The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) gives employees the right to unionize and imposes obligations on employers to collectively bargain with unions representing their employees. Failing to recognize those rights and...more
3/14/2024
/ Chamber of Commerce ,
Contract Terms ,
Employee Definition ,
Joint Employers ,
Jurisdiction ,
New Rules ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
SCOTUS ,
Third-Party ,
Vacated
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The NLRB’s General Counsel issued a memorandum providing her position on the NLRB’s recent decision in McLaren Macomb, holding that employers may not offer severance agreements with broad confidentiality or...more
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On February 21, 2023, the NLRB issued a decision in McLaren Macomb holding that employers may not offer severance agreements with broad confidentiality or non-disparagement clauses to union and non-union...more
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The NLRB’s General Counsel issued a memorandum providing her position that the NLRA protects student-athletes who “perform services for their colleges and the NCAA, in return for compensation” and are...more
10/1/2021
/ Alston v NCAA ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Student Athletes ,
Unions
- On February 26, 2020, the NLRB issued a final rule tightening the standard for joint employment under the NLRA.
- The joint-employer standard is important because if two entities are joint employers, both must bargain...more
• Class and collective action waivers in arbitration agreements are enforceable under the FAA and not prohibited by the NLRA.
• The NLRA concerns labor organizing and collective bargaining, but does not extend more...more
5/24/2018
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Ernst & Young v Morris ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Murphy Oil v NLRB ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Savings Clause ,
SCOTUS
On August 23, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board overturned its prior precedent in Brown University and concluded that student assistants—including both graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants—at private colleges...more