It is unlawful for unions to secondarily picket construction sites or to coercively enmesh neutral parties in the disputes that a union may have with another employer. This area of the law is governed by the National Labor...more
5/24/2019
/ Construction Industry ,
Construction Workers ,
General Contractors ,
Land Developers ,
Land Owners ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Right to Picket ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions
On April 29, 2019, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) issued Memorandum GC 19-06, which provides guidance to the Board’s regional offices on how to handle cases involving Beck...more
The circumstances under which an asset buyer has a duty to bargain with an incumbent union may be changing. In NLRB v. Burns Security Services, Inc., 406 U.S. 272 (1972), the Supreme Court held that an employer who purchases...more
4/10/2019
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Duty to Bargain ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Terms ,
Exceptions ,
Hiring & Firing ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Successors ,
Unions
In The Boeing Company, 365 NLRB No. 154 (2017), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reassessed the standard it would apply when determining the facial validity of otherwise neutral work rules based upon a balancing...more
n March 1, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”), in a 3-1 decision, ruled that Beck objectors cannot be required to financially support the lobbying efforts of unions because lobbying costs are not chargeable as...more
The National Labor Relations Board has made good on its recent promise to move forward with rulemaking to re-establish the decades-old joint employer standard in place prior to the Board’s 2015 decision in Browning-Ferris...more
9/14/2018
/ Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Comment Period ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Franchisee ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Comment ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Terms and Conditions
On August 1, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) issued a Notice and Invitation to File Briefs, inviting the public to file briefs on whether the Board should overrule its 2014 decision in Purple...more
On June 6, 2018, the National Labor Relation Board’s (“NLRB” or “Board”) General Counsel issued Memorandum GC 18-04 (“GC 18-04”), which provides guidance to employers on the legality of certain handbook rules following the...more
On June 5, 2018, in response to a May 29, 2018 letter from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT), and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) Chairman John Ring...more
On May 9, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced it is considering rulemaking to address the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”)...more