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Latest Legal Updates for Nebraska
- A Sign of Changes to Come: NLRB's New Majority Rules Union "Bannering" Lawful
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[9/3/2010] Predictions that the newly constituted National Labor Relations Board will be inclined to issue pro-labor decisions have begun to come true. In what appears to be its first substantive determination on the merits of a major dispute, the Democrat-controlled Labor Board announced its decisions in more »
- Employers Have Rights, Too: Eighth Circuit Issues Two Pro-Employer FMLA Decisions
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[8/27/2010] The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has issued two decisions just two days apart in favor of employers sued for alleged violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Each case serves as a reminder that while employers have many obligations and responsibilities under the FMLA, more »
- Employers Beware: Internships are Not Free Labor
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[8/24/2010] Employers may have their pick of applicants to fill paid and unpaid internship positions this fall. Internships traditionally are sought by college students to gain work experience, but the recession and the resulting loss of jobs have prompted people of all experience levels to apply for more »
- H-1B Cap Not Yet Reached, USCIS Continues to Accept Petitions for FY2011
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[8/23/2010] As of August 13, 2010, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received only 29,700 of the 65,000 H-1B non-immigrant visa petitions needed to meet the H-1B regular cap, and just 12,300 of the 20,000 visa petitions needed to meet the U.S. master's degree cap, according to updated more »