On April 1, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board announced it will not extend its temporary suspension of Board-conducted elections past April 3, 2020. Instead, it will resume conducting elections beginning on Monday,...more
Union security and dues checkoff are both important subjects that come up during collective bargaining. In this episode of the Third Thursdays podcast, Ruthie Goodboe discusses the impact of union security and dues checkoff...more
Both union and non-union employers need to be sure that their policies and procedures do not violate Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act. In this episode of the Third Thursdays podcast, Ruthie Goodboe and Sarah...more
The issue of whether faculty at private colleges and universities are entitled to the protections of the National Labor Relations Act is still in flux—and cases on this topic can provide useful insight for other industries as...more
5/10/2019
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Collective Bargaining ,
Colleges ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Professors ,
Section 7 ,
Strategic Planning ,
Teachers ,
Unions ,
Universities
Recent cases and guidance from the National Labor Relations Board signal a shift in the standards for determining the legality of employer work rules. In this episode, Ruthie Goodboe from our Pittsburgh and Detroit (Metro)...more
10/31/2018
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Boeing ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Retroactive Application ,
Section 7 ,
Unions
Between September 26, 2017, when for the first time in nearly a decade Republicans controlled the majority at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and December 16, 2017, when Chairman Philip Miscimarra’s term expired...more
2/6/2018
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Boeing ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Opinion Letter ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tip-Pooling ,
Unions ,
Unpaid Interns ,
Wage and Hour
Last week, while legislators debated in Lansing, union supporters demonstrated outside the capitol. Now that right-to-work is the law in Michigan for the public and private sectors, the demonstrations may be over, but unions...more
As expected and amid demonstrations by thousands of union supporters, the Michigan House of Representatives passed SB 116 and HB 4003, and both bills were signed by Governor Rick Snyder. Now officially known as PA 348 of 2012...more
On December 6, 2012, the Michigan Senate passed two bills (SB 116 and HB 4003) and the House passed one bill (HB 4052), making Michigan poised to become the 24th state with a right-to-work law. These bills would prohibit any...more