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EntertainHR: NLRB Love Is Blind Complaint May Radically Alter Reality Television

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As reality television enthusiasts prepare for the Season 8 premiere of Netflix’s Love is Blind this Valentine’s Day, the show’s producers are navigating a recent National Labor Relations Board complaint that could lead to...more

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National Labor Relations Board Ditches Decades-Long Precedent on Employers’ Unionization Threats

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On November 8, in Siren Retail Corp., 373 NLRB No. 135 d/b/a Starbucks, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) overturned its categorical rule that immunized nearly all employers’ statements concerning the effects...more

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Sixth Circuit Clarifies Employer’s Bargaining Obligations During Public Health Emergencies

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In National Labor Relations Board v. Metro Man IV, LLC, Case No. 07-CA-264407 (6th Cir. Aug. 29, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit partly upheld and partly reversed a National Labor Relations Board...more

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First Court Decision Following Cemex Scraps Election Outcome that Defeated Union and Orders Employer to Bargain With Union

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On May 14, 2024, the United States District Court of Massachusetts granted the National Labor Relations Board’s first petition for injunctive relief under the new framework announced last year in Cemex Construction Materials...more

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D.C. Circuit Rejects NLRB Surveillance Decision as “Nonsense”

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Reversing the National Labor Relations Board’s decision in Sterns Produce Company v. NLRB, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected the Board’s reasoning that a company had engaged in unlawful surveillance...more

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It’s Protected: NLRB Finds “Black Lives Matter” Insignia on Employee Uniform Constitutes Protected Activity Under Circumstances

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The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), in a 3-1 decision, held that an employee’s display on their work uniform of “BLM,” an acronym for Black Lives Matter, constituted protected concerted activity under Section 7 of...more

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Connecticut Appellate Court Declines to Expand Definition of “Supervisor” for Hostile Work Environment Claims

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In a recent decision, the Connecticut Appellate Court held that “supervisor” for hostile work environment discrimination claims brought under Connecticut law is the same as applied in similar federal claims brought pursuant...more

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NLRB New Rule Affects How All Employers Should Approach Severance Agreements and Other Employment Contracts

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On February 21, 2023, in McLaren Macomb, No. 07–CA–263041, the National Labor Relations Board held that confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions are prohibited in severance agreements where they purport to limit an...more

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