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NLRB Finds GW Hospital Failed to Bargain in Good Faith in Reversal of Vacated Decision

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/14/2024

On May 8, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) issued a decision reversing a 2021 decision the Board previously vacated after former Board Member William Emanuel, who participated in the ruling, was found to...more

5th Circuit Reverses NLRB, Approving Dress Code Ban on Union Shirts

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 11/30/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a controversial decision last year significantly limiting a company’s ability to implement and enforce uniform and dress code policies. In Tesla, Inc., 317 NLRB No. 131 (2022),...more

SCOTUS Issues Decision Allowing State Court Lawsuit Against Union for Property Damage Caused During Labor Dispute

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/20/2023

As we previously reported here, at the beginning of 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral argument on one of the most anticipated labor cases on the high court’s docket in decades to address whether the National Labor Relations...more

NLRB Nixes Reopening Remedy after Remand from D.C. Circuit

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 12/21/2022

In a 2-1 decision (Members Kaplan and Ring in the Majority, with Member Prouty dissenting), the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) revisited its 2020 decision in RAV Truck & Trailer Repairs, Inc., 369 NLRB No....more

Food and Beverage Law Update: October 2020

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/14/2020

More than six months into the pandemic, there is still no easy or definitive answer to the question many retailers are asking about whether there is coverage for their business interruption losses related to COVID-19....more

Abusive or Offensive Language is No Longer Protected Activity Says the NLRB In Its Recent Ruling

Stokes Wagner on 7/27/2020

Under the National Labor Relations Act, workers engaging in a “concerted activity” with other employees, such as a union organizer or representative discussing conditions of employment with an employer, qualifies as a...more

DC Circuit Reminds the NLRB that a Weingarten Request Requires a “Request”

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/9/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: In Circus Circus Casinos Inc. v. NLRB, No. 18-1201 (June 12, 2020), the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit denied the National Labor Relations Board’s cross-application for enforcement of its decision,...more

NLRB Rules Notice and Opportunity to Bargain Over Discipline No Longer Required in New Bargaining Relationships

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/1/2020

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently overturned a 2016 decision holding that an employer violates Sections 8(a)(5) and (1) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by failing to provide notice and an...more

NLRB Upholds Ban On Use Of Company Email For Union Organizing

Fisher Phillips on 6/2/2020

The National Labor Relations Board took the opportunity last week to double down on its recent reversal of the Purple Communications doctrine, holding that T-Mobile USA did not violate federal labor law by implementing a rule...more

NLRB Holds Employers May Restrict Company Email Systems for Non-Work Related Reasons

Payne & Fears on 1/10/2020

On December 16, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a decision in Caesars Entertainment holding that businesses may restrict employees from using a company’s internal email systems for union and...more

Web Exclusive: The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories Of December 2019

Fisher Phillips on 1/7/2020

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

National Labor Relations Board Finishes 2019 with a Flurry of Significant Decisions

Dechert LLP on 1/7/2020

In what is seemingly becoming an annual tradition, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board” or the “NLRB”) wrapped up the year with a number of significant pronouncements. Among these actions were rulings narrowing...more

#BigIdeas2020: NLRB’s Actions Impact Employers in 2020 - Employment Law This Week® - Trending News

Epstein Becker & Green on 1/6/2020

A Trending News interview from Employment Law This Week®, featuring attorney Steve Swirsky, Member of the Firm: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ended the year with a flurry of activity, including the relaxing of...more

OFCCP Week In Review: December 2019 #5

DirectEmployers Association on 12/31/2019

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

NLRB Changes Course Regarding Work Email and Confidentiality of Investigations

Cozen O'Connor on 12/23/2019

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued two decisions on December 17, 2019, that reversed prior precedent on key workplace issues. In these decisions, the NLRB held that (1) employers may prohibit employees from...more

NLRB Clears the Purple Haze Around Employee Use of Employer E-mail

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/19/2019

The NLRB reversed the controversial holding in Purple Communications, which allowed employees to use their employer's e-mail system during non-working hours to engage in Section 7 protected discussions regarding wages, hours...more

Board Overturns Purple Communications, Restores Employer Right to Restrict Email Use

Littler on 12/19/2019

On December 17, 2019, in a 3-1 decision split along party lines, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) restored to employers the right to restrict employees from using company email systems for nonbusiness purposes. The...more

Common Neutrality Agreement Provisions Between Union and Hotel May Violate the NLRA

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/11/2019

On November 20, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Office of the General Counsel granted an appeal filed by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (NRTWLDF) on behalf of a hotel housekeeper in...more

NLRB Does What Every Watcher Expected It To Do: Declares That Teaching And Research Assistants Are Not Employees…And Does So In A...

Bricker Graydon LLP on 9/28/2019

In the latest volley across the partisan line in the saga of whether college teaching and research assistants can unionize, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released a proposed rule that would deny the ability to...more

The NLRB Rules That Employers May Bar Union Representatives From Their Property Even Though They Have Allowed Other Third Parties...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/11/2019

Setting clear and reasonable standards for taking access to an employer’s private property is high on the National Labor Relations Board’s agenda. Not only is the Board talking about issuing formal rules in this area, but the...more

An Employer’s Erroneous Announcement To Employees Declaring Them Independent Contractors Does Not, Standing Alone, Violate The...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/6/2019

Does an employer who genuinely believes that its workers are independent contractors and tells them that they are contractors and not employees, only to later find out that it was wrong, violate Section 8(a)(1) of the...more

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