In National Labor Relations Board v. Metro Man IV, LLC, Case No. 07-CA-264407 (6th Cir. Aug. 29, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit partly upheld and partly reversed a National Labor Relations Board...more
10/10/2024
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Hazard Pay ,
NLRB ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
Provisions included in a must-pass budget bill will make significant changes for Connecticut hospitals. These changes, which were embedded in the nearly 900-page Public Act 23-204 signed into law on June 12, 2023, revise...more
7/31/2023
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Relations ,
Nurse Practitioners ,
Nurses ,
Over-Time ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
On April 20, 2023, a three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board (Board) ruled 2-1 in Noah’s Ark Processors LLC, 372 NLRB No. 80 (2023), that a combination of remedies imposed for unfair labor practices by an...more
4/26/2023
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Bad Faith ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions
On November 3, 2022 the National Labor Relations Board issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that, if adopted, would rescind a rule issued under the prior administration addressing blocking charges, voluntary...more
11/11/2022
/ Blocking Power ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Comment Period ,
Employee Rights ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Union Elections ,
Unions
On July 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board published its decision in Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters, 371 NLRB No. 112, adopting the administrative law judge’s (ALJ) decision that a carpenters’ union did not...more
7/15/2022
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Relations ,
Layoffs ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Representatives ,
Unions ,
Workplace Safety ,
Wright Line Test
On June 15, 2022, in Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc., 371 NLRB No. 109, the National Labor Relations Board reaffirmed that regional directors have authority to dismiss representation and decertification petitions if the...more
7/11/2022
/ Administrative Hearings ,
Administrative Merits Determinations ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Petition for Review ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Successors ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions
In Piedmont Health Services, Inc. and Piedmont Health Services Medical Providers United, Case No. 10-RC-286648, Region 10 of the National Labor Relations Board (Region) issued a Decision and Direction of Election (DDE) in...more
4/12/2022
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Employee Definition ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Physicians ,
Union Elections ,
Unions
The National Labor Relations Board, by a vote of 2-1, recently reversed an administrative law judge (ALJ) in finding that a hospital did not violate the National Labor Relations Act (the Act) by failing and refusing to...more
6/1/2021
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Bad Faith ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dissenting Opinions ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hospitals ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions
In Valley Hospital Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a Valley Hospital Medical Center, 368 NLRB No. 139 (2019), the National Labor Relations Board reversed yet another decision issued during the prior administration, and returned to...more
12/24/2019
/ Bethlehem Steel ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Contract Negotiations ,
Contract Terms ,
Dues Checkoff ,
Employee Contributions ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Statutory Requirements ,
Union Dues ,
Unions