The National Labor Relations Board (Board) recently notched a win when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found that a staffing company committed an unfair labor practice by terminating its employee when she...more
1/6/2025
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Section 7 ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Termination ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Wages ,
Wrongful Termination
Employers should be wary of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (and/or the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)) before excluding unionized workers from holiday parties and similar perks given to nonunionized employees....more
12/18/2024
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Holiday Parties ,
Holidays ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Perks ,
Starbucks ,
Unions
During the Obama administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) stringently reviewed employee handbooks of nonunionized employers to determine whether particular policies infringed on employees’ rights...more
We recently wrote about the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or “Board”) decision in McLaren Macomb (the “decision”) which reversed several Trump-era rulings that largely had allowed employers to proffer severance...more
Under the National Labor Relations Act, unions are entitled to request information from an employer that is relevant to carrying out the union’s representation duties. The key limiting principle is that the union must...more