The National Labor Relations Board, by a 3 to 1 vote, has dramatically changed the playing field for employees seeking to exercise their Section 7 right to select a bargaining representative or to refrain from such. The...more
9/1/2023
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Cemex ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Quickie Election Rules ,
Section 7 ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Elections ,
Unions
The National Labor Relations Board swung to a Democratic majority after the 2020 election of President Joe Biden. That majority has been almost continually dismantling standards established by the Republican majority Board...more
8/17/2023
/ Boeing ,
Burden of Proof ,
Chilling Effect ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Interference Claims ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Section 7 ,
Unions
On Wednesday the National Labor Relations Board reverted to an Obama-era standard for determining whether a worker was an “employee” or an “independent contractor.” As you might suspect, the new standard makes it more likely...more
The National Labor Relations Board may soon be coming for employers who electronically monitor their employees.
On October 31, the NLRB’s General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, who is the chief prosecutor for the Board, gave...more
On June 23, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in Care One at New Milford, finding that employers have no statutory obligation to bargain before instituting discretionary employee discipline that is...more
In a flurry of decisions issued this month, the Republican majority on the National Labor Relations Board overruled several Obama-era decisions.
The decisions concern employer rules for confidentiality in investigations,...more
On December 28, the majority of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for the most part upheld an expansive “joint employment” standard adopted by the National Labor Relations...more
On October 30, the National Labor Relations Board extended the period for public comment on its proposed rule concerning joint employment. The new deadline is December 13, and comments on the comments will be received through...more
The National Labor Relations Board issued a press release today announcing that it will begin the rulemaking process to change the Board’s standard on joint employment....more
Employers may soon learn from the National Labor Relations Board that they once again can control their own email and other electronic communications systems. On August 1, the Board published an invitation for briefs from...more
NLRB’s joint employer standard is still up in the air. The “joint employer” standard of the National Labor Relations Board is still in play.
On May 9, in a rarely-seen development, the NLRB Office of Information and...more
7/26/2018
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Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Public Sector Unions ,
Section 7
News & Analysis-
New NLRB Chairman is John Ring-
NLRB gets “out of joint” over joint employer dispute-
NLRB’s extended period for comment on so-called “quickie election” rule ended on April 19, and General Counsel...more
Why not?
On February 12, IBM filed suit against its former Chief Diversity Officer, Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, for breach of her one-year noncompete provision. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York, claims that Ms....more
NEWS & ANALYSIS-
NLRB’s Emanuel under fire, and “joint employment” standard is in doubt. After a brief window of time in late 2017 when Republican Members outnumbered Democratic Members on the National Labor Relations Board,...more
2/28/2018
/ Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Misclassification ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Quickie Election Rules ,
Right to Work ,
Termination
News & Analysis-
Leadoff memorandum of new NLRB General Counsel Robb draws immediate fire from Democrats
NLRB Republican majority goes to work and asks for comment on the so-called “quickie election” rule
Miscimarra is...more
NLRB seats fill, and more to come. The U.S. Senate confirmed William Emanuel as a member of the National Labor Relations Board on September 25, creating a Republican majority on the Board. Mr. Emanuel was a management-side...more
Back to the Past at VW Chattanooga? - On October 23, the United Auto Workers' Local 42 filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to represent a bargaining unit of skilled trades workers at Volkswagen's...more
10/29/2015
/ Airlines ,
Automotive Industry ,
Bargaining Units ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Casinos ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fiat ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Hospitals ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Preemption ,
Teamsters ,
Trump Administration ,
Union Dues ,
Union Elections ,
United Auto Workers ,
Volkswagen
On February 26, the District of Columbia’s new Wage Theft law became effective after a period for review by the U.S. Congress expired without any action being taken....more