Ross Runkel

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Six recent US Supreme Court cases employment lawyers need to know about: Title VII, Arbitration, NLRA Preemption, FLSA, Jurisdiction, FLRA. #employmentlaw #hr #humanresources #laborandemploymentlaw #laborandemployment #supremecourt lnkd.in/gbAGfMae

An important employment law development, as the federal Circuit Courts are hopelessly divided. #employmentlaw #hr #humanresources #laborandemploymentlaw #laborandemployment lnkd.in/gAwmbU6K

The following sentence from Mike Porter's Miller Nash blog post bears emphasis: "The analysis for disability accommodation requests is likely much more similar to religious accommodation requests now than it was before the Groff decision." lnkd.in/ggeUsw69

Unanimous Supreme Court: No more "de minimis cost." Title VII requires an employer that denies a religious accommodation to show that the burden of granting an accommodation would result in substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its par…lnkd.in/gv_WZKJe

A drug test. A false positive. The employee loses his job. Is the drug-test lab liable to the employee? In Texas, the answer is NO, because " the third-party testing entities hired by an employer do not owe a common-law negligence duty to their clients’ e…lnkd.in/g5KgbcKU

A win for employers ---- When a defendant files an interlocutory appeal from an order denying a motion to compel arbitration, the trial court MUST stay the trial court proceedings. Period. #employmentlaw #hr #humanresources #laborandemploymentlaw #labora…lnkd.in/eWJY8VNt

FCA qui tam suits unconstitutional? Three Supreme Court Justices opined that “[t]here are substantial arguments that the qui tam device is inconsistent with Article II and that private relators may not represent the interests of the United States in litig…lnkd.in/ggK3Hjgh

FCA qui tam suits unconstitutional? Three Supreme Court Justices opined that “[t]here are substantial arguments that the qui tam device is inconsistent with Article II and that private relators may not represent the interests of th…lnkd.in/gKSkK4za lnkd.in/gxrrHjKr

NLRB: Common-law rules govern independent contractor analysis. #employmentlaw #hr #humanresources #laborandemploymentlaw #laborandemployment lnkd.in/gmUrXXhE

Union failed to "take 'reasonable precautions' to protect their employer’s property from foreseeable, aggravated, and imminent danger due to the sudden cessation of work." #employmentlaw #hr #humanresources #laborandemploymentlaw #laborandemployment lnkd.in/gVnPf3p8

SCOTUS: The NLRA did not preempt an employer’s tort claims alleging that the union intentionally destroyed the company’s property during a labor dispute. Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters lnkd.in/g--EWdjn Glacier Northwest delivers concrete to custom…lnkd.in/gTh_HmRx

NLRB's General Counsel seeks to have the Board rule that nearly all non-compete provisions in employment agreements are unlawful unless they are "narrowly tailored to address special circumstances justifying the infringement on employee rights." The Board…lnkd.in/gq3shkZG

The US Supreme Court (7-2) holds that The Federal Labor Relations Authority had jurisdiction over a labor dispute between a State National Guard and a union representing dual-status technicians because the Guard acts as a federal a…lnkd.in/gxteaWRK lnkd.in/gCSyG9G2

The US Supreme Court has granted certiorari to decide whether to overrule Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, which held that courts should defer to a federal agency’s interpretation of an ambiguous statute as long…lnkd.in/gtcK-z8r lnkd.in/gensNkXg

The US Supreme Court has granted certiorari to decide whether a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower must prove his employer acted with a “retaliatory intent” as part of his case in chief, or whether the lack of “retaliatory intent” is par…lnkd.in/gsdtja_a lnkd.in/dFj2GFrN

The US Supreme Court has granted certiorari to decide whether a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower must prove his employer acted with a “retaliatory intent” as part of his case in chief, or whether the lack of “retaliatory intent” is par…lnkd.in/d-uhfQsZ lnkd.in/dFj2GFrN

My prompt to ChatGPT: "Write a rap about arbitrator Ross Runkel." Below is the response. Remember, AI intelligence is artificial. Listen up y'all, I'm about to tell a tale 'Bout an arbitrator who never fails Ross Runkel's his name, he's a legal whiz…lnkd.in/g9kxEm7G

Practically unreadable arbitration agreement was not unconscionable according to the California Court of Appeal (2-1 decision). Opinion; lnkd.in/gUvnT4hN lnkd.in/gVV5QhHB

For violating an order to bargain, the 7th Circuit imposed $192,400 in contempt fines, awarded compensatory damages to the Union, awarded costs and attorney’s fees to the NLRB, and extended the six-month decertification bar protect…lnkd.in/gUyc8JK5 lnkd.in/gsvMfXs3