On February 4, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order that mandates the use of project labor agreements (“PLAs”) on federal construction projects valued at or above $35 million. PLAs are pre-hire collective...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The COVID-19 crisis is creating fertile ground for union organizing efforts, and labor unions are aiming to capitalize on this. Non-union employers should be attuned to this reality, and to the extent they...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As the future of work continues to take shape, labor unions are taking notice and adjusting their strategies and their focus in response. To the extent they haven’t already, companies both large and small...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Just before the end of the legislative session, lawmakers in New York introduced the “Dependent Worker Act,” which proposes to provide workers in the gig economy with certain rights, including the right to...more
According to a Pew Research Center analysis earlier this year, Millennials now make up more than 35% of the U.S. labor force, making them the largest generation currently in the workforce. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rules that the NLRB properly found that a hospital violated the NLRA by threatening employees with discipline and arrest for peacefully picketing on hospital...more
8/17/2018
/ Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Employee Rights ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Labor Disputes ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Off-Duty Employees ,
Private Property ,
Right to Picket ,
Section 7 ,
Strike ,
Unions
Seyfarth Synopsis: Although many employers may think they can let their guard down a little bit when it comes to the NLRB under the Trump Administration, history suggests otherwise. During the last Republican Administration,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Recognizing the rise of Millennials and the increasing diversity of the workforce, some labor unions appear to be taking a keen interest in increasing the diversity of those in their leadership ranks, which...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Trump Administration DOL issues notice of proposed rulemaking to rescind Obama Administration DOL’s long-embattled final persuader rule. The proposed rule is open for public comments for 60 days....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: NLRB rules that fast-food company violated the National Labor Relations Act by maintaining a rule prohibiting employees from wearing unauthorized buttons or insignia and by instructing an employee to remove...more
4/5/2017
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
In-N-Out ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Uniforms ,
Union Insignia ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
Seyfarth Synopsis: NLRB rules that the operators of the Detroit Masonic Temple unlawfully refused to bargain with a union that represented various engineers and maintenance workers at the temple, even though none of the...more
The plaintiffs in the first lawsuit challenging the Final Persuader Rule have filed a motion for preliminary injunction, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce seeks to file an amicus brief in support of that motion.
In...more
In follow-up to our earlier blog post about the first lawsuit to challenge the U.S. Department of Labor’s Final Persuader Rule that was promulgated in late March, two additional lawsuits have been filed challenging the Final...more
4/5/2016
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Due Process ,
Final Rules ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Freedom of Association ,
LMRDA ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Persuader Rules ,
Regulatory Flexibility Act ,
Unions ,
Vagueness
After the NLRB’s expedited election rules went into effect last April, the extent to which an employer faced with a union representation petition must search for and provide voters’ personal email addresses and cell phone...more
10/20/2015
/ Cell Phones ,
Contacts List ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Databases ,
Email ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Good Faith ,
Hospitals ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
NLRB ,
Quickie Election Rules ,
Union Elections ,
Unions