Screw Up HR’—joins host Peter List to explore possible reasons why employee engagement is low and why, perhaps, we’re asking the wrong questions.
Related:
* Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 61—'33 Ways Not To Screw Up HR' Author Patricia Garland
* Labor Relations Radio, E113—How Your Merit Pay Plan May Cause Union Problems, with Guest Patricia Garland
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