A federal judge in Oregon has struck down the requirement that cannabis companies enter into a labor peace agreement (LPA) as a condition of obtaining or renewing a license. See Casala v. Kotek, D. Oregon, May 20, 2025....more
6/10/2025
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On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) overturned Babcock & Wilcox, 77 NLRB 577 (1948), which had—for over 75 years—protected employers’ right to hold mandatory meetings on their premises to...more
11/20/2024
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On November 8, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) released its decision in Siren Retail Corp., 373 NLRB No. 135, holding that employers may violate the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or the...more
On July 21, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board simplified its legal standard for determining whether an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act when it disciplines employees for engaging in abusive conduct...more