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South Korea’s ‘Yellow Envelope Act’ Enhances Union Protection

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South Korea’s so-called ‘Yellow Envelope Act’ has been passed, strengthening protections for union activities within an already supportive legal framework. We summarise the key provisions and takeaways for employers....more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

There’s No Concerted Action If It’s Just One Employee or If It’s for a Non-Employee, Right? WRONG, Says the NLRB

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In two opinions released on August 31, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overruled two 2019 decisions to expand the scope of workers’ concerted activity protections under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Those...more

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Get Off My Lawn! Employers Gain Expanded Rights to Keep Unions Away from Their Property

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the “Board”) has been steadily increasing employers’ rights to restrict union access to their facilities. Now the Board appears poised to codify the new rules of engagement in...more

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NLRB Restores Employer Property Rights

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In NLRB v. Babcock & Wilcox, Inc., decided in 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court provided two exceptions to the general rule that an employer cannot be compelled to open its property to union organizers. The first exception applies...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

NLRB Issues a Series of Employer-Friendly Decisions

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Q.  I heard there have been some significant National Labor Relations Board decisions recently. What do I need to know about them? ...more

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NLRB Continues Trend to Protect Employer Property Rights

Coming on the heels of its decision in Bexar County Performing Arts Center Foundation d/b/a Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 368 NLRB No. 46 (2019) in which the Board rebalanced the rights of property owners versus...more

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NLRB Continues to Define Employer Ability to Protect Property and Access; Overturns Union-Friendly Precedent

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On Friday, September 6, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued its third decision of the summer regarding employers’ ability to restrict access by nonemployees to its property (see prior analysis: Board...more

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NLRB Further Expands Private Property Rights by Limiting Non-Employee Handbilling

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In a 3-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) ruled that a property owner may exclude from its property off-duty contractor employees engaged in Section 7 activity unless (1) those employees...more

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Access to Public Space on an Employer’s Property by Non-Employee Union Organizers: A New Rule

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In University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), a 3 to 1 majority of the National Labor Relations Board overturned nearly four decades of precedent that held that non-employee union organizers cannot be denied access to...more

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NLRB Rules That Employers May Ban Nonemployee Union Activity in Areas Open to the Public

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On June 14, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) ruled in a 3-1 decision that employers may prohibit nonemployee union representatives from conducting organizing activities on employer property that is open to...more

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NLRB Restricts Union Access and Activities on Employer Premises

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) issued a decision on June 14, reversing nearly 40 years of precedent and granting employers expanded rights to prohibit union activity by non-employees from occurring at the...more

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NLRB Provides Hospitals and Other Employers Greater Control over their Private Property Available to the Public

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In a 3-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) recently ruled that employers may prohibit nonemployee union representatives from soliciting or promoting union membership within common areas of...more

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NLRB Holds That Employers May Prohibit Non-Employee Union Organizers From Soliciting Employees in the Public Spaces of Their...

On June 14, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or the "Board") issued a decision in UPMC and its Subsidiary, UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, reversing long-standing precedent and holding that employers may bar...more

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