Seyfarth Synopsis: An important issue for colleges and universities is whether faculty are “managerial” employees under the National Labor Relations Act, and thus precluded from union organizing. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 1, 2017, the newly-confirmed General Counsel of the National Relations Board, Peter Robb, issued a memorandum to the NLRB regional offices listing legal issues that should be submitted for...more
12/15/2017
/ Columbia University ,
Jurisdiction ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Northwestern University ,
Pacific Lutheran University ,
Policy Memorandums ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Religious Schools ,
Section 7 ,
Student Athletes ,
Teaching Assistants ,
Unfair Labor Practices
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 1, 2017, the newly-confirmed General Counsel of the National Relations Board, Peter Robb, issued a memorandum to the NLRB regional offices listing legal issues that should be submitted for...more
12/14/2017
/ Columbia University ,
Employee Definition ,
Jurisdiction ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Northwestern University ,
Pacific Lutheran University ,
Policy Memorandums ,
Religious Schools ,
Section 7 ,
Student Athletes ,
Teaching Assistants ,
Unfair Labor Practices
Seyfarth Synopsis: In a last minute attempt to leave his mark on the NLRB, the Board’s outgoing General Counsel issued a report attempting to expand the rights of university faculty and students, including scholarship...more
2/2/2017
/ Colleges ,
Columbia University ,
Faculty ,
Jurisdiction ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Northwestern University ,
Pacific Lutheran University ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Religious Schools ,
Student Athletes ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions ,
Universities