The 2008-2009 Supreme Court session commenced in October, and small business advocates are monitoring several significant appeals, including numerous cases related to union employee-employer relations.
The National Federation of Independent Businesses, a national advocate for small business, highlighted several pivotal cases for employers in the new session in a press release sent last month.
In one case, Locke v. Karass, the court will decide whether nonunion employees can be charged fees to cover litigation costs of a national union. The decision would affect employers whose employees pay union service fees but are not members of the organization.
Another case could overthrow an Idaho law that bans voluntary payroll deductions for union political action committees by employees of state and local governments, as well as school districts.