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NLRB Issues Complaint for Athlete Misclassification against NCAA, Pac-12, and USC

On May 18, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board’s (the Board) regional director in Region 31 issued a complaint against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the Pac-12 Conference, and the University of...more

5/24/2023 / College Athletes , Colleges , Joint Employers , Misclassification , NCAA , NLRA , NLRB , Non-Employees , School Sports , Universities

NLRB General Counsel Sends Strong Message That Many Scholarship Athletes are "Employees"

On September 29, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memorandum GC-21-08, in which she explained her position that the NLRB will consider many scholarship athletes to be “employees” under the National Labor Relations...more

10/1/2021 / College Athletes , Colleges , Compensation , Employee Definition , Employees , NCAA , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Universities

NLRB Paves the Way for Graduate Student Unions

NLRB withdraws proposed rule intended to benefit private colleges and universities: The March 15, 2021 Federal Register contained an unwelcome surprise for private colleges and universities. The National Labor Relations Board...more

3/17/2021 / Colleges , Graduate Students , NLRA , NLRB , Private Schools , Proposed Rules , Student Employees , Students , Unions , Universities

Reed College’s Student Workers Will Be Permitted to Hold Union Election

Reed College has been directed to permit a subset of its student workers (known as Housing Advisers or HAs) to hold an election to form a union. Reed College opposed an election arguing that: 1) HAs cannot meet the statutory...more

3/8/2018 / Collective Bargaining , Colleges , Columbia University , Educational Institutions , NLRB , Student Employees , Unions , Universities

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