On June 28, 2024 the Supreme Court overruled the 40-year-old landmark ruling known as Chevron, a doctrine of administrative law that has until now required courts to defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous...more
7/10/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Chevron Deference ,
Government Agencies ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Magnuson-Moss Act ,
NLRB ,
Relentless Inc v US Department of Commerce ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) ,
Unions
Expressing palpable frustration with an employer that committed many unfair labor practice charges after a union filed an election petition, and acknowledging the lack of serious disincentives to engage in unlawful behavior...more
On August 2, 2023, the NLRB further limited employers’ flexibility in designing work rules by holding that all work rules will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and no work rules will get an automatic pass....more
For many years construction contractors that bid on public works projects have had to contend with complying with prevailing wage and benefit, apprenticeship program, certified payroll, and Labor Commissioner registration...more
7/8/2021
/ Apprenticeships ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Governor Murphy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
New Legislation ,
Project Labor Agreements ,
Public Projects ,
Public Works ,
State Contractors ,
Underserved Locations ,
Unions
In a positive development for non-union contractors, a federal judge has reaffirmed the traditional defenses available to employers that face claims they are running unlawful double-breasted operations. On March 20, 2020 the...more
The recent, temporary Republican majority at the NLRB brought several important changes to Board decisions issued during the Obama Administration. In early December Republican appointees of President Trump briefly held a...more
On August 27, 2015, in a long-awaited and 3-2 decision, the National Labor Relations Board announced a new, lowered standard for determining whether a business is a joint employer of a work force hired by a separate employer...more
9/1/2015
/ Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Right to Control ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Teamsters ,
Temporary Employees ,
Unions