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Enforcement Priorities The National Labor Relations Act

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Acting General Counsel Cowen Issues Memorandum Altering Guidance on Settlement Agreements

On May 16, 2025, Acting General Counsel (GC) William B. Cowen issued a memorandum addressing settlement agreements under the NLRA in a manner expected to remove material hurdles to negotiated resolutions. Acting GC Cowen’s...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

GC Nominee Likely Has Employer-Friendly NLRB Priorities

In March, President Donald Trump nominated Crystal Carey for the position of National Labor Relations Board general counsel. If the U.S. Senate confirms her nomination, Carey, who is an experienced labor relations...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Ushering in a New Era: NLRB Acting General Counsel Revokes Memos from Predecessor

After just 11 days in his new role, in mid-February, NLRB Acting General Counsel (GC) William B. Cowen circulated a GC memorandum to all NLRB field offices, revoking certain GC memoranda issued by former General Counsel...more

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Federal Crackdown on Worker Mobility Restrictions Continues Despite Early Setbacks

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Throughout the Biden Administration, worker mobility has been a touchstone of federal antitrust enforcement priorities. Despite several previous and well-publicized setbacks, federal agencies continue to pursue enforcement...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

NLRB General Counsel’s Expansion Of Remedies Could Pose New Liabilities And Headaches For Employers Who Simply Enforce Their...

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On April 8, 2024, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued GC Memo 24-04, which builds on previous GC memoranda from 2021 and 2022 where General Counsel Abruzzo announced her...more

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Federal Government Continues Assault on Non-Compete Agreements

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Making sense of the NLRB’s effort to limit non-compete agreements. In late May, Jennifer Abruzzo, the General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), issued Memorandum GC 23-08, in which she expressed her...more

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Busy Inside the Beltway: Recent Activity by the DOL, EEOC, NLRB and FTC

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Federal agencies responsible for employment-related matters have been busy in recent weeks issuing guidance, updated workplace posters, and more. Let’s get caught up...more

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Non-Competes with Rank and File Employees Targeted by NLRB

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Challenges to non-competes by the federal government continue unabated under the Biden Administration. In the latest effort by the federal government to curtail the use of non-competes, which are traditionally governed by...more

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Tensions Continue to Rise as Labor Organizing and Enforcement Both Increase Going in to 2023

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As union organizing increases and covers industries not traditionally captured by unions, the landscape for employers is changing rapidly. Below are the key items employers (both union and non-union) should keep in mind for...more

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Electronic Monitoring in the Workplace: NLRB General Counsel Tips the Scale Toward Broadening the Scope of Employee Protections

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the attendant shift toward remote work, together with recent technological advances, have drastically expanded the reach of employers' capacity to manage and monitor employees both in and outside of...more

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A Powerful “One-Two” Punch: NLRB and DOL Signal Contractor Classification Crackdown

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Transportation providers would do well to pay close attention to twin developments unfolding before the NLRB and the DOL that could have a very detrimental effect on those providers who use independent contractors as drivers,...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

NLRB GC Announces Initiative Seeking 10(j) Relief For Threats Or Coercive Conduct During Organizing Campaigns

On February 1, 2022, the General Counsel (“GC”) of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced a new initiative encouraging NLRB Regions to seek injunctive relief under Section 10 of the National Labor Relations Act...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

BREAKING: The Department of Labor and The National Labor Relations Board Announce Agreement Enhancing Cooperation Between the...

On January 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that the two agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) detailing procedures on information-sharing,...more

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