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The Labor Law Insider - Pause Before You Discipline: NLRB Turns Against Civility in Lion Elastomers Decision, Part II [Audio]

In this episode, the second of two, host Tom Godar and guest Rufino Gaytán continue to discuss the impact of the National Labor Relations Board’s Lion Elastomers decision, allowing problematic behavior to be wrapped in the...more

6/27/2023  /  NLRB , Workplace Safety

The Labor Law Insider - Pause Before You Discipline: NLRB Turns Against Civility in Lion Elastomers Decision [Audio]

Host Tom Godar and his guest Rufino Gaytán tackle the newly expanded protections offered employees under the National Labor Relations Board’s Lion Elastomers decision, published May 1, 2023. As part of the ping-pong effect of...more

6/6/2023  /  Employment Policies , Enforcement , Hostile Environment , NLRA , NLRB , Unions

The Labor Law Insider: Non-Disclosure and Non-Disparagement Agreements under Fire: A New Board Decision and a New General Counsel... [Audio]

In the second installment of this two-part Labor Law Insider podcast, attorneys Terry Potter and Tom O’Day join host Tom Godar to discuss the impact of the National Labor Relations Board decision of McLaren Macomb, as well as...more

4/28/2023  /  Confidentiality Agreements , Contract Terms , NLRA , NLRB , Non-Compete Agreements , Non-Disclosure Agreement , Non-Disparagement Provisions , Section 7 , Separation Agreement , Severance Agreements

The Labor Law Insider: Non-Disclosure and Non-Disparagement Agreements under Fire: A New Board Decision and a New General Counsel... [Audio]

The Labor Law Insider invites two experienced counsel, attorneys Terry Potter and Tom O’Day, to explore the implications of the National Labor Relations Board’s decision in McLaren Macomb, issued in late February, as well as...more

4/13/2023  /  Confidentiality Agreements , Contract Terms , NLRA , NLRB , Non-Compete Agreements , Non-Disclosure Agreement , Non-Disparagement Provisions , Section 7 , Separation Agreement , Severance Agreements

The Labor Law Insider: Joint Employer Standards Changes, Part II [Audio]

Host Tom Godar continues his discussion with partners Tyler Hibler and Tracy Wolf of Husch Blackwell as they discuss anticipated changes to joint employer standards by the National Labor Relations Board. The discussion also...more

11/15/2022  /  Department of Labor (DOL) , Employment Standards Act , Enforcement , Government Entities , Joint Employers , Labor Regulations , Labor Relations , NLRB , Unions

The Labor Law Insider: Joint Employer Standard Changes: Beware, Part I [Audio]

Husch Blackwell's Tom Godar of the Labor Law Insider welcomes two new experts as they discuss the shifting standards for joint employer status and the significant impact they can have upon employers, both union and...more

10/21/2022  /  Employer Liability Issues , Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) , Joint Employers , NLRA , NLRB , Title VII , Unemployment , Unfair Labor Practices , Unions

The Labor Law Insider: Better Change Your Policies, Part II [Audio]

In Part II, Husch Blackwell's Labor Law Insiders Tyler Paetkau and Olga Savage continue their discussion with host Tom Godar regarding the shifting standards applied by the National Labor Relations Board to traditional...more

9/29/2022  /  Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , NLRB

The Labor Law Insider: Better Change Your Policies, Including Social Media [Audio]

Labor Law Insider host Tom Godar welcomes two new Labor Law Insiders as they discuss the shifting standards applied by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to traditional employment policies found in almost every...more

9/13/2022  /  Biden Administration , Corporate Counsel , Employee Handbooks , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Social Media , Social Media Policy

The Labor Law Insider: NLRB Adopts Pro-Labor Remedies for Alleged Unfair Labor Practices, Part III [Audio]

Part III of the Labor Law Insider discussing new and harsher remedies by the National Labor Relations Board reviews the latest General Counsel memorandum highlighting the scope of these new remedies. In addition, Labor Law...more

8/4/2022  /  Injunctive Relief , NLRA , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Unfair Labor Practices , Unions

The Labor Law Insider: NLRB Adopts Pro-Labor Remedies for Alleged Unfair Labor Practices, Part II [Audio]

In Part II of their conversation on unfair labor practice remedies, Husch Blackwell's Labor Law Insiders Tom Godar, Terry Potter, Adam Doerr and Rufino Gaytán review the National Labor Relations Board’s more aggressive...more

7/22/2022  /  Injunctive Relief , NLRA , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Unfair Labor Practices

The Labor Law Insider: NLRB Adopts Pro-Labor Remedies for Alleged Unfair Labor Practices [Audio]

