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D.C. Circuit: NLRB Must Weigh Contract-Based Defenses and Enforce Lawful CBA Provisions

Littler on 4/2/2024

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sent an unfair labor practice case back to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) because the agency failed to consider the contract-based defenses of an employer accused of...more

EEOC, Other Federal Agencies Set the Pace for Employers Using AI in the Workplace

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 5/19/2023

It is safe to say that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) went mainstream in 2023. With the widening acceptance of AI, dozens of industries have raced to adopt the technology into various operations at a staggering pace...more

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (March 13, 2023)

Wiley Rein LLP on 3/14/2023

Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

The NLRB Embraces Relativism in its Relevance Test

BakerHostetler on 3/9/2023

Under the National Labor Relations Act, unions are entitled to request information from an employer that is relevant to carrying out the union’s representation duties. The key limiting principle is that the union must...more

OFCCP Week In Review: October 2020 #4

DirectEmployers Association on 10/26/2020

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

July 2020: The Top 17 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 8/4/2020

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

NLRB: Unions Also Obligated To Provide Timely Relevant and Necessary Information Requested by Employers

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 5/8/2020

We have often reported about how an employer’s failure to adequately respond to an information request made by a union can lead to unfair labor practice charges and litigation. Sometimes a union makes an information request...more

Beltway Buzz - January 2020 #4

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/3/2020

It’s Fun to Stay at the USMCA. On January 29, 2020, President Donald Trump signed the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA). Now the trade agreement takes off to the Great White North (it’s a beauty way to go). Your...more

OFCCP Week In Review: December 2019 #4

DirectEmployers Association on 12/23/2019

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

Agencies Update Regulatory Agenda for 2019 and Beyond

Littler on 5/28/2019

The federal government’s Spring 2019 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (regulatory agenda), which provides insight into federal agencies’ priorities for the near and long term, was released on May 22,...more

The Past and Future of the NLRB’s “Quickie Election” Rules

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 4/17/2019

The National Labor Relations Board is charged with holding union elections whenever petitioners demonstrate that a sufficient number of employees in a particular workplace wish to become unionized. The NLRB’s “quickie...more

Weekly Update Newsletter - March 2019 #3

PilieroMazza PLLC on 3/18/2019

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - The Congressional Research Service issued a report providing an overview of small business contracting. The report describes the various federal programs, requirements, procurement officers, and...more

You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Union Is Not Entitled To Employer’s Tax Cut Savings Information

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/11/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: The NLRB’s Office of General Counsel has issued an Advice Memorandum stating that an employer lawfully refused a union’s information request regarding its tax cut savings during bargaining....more

The NLRB Bolsters Unions’ Ability to Investigate Discrimination and Pay Equity Concerns through Requests for Information

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/23/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: In Colorado Symphony Association, 366 NLRB No. 60 (April 13, 2018), the NLRB found that an employer had an obligation to disclose information related to individual overscale contracts because the request...more

Labor Board Poised To Even Playing Field Once Again - John Ring’s Confirmation Gives NLRB 3-2 Republican Majority

Fisher Phillips on 4/13/2018

With the Senate’s confirmation of John Ring to the National Labor Relations Board on April 11 and the administration’s subsequent announcement on April 12 that he will be designated as the agency’s Chair, the Board is once...more

ABOUT FACE! Under Pressure, NLRB Vacates Joint Employer Standard and Returns to Browning-Ferris

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 2/27/2018

In an unexpected and critical turn of events, after extensive political pressure, the NLRB, sitting as a three-member panel comprised of Chairman Kaplan and Members Pearce and McFerran, vacated last year’s decision in...more

With Quickie Election Rule on the Chopping Block, NLRB Extends Time for Public Comment

Saul Ewing LLP on 2/1/2018

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is reconsidering the future of 29 C.F.R. 101, 102, commonly referred to as the “2014 Election Rule,” “Ambush Election Rule,” or “Quickie Election Rule.” The Quickie Election Rule...more

NLRB Acts Swiftly to Overturn Multiple Pro-Labor Decisions From Obama Era

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 1/3/2018

It did not take long for the National Labor Relations Board to act on the advice of its new general counsel and upset multiple precedents put in place by the prior majority Democratic board. In a series of 3-2 decisions, the...more

Don’t Like that NLRB Ruling? Just Wait, it May Change!

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 12/27/2017

As 2017 and Chairman Phillip Miscimarra’s term drew to an end, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) issued a flurry of decisions overturning several Obama-era NLRB decisions. Because Board members are...more

NLRB Issues Reversal of Obama-Era Precedent on Settlements and Seeks Comment on Quickie Election Rule

Littler on 12/21/2017

As anticipated, the new National Labor Relations Board Republican majority has begun a dramatic shift in labor policy. As the clock ticked down on Chairman Philip Miscimarra’s term, which expired on December 16, 2017, and...more

New Labor Board May Kill “Quickie Election” Rule; Requests Public RFI

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/14/2017

The NLRB announced December 12, 2017, a Request for Information (“RFI”) on the Board’s 2014 “Quickie Election” representation regulations (at 29 CFR parts 101 and 102). The RFI seeks input on the amendments to representation...more

Labor Board To Scrap Quickie Election Rule? Public Comment Requested

Fisher Phillips on 12/13/2017

In the clearest sign yet that the National Labor Relations Board is ready to shift away from the strong pro-union stance that had been taken for the previous eight years, the agency today announced that it will seek public...more

Labor Board Asks: Retain, Modify, Or Rescind ‘Quickie Election’ Rules?

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/13/2017

A Request for Information regarding the “Quickie Election” representation regulations (at 29 CFR parts 101 and 102) will be published on December 13, 2017, the National Labor Relations Board has announced. The RFI will seek...more

Beltway Buzz - September, 2017 #5

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/2/2017

Rep. Steve Scalise’s (R-LA) triumphant return to Congress on Thursday capped another busy week in Washington, D.C.: Graham-Cassidy Crashes, but Some in GOP Still Looking Down the Road. On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, the...more

Employment Law - August 2017

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 8/11/2017

Deferred Vacation Policy Lawful, California Appellate Court Rules - Why it matters - A vacation policy that employees do not begin to earn vacation time until after their first year of employment is lawful, the...more

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