On July 16, President Donald Trump nominated to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) Boeing’s chief labor counsel, Scott Mayer, and former NLRB attorney James Murphy. To be seated as Board members, Mayer and...more
On Feb. 14, the NLRB’s acting GC, Cowen, issued a memorandum to Board personnel rescinding more than 30 “GC memoranda” issued by the former GC, Abruzzo. Cowen’s action – which had been expected after President Donald Trump...more
As part of the flurry of executive actions taken during the first week of his administration, President Donald Trump has terminated the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board), as well as one...more
In 2024, labor law continued to generally favor employees under the Biden National Labor Relations Board (the Board). Notable developments included establishment of an employee right to wear clothes espousing political speech...more
1/29/2025
/ Biden Administration ,
Constructive Discharge ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Political Speech ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 7 ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions
Early in his presidency, Joe Biden promised to be “the most pro-union President leading the most pro-union administration in American history.” ...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) recently revived its “blocking charge” policy, voluntary recognition process and construction industry bargaining relationship policy by returning to its pre-April 2020...more
8/22/2024
/ Biden Administration ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Construction Industry ,
Final Rules ,
New Rules ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Section 7 ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Elections ,
Unions
Four months ago, we told you about a brewing labor law issue – whether the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) must satisfy the traditional preliminary injunction standard to secure an injunction against an...more
In a follow-up to our December 2022 blog post and December 2023 year-end roundup alert regarding the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB or Board) decision in Thryv, Inc., the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more
There was little doubt that the current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the “Board”) would overrule the Trump-era test in The Boeing Company for evaluating work rules in favor of a more employee-friendly standard. The...more
“You get more remedies! You get more remedies! Everybody gets more remedies!”
Employers found to have committed an unfair labor practice (ULP) now may be required to compensate employees for interest and late fees on...more
BakerHostetler’s COVID-19 Labor and Employment Issues Task Force issued a set of FAQs on March 18, 2020 and another on March 30, 2020 regarding general legal issues concerning the COVID-19 pandemic....more
4/7/2020
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Layoffs ,
NLRB ,
Paid Leave ,
Sick Leave ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Unemployment Insurance ,
Unions
Please join us for BakerHostetler's “Labor and Employment Law Under the Trump Administration.” This daylong seminar is designed to offer all new high-level courses, hitting specific and practical headline issues that will be...more
1/10/2017
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
C-Suite Executives ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Directors ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employment Policies ,
Events ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Immigration Reform ,
Joint Employers ,
Judicial Appointments ,
NLRB ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Retirement Plan ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblowers ,
Workplace Investigations
On April 17, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) decision finding a local branch of the Amalgamated Transit Union (“Union”) could...more
As recent high-profile cyberattacks have demonstrated, employers have a duty to protect their employees’ electronically stored personal information from being accessed by hackers, and to promptly remedy any breach in security...more
11/24/2014
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Popular ,
Unions ,
USPS
As we previously reported, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Noel Canning v. NLRB, 705 F.3d 490 (D.C. Cir. 2013) struck down President Barack Obama’s “recess appointments” of three members of the...more
From the time of his initial run for President, and throughout his time in office, President Barack Obama has had the near universal support of organized labor....more
Over the past several years, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) has engaged in an aggressive campaign to extend its reach into non-union workplaces with the goal of facilitating unionization....more