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Exit Strategies for Healthcare Employment Agreements
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The Power of Lawyer Letters
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The D.C. Circuit’s April 22, 2025 decision offers an important lesson on joint-employer cases under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or “Act”): without an ongoing contractual relationship, the dispute can vanish in a...more
Were you paying attention to all the workplace law developments in 2023? While it’s hard to keep up with so many changes, you can take our quiz to test your knowledge and see how you stack up. But don’t worry if you get a...more
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The National Labor Relations Board’s new Final Rule for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act expands the current standard by allowing the Board to find joint-employer status if an entity...more
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With two appointments by President Trump, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had a Republican majority for several months in 2017, for the first time in ten years. The “Trump Board” wasted no time overturning Obama-era...more
On December 1, 2017, two weeks after being sworn in, NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb issued his first GC Memorandum. When the General Counsel’s office changes hands from one party to the other, some disruption is expected....more
The newly installed General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board published a memorandum late last week indicating that the General Counsel is preparing to push to reverse many of the controversial positions taken...more
An employer violated the National Labor Relations Act when it discharged an employee who protested an unlawful confidentiality policy, even though the employee protested without the involvement of any coworkers, the U.S....more
I am a really big fan of the NPR radio show, “Car Talk,” where two Boston auto mechanics took callers’ questions and tried to answer them. Since the November 8 election, I have freely adapted one of their signature phrases –...more
As the National Labor Relations Board (the "Board"), traditionally the arbiter of all issues involving labor and unions, continues to broaden its reach into the world of non-union employers, it has begun to dismantle...more