“Latte With a Lawyer” Hosts Wilson Worley PC Attorney Robert L. Arrington
Wilson Worley Attorney Bob Arrington recently appeared on the "Latte With a Lawyer" Podcast sponsored by EmotionTrac, a vendor of case preparation software. During his time as a guest, Arrington discussed his impressive career, his current practice, as well as the Firm. To listen and learn more of Attorney Arrington's career, the link to the Podcast is here.
Stericycle Summary
On August 2, 2023, The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) overruled the prior decisions in Boeing Co. and LA Specialty Produce Co. because they permitted employers to adopt “overbroad work rules” that chill employees’ exercise of their rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act. The NLRB found that the former standard failed to account for the economic dependency of employees on their employers, gives too little weight to the burden a work rule could impose, gives too much weight to employer interests, and does not require the employer to make rules only to promote legitimate and substantial
DOL Reverts to Old Ideas for New Construction Worker Wages
On August 8, 2023, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced their final rule (Final Rule) revising the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) and Davis-Bacon Related Acts (Related Acts). The DBA and Related Acts require contractors and subcontractors that perform work on federal and federally funded construction projects to pay a government-determined prevailing wage and benefit rate on an hourly basis to on-site construction workers. While the Final Rule makes several changes to the DBA and Related Acts, (the list is too exhaustive to cover in a single blurb such as this) it’s the change regarding how the prevailing wages are determined that is
NLRB ELECTION RULE CHANGES
NLRB Overturns 2019 Trump-era Election Procedures in Two Recent Rulings This August, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued two rulings that will have important implications for nonunion employers. On August 25, 2023, the NLRB issued its decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC, where the NLRB partially returned to a decades-old test from Joy Silk Mills, Inc, changing how and when unionizing elections can be held. Under the prior Linden Lumber rule, an employer had the right to a secret ballot election before unionization would be permitted. However, under the new Cemex rule, it is easy for the employer to lose
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SILENCE IS OLDEN NDAs and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Sparked by the #MeToo movement, over the past half-decade or so, there has been a sweeping change in the way our society views sexual harassment and its victims. As a reflection of these changing views, the federal and state legislatures have enacted laws to help ensure that victims of sexual harassment are free to voice their experiences and shed light on their perpetrators, at least in the context of the workplace. In late 2022 Congress enacted the Federal Speak Out Act. The Act makes pre-dispute non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements (NDAs), as they relate to sexual harassment and assault, unenforceable. Essentially, this
Three Wilson Worley Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers
Wilson Worley PC is pleased to announce that three of the firm’s attorneys have been named to Mid-South Super Lawyers, which recognizes the leading attorneys in the state. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. The three lawyers selected for this honor are: Russell W. Adkins is a shareholder with Wilson Worley PC. He is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He has significant trial experience, and has tried cases involving medical malpractice, personal injury, civil
In Remembrance of Gorman Waddell
Gorman Waddell, Shareholder at Wilson Worley PC, passed away on February 13, 2021. Gorman practiced law for over 56 years. He was cherished by his co-workers and will be greatly missed. The following is an article written by long-term friend and business partner, Robert Arrington… I think it’s a sign of my own advancing age that I find myself writing periodically about someone I have known well, but who has recently died. I’ve written within the past few years about Bill Gamble, Dorman Stout, and Pal Barger. Now I find myself writing about Gorman Waddell, my law partner who died at home
Things that go Bump in the Night – Legal Addition: Not so Fast on Jury Trials
Not so fast, Russ. Jury trials have been a staple of Anglo-American jurisprudence because they are a way – but not the exclusive way -- to achieve justice. There is a long tradition of cases decided by judges alone, too. You are much too quick to assume that parties and their counsel are opting for alternative methods of dispute resolution because they value finality over principle. No one ever said that a jury trial is the only way to achieve a fair resolution of a dispute. And we all know that juries sometimes let their biases sway them, so that all