The Spring 2024 edition of the Advisor is a compilation of good and bad news for employers. On the good news side, we discuss several current challenges to administrative agency authority in general, and the National Labor...more
3/28/2024
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Ambush Election Rules ,
Basketball ,
Board Members ,
Chevron Deference ,
Employee Definition ,
Franchises ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Student Athletes ,
Union Elections ,
Unions
Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2023 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. In this issue of the Advisor, we cover three of those sharply divided...more
10/10/2023
/ Boeing ,
Compliance ,
Compliance Dates ,
Contract Terms ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Policies ,
Independent Contractors ,
Multi-Factor Test ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Nurses ,
Pensions ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Section 7
Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Summer 2022 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. In this issue, the Advisor takes a small departure from our usual...more
On January 20, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that union membership in the United States had dropped to a historic all-time low. The decline in membership is prompting unions to...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
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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
The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new general counsel wasted no time in issuing comprehensive guidelines to the agency unequivocally indicating that the era of unbridled activism and overreach by the Board will...more