Labor and employment law roundup

• Maryland: “Montgomery County Police ‘Effects’ Bargaining Bludgeons Public Safety” [Trey Kovacs, CEI, earlier] Time to revisit “effects” bargaining for other employee groups too [Gazette]
• “A New Whistleblower Retaliation Statute Grows Up: Dodd-Frank is the new Sarbanes-Oxley” [Daniel Schwartz]
• Proposal for disclosure of “persuaders” would threaten many employers [Michael Lotito/The Hill, earlier]
• Judge greenlights union suit challenging new Indiana right to work law [RedState]
• “Discovery of Immigration-Status Denied in FLSA Case” [Workplace Prof]
• “Same Song, Umpteenth Verse – No Discrimination, Retaliation Worth $2 Million” [Fox/Employer's Lawyer; Ithaca, N.Y.]
• NLRB on collision course with Indian tribal sovereignty [Fred Wszolek, Indian Country Today]

Tagged as: Indian tribes, Indiana, labor unions, Maryland, public employment, wage and hour suits, whistleblowers