On July 24, National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel (AGC) William B. Cowen issued Memorandum GC 25-08 (the “Salting Memo”), which provides case processing guidance to the Regions for investigating...more
On October 7, 2024, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo issued GC Memorandum 25-01, consisting of two parts. First, the GC urges the NLRB to provide make-whole relief to employees if the Board...more
The National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel recently published a memo, along with other resources, to clarify parts of the Board’s recent decision dealing with union organizing demands for bargaining orders.1 The...more
11/14/2023
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions
On June 1, 2023, in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters, the United States Supreme Court ruled for the employer in a case with significant implications for the right of unions to strike and the right of employers to respond to...more
6/8/2023
/ Economic Damages ,
Employees ,
Glacier Northwest v International Brotherhood of Teamsters ,
NLRA ,
Preemption ,
Property Damage ,
Protected Activity ,
Right to Strike ,
SCOTUS ,
Strike ,
Teamsters ,
Unions
On November 4, 2021, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), soliciting public comments regarding potential revision of the Board’s rules and regulations to...more
On March 12, 2021, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) announced that it is withdrawing a rule proposed in September 2019 that would have excluded undergraduate and graduate students at private colleges and...more
On July 31, 2019, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 834 into law, strengthening and amending the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 (“IEPA”). Key changes to the IEPA take effect on September 29, 2019 and include...more
8/5/2019
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Job Applicants ,
New Legislation ,
NLRA ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Gap ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Section 7 ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour
On April 12, 2019, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) signed legislation effectively banning local governments from passing right-to-work ordinances. Public Act 101-0003, titled the “Collective Bargaining Freedom Act,”...more
When drafting a collective bargaining agreement, employers often insist on a management-rights clause. That clause reserves to the employer the right to take unilateral action, with respect to certain terms and conditions of...more