In recent weeks, the National Labor Relations Board has issued several labor-friendly decisions, quickly checking off key items on General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo's agenda. On November 30, 2022, the General Counsel released...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issues "make whole" remedies. What that entails is changing drastically. Because non-union employers will be disproportionately affected, the stronger remedies might come as an...more
I've bargained "virtually" several times, had pre-hearing conference calls via Zoom, and have had an arbitration by Zoom. My clients have mixed feelings about those experiences. Virtual bargaining has been particularly...more
In Verizon Wireless, decided June 24, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board held that employers have the right to search employees' personal property, including their vehicles, when on company premises. The Board also...more
Employers have long been allowed to ban employee solicitations of union support in work areas on work time, but they cannot ban general discussion of unions or protected activity. The definition of what constitutes a...more