Labor Law Violations, Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA), NLRB

NLRB GC Declares Secret Recordings in Bargaining a Per Se NLRA Violation

Burr & Forman on 8/15/2025

On June 26, 2025, the Acting General Counsel of the NLRB, William B. Cowen, issued GC Memorandum 25-07 (“Memorandum”) asserting that secretly recording collective-bargaining sessions – without the knowledge or consent of the...more

NLRB Reinstates Broad Deferral of Discrimination Cases to Arbitration, Overruling the Obama Board’s 2014 Decision in Babcock &...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/3/2020

The Trump National Labor Relations Board (Board or NLRB) gifted employers a significant win on the eve of the Christmas holiday with its December 23 decision in United Parcel Service, Inc., 369 NLRB No. 1 (UPS), which...more

NLRB Gives End of Year Gift for Employers, Restores Longstanding Standard for Deferring to Arbitral Decisions

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 1/3/2020

In yet another end-of-2019 decision overruling significant NLRA precedent, the Board reverted to the less stringent Spielberg / Olin standard for determining whether to defer to arbitration decisions in the context of Section...more

NLRB Revives Prior Standard on Arbitral Deference

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/27/2019

On December 23, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB, or the Board) overturned an Obama-era decision regarding deference to labor arbitration proceedings....more

NLRB Approves Unilateral Benefits Changes Consistent with Past Practice

Polsinelli on 10/23/2018

In a 3-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) ruled that E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company (“DuPont”) did not violate the National Labor Relations Act ( “Act”) by implementing unilateral changes...more

The Election is Over, Now What?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/22/2016

Now that the election is over, many clients and friends are asking what labor and employment law might look like under the soon to be President Trump. Of course, no one can predict exactly what will happen in the coming term....more