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President Trump Announces Nominees for Two Vacant Seats on the National Labor Relations Board

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On July 17, 2025, President Trump announced that he was nominating Scott Mayer and James R. Murphy, both Republicans, to serve as Members of the National Labor Relations Board....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NLRB Acting General Counsel Cowen Directs Regions to Prosecute Secret Recordings of Collective Bargaining Sessions as Per Se...

As we have previously reported, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) is likely to undergo substantial policy changes during President Trump’s second term. This process began when President Trump took the...more

Mayer Brown

Expansion of Class Action Rights for Workers: A New Era in French Employment Law?

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AT A GLANCE - It’s fair say that class actions have been virtually nonexistent under French law so far. The Act of April 30, 2025 (the “DDADUE” law)—which transposes into French law the European Directive 2020/1828 on...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

“California Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation” Law: What Qualifies as Intimidation?

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Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top California has recently enacted a new, controversial statute preventing employers from requiring employees to attend political or religious meetings. California Labor...more

DLA Piper

NLRB Acting General Counsel Rescinds Dozens of Predecessor’s Directives, Signals New Agency Priorities

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel (GC) William Cowen issued GC Memo 25-05 to agency personnel in all field offices on February 14, 2025, seeking to refine the allocation of NLRB resources by...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal District Court Reverses Firing of NLRB Member Wilcox – NLRB Returns to Statutory Quorum

On March 6, 2025, U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell held that Gwynne Wilcox, a former member of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) was “illegally” fired from her job. The court ordered the Board’s...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Employment Rights Bill: Crucial Updates for UK Employers Ahead of Final Commons Vote Tomorrow

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As anticipated, the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) continues to evolve — the latest development being the release of an amendment paper last week. But what do these latest changes really mean for U.K. employers?...more

Ius Laboris

Ruling by German Labour Court Limits Unions’ Digital Access Rights

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Since the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting move toward home office for many employees, unions have been looking for ways to enter employers virtually, in order to get in touch with their members and to attract new members...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

The Labor Law Insider: What's Next for Labor Law Under the Trump Administration, Part I

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The firing of National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo—and the rescission of many of the policies initiated under the Biden administration—is just the start of the new administration’s overhaul of labor...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

NLRB’s General Counsel Initiatives Trumped: Here We Go Again with Dramatic Shifts in Labor Law

As the mainstream media has reported, President Trump is firing everyone he can (and maybe some he can’t) at the National Labor Relations Board. On day one, the president fired the NLRB’s general counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, a...more

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Québec’s Bold Proposal: Empowering Authorities to Safeguard Public Welfare During Work Stoppages

On February 19, 2025, Québec Minister of Labour Jean Boulet introduced Bill 89, which would amend the Québec Labour Code and related provisions to safeguard the well-being of the population by maintaining necessary services...more

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

NLRB Acting General Counsel Rescinds Biden-Era Guidance

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On February 14, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), William Cowen, issued a memo (GC 25-05) that rescinds a long list of memos by the previous General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo. Although...more

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New NLRB Counsel Overturns Biden-Era Policies, Signaling Pro-Employer Shift

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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

Ballard Spahr LLP

NLRB Acting General Counsel Rescinds Numerous Biden-Era Guidance Memoranda

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The National Labor Relations Board’s Acting General Counsel has moved quickly to undo the work of his predecessor, a Biden appointee, who President Trump recently removed from office. On February 14, 2025, Acting General...more

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Trump’s Valentine to Employers: The NLRB’s Acting General Counsel Undoes His Predecessor’s Agenda

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On Feb. 14, the NLRB’s acting GC, Cowen, issued a memorandum to Board personnel rescinding more than 30 “GC memoranda” issued by the former GC, Abruzzo. Cowen’s action – which had been expected after President Donald Trump...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

The National Labor Relations Board 2024 Year-End Review

The hits just kept coming from the National Labor Relations Board in 2024. The final year of the Biden board produced a flurry of decisions that kept labor practitioners on their toes. It seemed that each month, there was a...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Trump, Court Actions Curtail Union Involvement in Federal Contracts

Federal contractors spent the past three years navigating executive mandates limiting their ability to select their own workforces after being awarded a large federal service contract. These mandates also required them to use...more

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National Labor Relations Board Continues Routine Operations with Lack of Quorum

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On January 27, 2025, the president removed National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne A. Wilcox, leaving the Board with only two members: Chair Marvin E. Kaplan, a Republican, and Member David M. Prouty, a Democrat. That...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

President Trump Continues to Reshape the NLRB

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Two weeks after his inauguration, President Donald Trump continues to make unprecedented moves to impact the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Limiting Lame-Duck Collective Bargaining Agreements That Improperly Attempt to Constrain the New President (Trump EO Tracker)

Summary - Makes it the policy of the executive branch that collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) reached in the 30 days prior to the inauguration of an incoming president shall not be approved. Instructs agency heads to...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

President Trump Makes Two Big Changes to NLRB – One Expected, One Unprecedented

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Late Monday night, President Trump made two major changes to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), both of which will cause a major shift in the political leanings of the NLRB and one that may substantially impact the...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

President Trump Re-Appoints Marvin E. Kaplan as Chairman of the NLRB

President Donald Trump has re-appointed Marvin Kaplan to the position of Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The move follows the custom of elevating a member of the president’s party to Chair the Board...more

Smith Anderson

White Paper | NLRB Biden Board Recap & What Comes Next?

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With the United States Senate’s rejection of National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or "Board") Chair Lauren McFerran’s reconfirmation on December 11, 2024, President Biden’s pro-labor era at the NLRB came to an end, and the...more

Venable LLP

Prepare for Pro-Employer Shift in Labor Law under the Trump Administration

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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

Stoel Rives - World of Employment

NLRB Waters Down Management Rights In Latest Union-Friendly Board Decision, But Potential Republican Board Majority In Early 2025...

Since 2019, employers have relied heavily on the management rights clauses in collective bargaining agreements to make unilateral workplace changes involving operational decisions.  They did so with the protection of the...more

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