By Porter Wright on The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit just recently held that an officer of a nationally-chartered bank regulated by the National Bank Act (NBA) had no claim for wrongful termination under a Florida whistleblower statute. According to the federal court, the state-law whistleblower claims were preempted by 12 U.S.C. § 24 (Fifth) … Continue Reading
By Brian Hall on EDITOR’S NOTE: This recent post from the PWMA Employer Law Report on the importance a BYOD policy highlights an area of current concern for bankers and other employers. Saman Rajaee was a salesman for Design Tech Homes. He used his personal iPhone to connect to his employer’s Microsoft Exchange Server, which allowed him to access … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on On August 6, 2014, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced a proposed rule that should be of real concern to covered affirmative action federal contractors. The OFCCP is the agency that enforces federal affirmative action laws. If the proposed rule is adopted, it will add compensation data to the information that covered … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on The first six weeks of 2014 have been abundant with news and cases that provide insight for financial institutions (and other businesses) that need to be aware of regulatory, legislative and judicial developments and how they affect the U.S. business environment. Porter Wright attorneys have written several alerts and articles about recent cases and best … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on As much as everyone loves them, the holidays create increased risk of employer liability and can result in a long list of legal problems for an unprepared employer. Our colleagues over at Employer Law Report have provided their top five holiday headaches for employers and compiled their posts into an eBook with a bonus stocking … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on From time to time we deviate from our normal prose on the banking and finance industry and give you, our reader, insight into other areas of the law that impact your business. A recent post regarding overhauling the Ohio employee-friendly employment discrimination law, Senate Bill 383, tops our list of quality reading material. The post, … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on The Ohio Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on May 24, 2012, that following a merger the surviving company may not be able to enforce employees’ non-compete agreements where the agreements fail to contain an assignment clause and the time period of the employees’ non-competes began to run as of the date of the merger. In Acordia … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Bankers and other employers should note that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has postponed indefinitely the effective date for its employee rights posting requirement. The posting rule, which was to have taken effect April 30, 2012, required all employers to post in the workplace a notice advising employees of their rights to engage in union organizing. The … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on As we reported previously, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") issued a rule in August requiring all employers to post workplace notices about employee rights to join a union. This effort by the NLRB to require posting about union organizing rights in all workplaces has caught the attention of the employer community more than any NLRB … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on The continuing struggle to improve the economy leaves many financial institutions of all sizes still looking for ways to improve efficiency and profitability. Often the resulting business strategy includes cut backs in personnel. But a reduction in the workforce that is not carefully planned and documented can result in costly and sometimes difficult to defend … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on On December 27, we wrote a blog post regarding the NLRB proposed rule-making to require all employers to post notices advising employees of their rights to engage in union organizing. After a period of public comment, during which about 7,000 responses were submitted to the NLRB, the NLRB has now issued its final rule requiring the … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Due to recent guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor, financial institutions should examine their classification of mortgage loan officers and similar employees. Last month, the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division released its first Administrator Interpretation (Interpretation No. 2010-1). In the Interpretation, the Division concluded that mortgage loan officers – and employees performing the typical duties of … Continue Reading