An Indiana employee dealing with a workplace challenge related to national labor laws may wonder whether standing up for personal rights will make much difference, especially when dealing with a federal contractor or subcontractor. Workers in such situations may find...
Employment Disputes
Restricting non-compete agreements
Employment contracts in Indiana and across the nation sometimes include clauses that prevent a person from working for a competitor for 12 to 24 months after their employment with the current company ends. In the past, non-compete agreements mainly applied to the top...
Policy change costs workers sick time donations
Company policy at its best should aim to protect the interests of the business while still preserving the rights and requirements of the company's employees. A business cannot be successful without its workers, so it makes sense to take their needs into consideration....
Executive found to not violate non-compete clause in job switch
Employment contracts can be hugely beneficial, but they still come with problems from time to time. On the one hand, they set out the terms of employment, so the employee can see what is expected of them. On the other hand, vague clauses and especially clauses that...
UPS employment dispute escalates to cost 250 workers their jobs
Disagreements within the workplace can be difficult for all concerned, and this is no different for workers in Indiana. With cooperation between employers and their employees, these employment disputes can sometimes be resolved internally. However, often they can lead...
Historic Indiana dispute resolution case still making waves
Today the industrial workplace is very different from eight decades ago when the National Labor Relations Act was promulgated into law. Back then an adversarial culture of “us-and-them” was the norm in industry, with managers and workers mutually...
Update: Indiana Senate makes changes to unpaid wages bill
It can be difficult to challenge an employer in the event of a breach of contract. Fears about job loss are weighed against the severity of the problems experienced by the individual. Changes to state legislation in Indiana dramatically affect employer liability in...
Indiana casino workers protest for better benefits
Employees of the Majestic Star Casino in Gary donned red t-shirts as part of a public protest on Labor Day in an attempt to improve the benefits package being offered to them by the owners of the casino. The protests were organized by UNITE HERE Local 1, the labor...
Are non-compete clauses fair? One court weighs in
Some of our more frequent readers here in Indiana may remember a November 2012 post in which we touched on the topic of non-compete clauses. In the post, we explained that non-compete clauses within an employment contract bars an individual from leaving a place of...
Could a ban on non-competes bring down unemployment rates?
For a large portion of workers in the state of Indiana, at one time or another during the course of their careers they may have had to sign a non-compete clause. These clauses, as many may already know from previous posts on this blog, help companies protect...