UPDATE: The new rule published in the Federal Register on December 18, 2019 was to take effect on April 16, 2020, but that effective date has been moved back to June 1. 2020 by the NLRB....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 13, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) announced the final rule amending the procedures used for elections to determine whether employees desire to be represented by a labor...more
12/20/2019
/ Ambush Election Rules ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Final Rules ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
New Rules ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Quickie Election Rules ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Union Elections ,
Unions
Seyfarth Synopsis: An important issue for colleges and universities is whether faculty are “managerial” employees under the National Labor Relations Act, and thus precluded from union organizing. ...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: A 2016 decision of the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) finding that the graduate students at Columbia University were employees under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) has been teed up for...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 1, 2017, the newly-confirmed General Counsel of the National Relations Board, Peter Robb, issued a memorandum to the NLRB regional offices listing legal issues that should be submitted for...more
12/15/2017
/ Columbia University ,
Jurisdiction ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Northwestern University ,
Pacific Lutheran University ,
Policy Memorandums ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Religious Schools ,
Section 7 ,
Student Athletes ,
Teaching Assistants ,
Unfair Labor Practices
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 1, 2017, the newly-confirmed General Counsel of the National Relations Board, Peter Robb, issued a memorandum to the NLRB regional offices listing legal issues that should be submitted for...more
12/14/2017
/ Columbia University ,
Employee Definition ,
Jurisdiction ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Northwestern University ,
Pacific Lutheran University ,
Policy Memorandums ,
Religious Schools ,
Section 7 ,
Student Athletes ,
Teaching Assistants ,
Unfair Labor Practices