The court granted summary judgment to a union sued by trustees of the Postal Union Welfare Benefit Trust, finding the union’s decision to shorten trustees’ terms of service, eliminate their staggered terms and their right to select their successors, and ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Labor U.S. District Court - Eastern District

An air conditioning contractor that allegedly failed to make required contributions on behalf of journeymen and apprentice plumbers and pipefitters was found liable to the pension fund for liquidated damages, interest from the date the payments were due and attorney ...

Tagged with: Judge Anthony J. Trenga Labor U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The NLRB was entitled to recover $7,503 in fees based on accepted rates for  attorneys in Washington, D.C., after it prevailed in a discovery dispute with a coal company. Background The National Labor Relations Board moved to compel Cobalt Coal ...

Tagged with: Judge James P. Jones Labor U.S. District Court - Western District

An employer who failed to make pension contributions or to respond to pension funds’ lawsuit must repay the funds with interest and pick up attorney’s and auditing fees. Background This action is brought under Sections 502 and 515 of the ...

Tagged with: Judge William E. Anderson Labor U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A district court did not err in denying preliminary injunctive relief to preserve the National Labor Relations Board’s ability to award relief following its adjudication of unfair labor practice charges against two hospitals. Because the Board did not show irreparable ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Employment Judge Paul V. Niemeyer Labor

A district court did not err in denying preliminary injunctive relief to preserve the National Labor Relations Board’s ability to award relief following its adjudication of unfair labor practice charges against two hospitals. Because the Board did not show irreparable ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Paul V. Niemeyer Labor

An employer’s collective bargaining impasse rights did not override its ERISA obligations to employees hired post-impasse. The employer also didn’t plead its fraud-dependent affirmative defenses with sufficient particularity. Background Appellant Just Born II Inc. and the Bakery, Confectionary and Tobacco ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Civil Procedure Contract Judge G. Steven Agee Labor Tort

An employer enjoined from moving its operations could no longer pursue its appeal after an arbitrator’s final decision. The matter was moot, despite the employer’s intention to seek attorneys’ fees. Background Appellant Airgas Inc. operates a facility in Hyattsville, Maryland, ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Arbitration Civil Procedure Contract Employment Judge Pamela A. Harris Labor

Lawyers who advise businesses need to know about new guidance on drafting employee handbooks, provided in a March memorandum issued by the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. The memorandum surveys common topics covered in handbooks, such as ...

Tagged with: Employment Labor

A federal judge says he will enforce a $100,000 Fair Labor Standards Act settlement even though the plaintiff claimed he did not agree to the deal. The decision by U.S. District Judge Henry C. Morgan Jr. came after the plaintiff’s ...

Tagged with: Federal Courts Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. Labor