Husch Blackwell's Labor Law Insiders, Thomas Godar, Terry Potter, Rufino Gaytán and Adam Doerr offer context to recent NLRB memoranda, including background to NLRB remedies. The panelists contrast the historical reach of NLRB...more

6/29/2022  /  Injunctive Relief , NLRA , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Unfair Labor Practices

The Labor Law Insider | Offensive Speech in the Workplace - Part II: Drawing the Line [Audio]

In this Labor Law Insider podcast episode, Tom Godar is joined by Husch Blackwell attorney Sonni Nolan and firm alum Kat Pearlstone, as they conclude their exploration on protection of employees' speech under the National...more

4/18/2022  /  NLRA , NLRB , Offensive Language , Protected Concerted Activity , Section 7

The Labor Law Insider: New York Amazon Employees Vote for Union - What Do We Learn? [Audio]

Tom Godar, of counsel at Husch Blackwell, and host of the Labor Law Insider, explores the impact of the successful union election campaign at Amazon’s Staten Island distribution center. This is in contrast to the ongoing...more

4/5/2022  /  Amazon , NLRB , Union Elections , Union Organizers , Unions

The Labor Law Insider: Offensive Speech in the Workplace - Crossing the Line [Audio]

In this Labor Law Insider podcast episode, Tom Godar and fellow Husch Blackwell attorneys Sonni Nolan and Kat Pearlstone explore the breadth of National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protection of employee speech that can be...more

3/28/2022  /  Employee Rights , Labor Relations , NLRA , NLRB , Protected Concerted Activity , Section 7 , Unions

The Labor Law Insider: Beware the Unfair Labor Practice - Not Just for Unions Anymore [Audio]

In this episode, Husch Blackwell's Tom Godar, Kat Pearlstone and Sonni Nolan take an in-depth look at what an unfair labor practice is, why non-union employers need to be wary of these federal law violations, and how to avoid...more

11/12/2021  /  Employer Liability Issues , Federal Labor Laws , Labor Law Violations , NLRA , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Remedies , Unfair Labor Practices

NLRB General Counsel’s Wish List: Reverse The Trump Board

After President Biden won the November 2020 general election, nobody really expected the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB’s”) employer-friendly doctrines to survive the new Administration. And they won’t...more

8/16/2021  /  Employee Handbooks , Independent Contractors , Joe Biden , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Protected Concerted Activity , Unions , Wage and Hour

The Labor Law Insider: The Biden Administration - Expected Changes at the NLRB (Part III) [Audio]

In Part III of the Labor Law Insider podcast series focused on expected changes at the National Labor Relations Board, Husch Blackwell attorneys David Hertel and Laura Malugade discuss, with Tom Godar, two potential...more

7/30/2021  /  Biden Administration , Labor Relations , Micro-Unions , NLRA , NLRB , Remote Working , Union Organizers , Unions

The Labor Law Insider: The Biden Administration - Expected Changes at the NLRB (Part I) [Audio]

Regardless of whether you have a unionized or union-free workforce, join us to listen to the first episode in our series, “The Biden Administration: Expected Changes at the NLRB.” Husch Blackwell's Tom Godar, Kat Pearlstone...more

6/16/2021  /  Biden Administration , Labor Reform , Labor Regulations , NLRB , Unions

The Biden Administration: Expected Changes At The NLRB

Transitions between administrations are always about change, in policies as well as personnel. Historically, the decisions of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) shift with changes in administrations and presidential...more

5/3/2021  /  Administrative Appointments , Biden Administration , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Unions

Micro-Units Are Back In Healthcare Union Organizing

Hospitals and non-acute care settings beware: Micro-Units are about to make their way back into Healthcare Union organizing. Over the coming months, we can expect to see many significant changes to labor issues affecting...more

3/29/2021  /  Bargaining Units , Biden Administration , CNA , Healthcare Facilities , Hospitals , Micro-Unions , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Specialty Healthcare , Union Organizers , Unions

How To Analyze Employer Handbook Rules In Light Of Boeing

An analysis of the NLRB General Counsel’s Memorandum- Introduction- On June 6, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) General Counsel (“GC”) released a memorandum providing guidance on the NLRB’s recent...more

7/6/2018  /  Boeing , Employee Handbooks , Employee Rights , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , NLRA , NLRB , NLRB General Counsel , Section 7

A Significant Victory For Employer Use Of Individual Arbitration Agreements

The United States Supreme Court settled a controversy that had been brewing for half a decade as to whether the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) made enforceable individual agreements to arbitrate employment-related claims in...more

5/30/2018  /  Arbitration , Arbitration Agreements , Class Action Arbitration Waivers , Epic Systems Corp v Lewis , Ernst & Young v Morris , Federal Arbitration Act , Murphy Oil v NLRB , NLRA , NLRB , Remand , Reversal , Savings Clause , SCOTUS
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