In 2011, in Specialty Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, an Obama-era majority of the National Labor Relations Board modified the traditional “community of interest” standard for deciding appropriate bargaining...more
In University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), a 3 to 1 majority of the National Labor Relations Board overturned nearly four decades of precedent that held that non-employee union organizers cannot be denied access to...more
In Ridgewood Health Care Center, Inc., a 3-1 majority of the National Labor Relations Board overruled a Clinton-era Board decision (Galloway School Lines) that held that if a successor employer discriminates in the hiring of...more
In a recent decision of the NLRB, greater scrutiny was given to what constitutes chargeable expenses of a labor organization, resulting in non-member employees being freed from the burden of paying for a union’s lobbying...more
Thought 2017 would end quietly? The month of December has seen several stunning decisions by the NLRB which impact Obama-era precedent, and which will impact employers and employees going forward in 2018. Joining this episode...more
12/22/2017
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Workplace Harassment Guidance
Peter Robb, confirmed last month as the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, issued a memorandum on December 1 that serves as a valuable heads up to both employers and unions as to what we might expect...more