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New NLRB Acting General Counsel’s Actions and Increased White House Oversight Signal Shift in Enforcement

National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel William B. Cowen on February 14, 2025 changed the course of the agency’s strategic goals by rescinding more than a dozen memos penned by former General Counsel Jennifer...more

2/25/2025 / Enforcement Actions , Executive Orders , Labor Reform , Labor Relations , NLRA , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Regulatory Agenda , Trump Administration , Unfair Labor Practices

NLRB Changes Standard for Lawful Employer Statements During Union Organizing Campaigns

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) issued its decision on November 8, 2024 in Siren Retail Corp. d/b/a Starbucks, which changes the test for determining what an employer may lawfully say during an...more

11/13/2024 / Employer Liability Issues , NLRA , NLRB , Unfair Labor Practices , Unions

NLRB General Counsel Expands Crackdown on Non-Competes with New Focus on ‘Stay-or-Pay’ Agreements

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo released GC Memo 25-01 on October 7, 2024 further urging the Board to find non-compete agreements, particularly “stay-or-pay” practices, unlawful and...more

10/16/2024 / Contract Terms , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Contract , NLRA , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Non-Compete Agreements , Restrictive Covenants , Section 7

NLRB Issues New Joint Employer Rule Affirming Expansive Joint Employer Status

The NLRB recently published its final rule on the standard for determining joint employer status, broadening the circumstances under which separate businesses can be considered joint employers—thereby making them obligated to...more

11/2/2023 / Employer Liability Issues , Franchisee , Franchisors , Joint Employers , NLRB

National Labor Relations Board Reinstates ‘Quickie’ Election Rules

In a move that marks the return of the Board’s “quickie” election rules, the National Labor Relations Board has announced changes to its representation-case procedures that will dramatically accelerate the pre-election...more

8/29/2023 / Employer Liability Issues , NLRB , Quickie Election Rules , Union Elections , Unions

NLRB Seeks to Broadly Expand Joint Employer Standard

In a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published on September 7, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) proposes an initial regulation that would fundamentally change the definition of “joint employer,” replacing...more

9/12/2022 / Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. , Joint Employers , NLRA , NLRB , Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) , Right to Control , Unions

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New NLRB Acting General Counsel’s Actions and Increased White House Oversight Signal Shift in Enforcement

NLRB Changes Standard for Lawful Employer Statements During Union Organizing Campaigns

NLRB General Counsel Expands Crackdown on Non-Competes with New Focus on ‘Stay-or-Pay’ Agreements

NLRB Issues New Joint Employer Rule Affirming Expansive Joint Employer Status

National Labor Relations Board Reinstates ‘Quickie’ Election Rules

NLRB Seeks to Broadly Expand Joint Employer Standard

Mark Stolzenburg

Morgan Lewis

Popular Topics by This Author

Latest Posts › NLRB

New NLRB Acting General Counsel’s Actions and Increased White House Oversight Signal Shift in Enforcement

NLRB Changes Standard for Lawful Employer Statements During Union Organizing Campaigns

NLRB General Counsel Expands Crackdown on Non-Competes with New Focus on ‘Stay-or-Pay’ Agreements

NLRB Issues New Joint Employer Rule Affirming Expansive Joint Employer Status

National Labor Relations Board Reinstates ‘Quickie’ Election Rules

NLRB Seeks to Broadly Expand Joint Employer Standard

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