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The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) – an association of several hundred employers and employer associations – sent letters to US Attorney General Pam Bondi to direct the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to...more
On 20 March, we published the first in this two-part series about the legal developments being watched closely by resource sector businesses in 2025 that could significantly impact their labour strategies. With margins...more
With one stroke of his pen, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new Acting General Counsel, William Cowen, has effectively dismantled more than two dozen key Biden-era initiatives that favored employees and unions. ...more
The concept of works council participation has a long tradition in Germany, dating back to the Weimar Republic following World War I. Information and consultation rights for employee representatives were introduced by the...more
The National Labor Relations Board (the Board) voted 3-1 on November 13, 2024, (along party lines, with Member Kaplan dissenting) to prohibit so-called "captive audience" meetings.1 In doing so, the Board overturned...more
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) announced a tentative agreement on a new six-year contract. Both parties described the deal as a “win-win,” addressing the...more
Decisions and policies under the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") have become increasingly politicized the last few decades resulting in significant swings between pro-employer and pro-union/employee...more
Was 2024 a great year for the UK economy? No. Do UK businesses at least now have greater clarity regarding the details of the upcoming changes in employment law? Also no....more
In the spirit of the season, we are using our annual "12 Days of California Labor and Employment" blog series to address new California laws and their impact on employers. On the seventh day of the holidays, my labor and...more
On Tuesday, December 10, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision that will make it more difficult for a unionized employer to make unilateral changes to working conditions. The decision, Endurance...more
For decades, employers faced with ongoing workplace unionization could hold a mandatory meeting, on paid time, to educate employees on the potential impacts of unionization and offer the employer’s perspective on unionizing...more
What employers should do to avoid violation - On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) ruled that captive audience meetings— mandatory employer-sponsored meetings attempting to...more
With the change to a Republican administration, similar to the past, it is likely that we will see a change in enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”)....more
On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit clarified the rules that apply when employers distribute information and observe employees during union campaigns. The court found that a New York-based...more
In November 2023, the economist Javier Milei was elected as the new president of Argentina. He took office in December 2023. One of his first measures was to issue an emergency decree that included a chapter dealing with...more
Union organizing efforts are not limited to historical union strongholds such as manufacturing, construction, and the public sector. Even though unions currently represent only about 1.3% of the financial services industry,...more
On July 20, 2023, UK’s Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill 2023 received Royal Assent and is currently expected to come into force in Summer 2024, though a precise date has not yet been confirmed by the government....more
On August 2, the National Labor Relations Board issued its decision in Stericycle, Inc., adopting a new legal standard for how the Board will evaluate workplace rules and policies that are challenged on the grounds that they...more
As expected, in the last month the National Labor Relations Board has continued to issue decisions that reverse Trump-era precedents and expand the protections available to employees and unions. In Noah’s Ark Processors, LLC...more
On March 15, 2023, the Chicago City Council overwhelmingly voted to approve an ordinance requiring labor peace agreements between workers and Chicago-funded nonprofit organizations providing critical public health and social...more
In recent years, there has been a surge in new union organizing efforts and tactics to unionize and organize employers around the country. From Amazon workers in Jacksonville to Starbucks employees in 280 stores and counting,...more
After the past two years, following the impact of Covid-19 and the cost-of-living crisis, you would be forgiven for hoping, even if just for a moment, that 2023 might be calmer and less eventful than the previous two years....more
In the last issue of the Ogletree Deakins Practical NLRB Advisor, we utilized this space to remark that the current general counsel’s (GC) multifaceted and radical agenda posed genuine institutional issues for the National...more
After a year of consideration including amicus briefs on the matter, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) revived another Obama-era precedent in a decision issued December 14, 2022. In American Steel, 372 NLRB No. 23,...more
The Biden National Labor Relations Board has been very busy trying to undue the work of the Trump Board ever since Jennifer Abruzzo took over as NLRB General Counsel. In the latest maneuver, on November 3rd, the Board issued...more