Introduction Over a year and a half since the pandemic first started to take its toll on the health and welfare of individuals and the economy, the country is still reeling and struggling to recover. Some employers and...more
9/7/2021
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Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRB ,
OSHA ,
Supply Chain ,
Telecommuting ,
Unions ,
Vaccinations
There’s a new sheriff in town at the National Labor Relations Board, and she is charting a new course for the Board. On August 12, the NLRB's new general counsel (GC), Jennifer Abruzzo, issued Memorandum 21-04, instructing...more
8/20/2021
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Collective Bargaining ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Policy Statement ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Unions
Effective February 6, 2020, New York employees who are out of work due to a labor dispute, such as a strike, are eligible to collect unemployment benefits after a waiting period of only 14 days....more
On December 13, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) issued a new Final Rule amending its procedures for union elections and scaling back the Obama–era “quickie election” rules. To be clear, the Final Rule does...more
On September 9, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its decision in The Boeing Company, 368 NLRB No. 67 (2019), clarifying an earlier ruling and reinstating the traditional community of interest standard...more
The alternative dispute resolution landscape continues to evolve for employers with unionized workforces. Anheuser-Busch, LCC, 367 NLRB 123 (May 22, 2019), is the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) latest decision on the...more
5/29/2019
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Anheuser-Busch ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Bargaining Units ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
First Amendment ,
Grievance Process ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Labor Relations ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
Motion to Compel ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Pre-Employment Agreements ,
Race Discrimination ,
Retaliation ,
Unions