Marjorie C. Soto Garcia
Subscribe to Marjorie C. Soto Garcia's PostsMarjorie C. Soto Garcia provides strategic advice to employers of all sizes – from Fortune 100 companies to startups – on the full spectrum of labor union and organizing matters, class action employment litigation, and workplace compliance issues. She advises organizations across many industries, including healthcare, private equity, technology, energy, food service, logistics, retail, media, entertainment, and hospitality.Read Marjorie C. Soto Garcia's full bio.
Risk Management in the Modern Era of Workplace Generative AI
By Marjorie C. Soto Garcia, Brian Casillas and Rebecca L. Richard on Jun 12, 2025
Posted In Employment
As human resources (HR) leaders plan to expand the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in the workplace, nearly a dozen states have enacted or are considering legislation to regulate its use in employment practices. Additionally, courts are seeing class actions involving alleged disparate impact discrimination and wage and hour violations related to GenAI. Implementing...
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Heightened Labor Scrutiny Looms Over Workplace Rules
By Christopher Foster and Marjorie C. Soto Garcia on Feb 12, 2024
Posted In Employment, Labor
A recent National Labor Relations Board decision will likely expose a broader range of workplace rules to regulator enforcement. According to this HR Dive article, introducing even ordinary workplace rules during unionization could draw new scrutiny. However, as Christopher Foster and Marjorie C. Soto Garcia explain, there are steps employers can take to mitigate risk....
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Managing Your Workforce During Market Volatility: Labor and Union Issues
By Christopher Foster, Todd Solomon and Marjorie C. Soto Garcia on Jan 24, 2024
Posted In Employment, Labor
Corporate transactions and investments involving union issues require concrete analysis of risk, contingencies and game plans. In a January 31, 2024, webinar, McDermott’s Labor and Employee Benefits Groups will focus on practical steps and strategies to successfully navigate and evaluate key considerations for transactions involving unionized businesses. Discussion topics include: Union notice and bargaining triggers Successorship,...
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NLRB Makes Joint Employment the Rule, Not the Exception
By Christopher Foster, Marjorie C. Soto Garcia, Sandra M. DiVarco and Alexander Randolph on Dec 19, 2023
Posted In Employment
The National Labor Relations Board has changed its joint-employer rule, making it easier for entities doing business with each other to be deemed joint employers. The new rule goes further than any earlier joint-employer standard in two ways: (1) by making clear that indirect (or even unexercised) control is sufficient to prove joint-employer status, and...
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California Expands Paid Sick Leave to Five Days Per Year
By Laurie Baddon and Marjorie C. Soto Garcia on Nov 16, 2023
Posted In Employee Benefits, Employment
On October 4, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 616 into law, officially expanding the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, California’s paid sick leave law. Effective January 1, 2024, California employers must begin providing eligible employees with at least five days or 40 hours of paid sick leave, increased from the...
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NLRB Undercuts Work Rules and Policies for Unionized and Nonunionized Employers
By David Beach, Marjorie C. Soto Garcia and Christopher Foster on Sep 27, 2023
Posted In Employment, Labor
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NLRB Attacks Non-Disparagement and Confidentiality Clauses in Employee Releases, Severance Agreements
By Christopher Foster, Marjorie C. Soto Garcia and P. Kevin Connelly on Mar 14, 2023
Posted In Employment, Labor
Employers, especially in the context of workforce reductions, may provide departing employees with severance agreements in exchange for a release. Those agreements often include non-disparagement clauses and confidentiality clauses regarding the terms and the amount of the agreement. On February 21, 2023, in McLaren Macomb, the National Labor Relations Board held that such clauses infringe on employees’...
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Return to Work | Managing Your Workforce During Periods of Uncertainty
By Lindsay Ditlow, Cristell Fortune, Abigail M. Kagan and Marjorie C. Soto Garcia on Nov 10, 2022
Posted In Employment, Labor
How can employers manage their workforces during periods of economic uncertainty? In this McDermott webinar, Lindsay Ditlow, Cristell Fortune, Abigail Kagan and Marjorie Soto Garcia offer perspective on the following topics: Communicating the transition The impact on contractual and other obligations WARN Act, furloughs, layoffs and salary reductions Strategies for unionized workforces Access the webinar.
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The 411 on Employment Background Checks in Stock and Asset Transactions
By Marjorie C. Soto Garcia and Michelle S. Strowhiro on Oct 13, 2022
Posted In Employment, Fiduciary and Investment Issues
Employment background checks help employers hire individuals with integrity whom they can trust, and who do not present a risk to the business, other employees, or the customers and clients that the business serves. Buyers in transactions may view target businesses that run background checks as lower risk for employee performance and retention issues. Background...
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Supreme Court: An Employee’s Individual PAGA Claim Must Be Adjudicated in Arbitration
By Marjorie C. Soto Garcia and McDermott Will & Emery on Jul 21, 2022
Posted In Employment
On June 15, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States finally issued its long-awaited decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana. The Court partially overturned Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC (Iskanian), determining that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts the aspect of Iskanian’s holding that precludes the division of Private Attorneys...
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