Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Spring 2023 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. In this edition of the Advisor, we take a deeper dive into the...more
6/14/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Employment Contract ,
Hiring & Firing ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Disparagement Provisions ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Section 7 ,
Severance Agreements ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Unions
On April 20, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) imposed a host of expanded remedies against an employer that allegedly committed a number of repeated labor law violations in the context of collective bargaining....more
4/24/2023
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Administrative Remedies ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Labor Law Violations ,
NLRB ,
Remedies ,
Statutory Violations ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions
In a decision dated September 30, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that employers must continue to collect voluntarily authorized union dues from the paychecks of employees after the expiration of the...more
10/11/2022
/ Bethlehem Steel ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Contract Negotiations ,
Dues Checkoff ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Statutory Requirements ,
Union Dues ,
Unions
Another wild swing of the pendulum?
Since the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was not created until after his passing, Ben Franklin can be forgiven for mistakenly observing that the only certain things in life are...more
In late July, Jennifer A. Abruzzo was confirmed as the new general counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The vote was 51-50 and required Vice President Kamala Harris to cast the tie-breaking vote....more
On the eve of his election, President Joe Biden promised to “be the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen.” True to his word, his administration has thus far granted organized labor’s every ask. Only 23 minutes into his...more
7/15/2021
/ Arbitration ,
Biden Administration ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Employment Contract ,
Labor Reform ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Presidential Nominations ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the winter 2020 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. This special double issue offers readers a thorough year in review of...more
3/11/2020
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Boeing ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Property Owners ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Union Elections ,
Unions
The COVID-19 outbreak implicates many different laws for employers to consider as they develop and refine their responses to rapidly changing circumstances.
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is just one of these laws....more
3/11/2020
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Duty of Confidentiality ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health and Safety ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
PHI ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Section 7 ,
Unions
Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the summer 2019 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. This edition examines the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new...more
9/18/2019
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Auer Deference ,
Bargaining Units ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Contract Negotiations ,
Contract Terms ,
Employment Policies ,
First Amendment ,
Judicial Estoppel ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions
Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), employees have the right to determine whether union representation is in their best interests. The freedom of employees to make this critical choice in an atmosphere free of...more
8/15/2019
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Comment Period ,
Construction Industry ,
Contract Terms ,
Majority Voting Policies ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NPRM ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions
Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the spring 2018 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. This issue examines the evolution of the controversial joint-employer...more