On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held in Amazon.com Services LLC, 373 NLRB No. 136, that "captive-audience" meetings are unlawful under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Specifically, the...more
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In its recent Stericycle decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) modified its framework for evaluating whether employer work rules that do not expressly restrict employee Section 7 activity are...more
8/15/2023
/ Boeing ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Section 7 ,
Unions
Once again, the pendulum has swung, and this time, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has reversed Trump-era rulings that granted broad flexibility to employers in severance agreements. On Tuesday, the Board...more
Uncertainty looms as NLRB General Counsel seeks to upend a combined 127 years of settled labor law to help unions organize workplaces Labor law has long been somewhat prone to uncertainty and inconsistency. -
Each new...more
5/6/2022
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Special Meetings ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Elections ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions
In its recent General Motors LLC decision, the National Labor Relations Board fundamentally changed its framework for deciding whether employees engaging in offensive conduct or behavior are protected by Section 7 of the...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) began April by issuing a new rule geared towards improving case procedures for union representation elections. Specifically, the rule implements three amendments, addressing (1)...more
On February 26, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its long-awaited final rule narrowing the circumstances that will give rise to joint-employer liability. As expected, the NLRB returned to its...more
3/6/2020
/ Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Final Rules ,
Franchises ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Wage and Hour
At the end of 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its long-anticipated final rule somewhat restructuring its controversial 2014 election rules overhaul (rules sometimes referred to as the "quickie" or...more
1/14/2020
/ Ambush Election Rules ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Final Rules ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
New Rules ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Quickie Election Rules ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Union Elections ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a whirlwind series of rulings to cap off 2019. The NLRB typically issues many decisions near the end of a Board member's term, so this flurry comes as no surprise...more
1/10/2020
/ Banner Health System ,
Caesars ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Email ,
Email Policies ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Rights ,
Employment Policies ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Information Technology ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Purple Communications ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Union Dues ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions ,
Workplace Investigations
On September 14, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the joint-employer standard. Under the proposed rule, entities would be joint employers "if the two employers...more
9/19/2018
/ Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Deregulation ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Franchises ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Policies ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
On Monday February 26, 2018, the NLRB unanimously vacated its recent Hy-Brand decision from December 14, 2017, effectively reinstating the Obama-era Browning-Ferris test for determining joint-employer status established in...more
3/2/2018
/ Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Deregulation ,
Franchises ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Unions ,
Vacated ,
Wage and Hour
At the end of July, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued two decisions under its controversial Specialty Healthcare standard, approving of one “micro unit” and disavowing another in the retail context. The NLRB’s...more
In This Issue:
- ADA Reasonable Accommodation Requests: Avoid Rigid Policies and Consider Technology
- IRS Issues Guidance on Qualified Plan Amendments Regarding Same Sex Spouses
- OSHA to Refer Untimely...more
6/13/2014
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Disability ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
IRS ,
Marriage ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
OSHA ,
Qualified Health Plans ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Same-Sex Marriage
Now that the U.S. Senate has confirmed Richard Griffin, Jr. as general counsel to the National Labor Relations Board, employers can expect the NLRB to continue its aggressive enforcement of the National Labor Relations...more
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) petition to enforce its controversial ruling in Specialty Healthcare, 357 NLRB No. 174 (2011). ...more