The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) has begun to significantly curtail services as the agency moves to implement a March 14 Executive Order, Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, that directs...more
3/28/2025
/ Dispute Resolution ,
Employment Policies ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Government Agencies ,
Labor Relations ,
Layoffs ,
Mediation ,
NLRB ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions
Happy New Year! As we kick off 2025, we’re exploring key legal trends for employers, with a focus on the implications of the incoming Trump administration.
In this episode, attorneys from Epstein Becker Green's Employment,...more
This week, we asked a few of our labor and employment attorneys to recap the most significant challenges their clients faced in 2024:
It has been a pivotal year for employers, marked by challenges to federal agency...more
This week, we’re elaborating on the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) controversial joint-employer rule:
The joint-employer rule published by the NLRB on October 26, expanded the definition of the rule in ways that...more
On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or “Board”) issued its Final Rule (the “Rule”) on Joint-Employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Slated to take effect on December 26, 2023,...more
On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or “Board”) issued its Final Rule (the “Rule”) on Joint-Employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Slated to take effect on December 26, 2023,...more
It has been a decision-packed summer at the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”), and the last weeks of summer were especially active, with a number of significant decisions released at the end of August that...more
9/11/2023
/ Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Representatives ,
Unions
On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) announced a long-anticipated Decision that will affect how employers craft, apply and enforce workplace policies in almost all workplaces, regardless...more
Shocking few NLRB observers, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in The Atlanta Opera, Inc., Case 10-RC-276292, a 3-1 decision issued June 13, 2023, announced its modified standard for analyzing whether workers are...more
6/28/2023
/ Biden Administration ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Freelance Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Reform ,
Misclassification ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Wage and Hour