Seyfarth Synopsis: On Friday, December 1, 2017, newly appointed NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb issued a memo containing a broad overview of his initial agenda as General Counsel. It previews many anticipated developments...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In Weavexx, LLC the Board deferred to an arbitrator’s finding that the employer had the right to change its payday and pay cycle without first bargaining. The bigger question is how much longer will such...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Board reaffirmed, prospectively, the Alan Ritchey doctrine requiring employers to bargain over discretionary discipline issued to newly organized employees pre-first contract and mandated prospective...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Overturning 25 years of precedent, the NLRB rules that an ALJ may only enter an order approving and incorporating settlement terms proposed by a respondent over the objections of the General Counsel and...more
9/3/2016
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Administrative Proceedings ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Judicial Authority ,
NLRB ,
Remedies ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Settlement Negotiations ,
Union Representatives ,
Unions
The International Franchise Association (IFA) has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) asking for the rationale behind questions that its inspectors are...more
9/1/2015
/ Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FOIA ,
Franchise Agreements ,
International Franchise Association (IFA) ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRB ,
OSHA ,
Popular ,
Statutory Authority
While all eyes were on the landmark Browning-Ferris decision issued Thursday, the Board issued yet another split decision that also may have far reaching consequences. In GVS Properties, LLC, 362 NLRB No. 194 (Aug. 27, 2015),...more
9/1/2015
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Displaced Building Service Workers Protection Act (DBSWPA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Mandatory Retention Period ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Purchasers ,
Real Estate Transfers ,
Successors ,
Unions
Last year the NLRB demonstrated an increased willingness to award negotiation costs as a remedy for bad faith bargaining in cases that are far less egregious than those where the remedy historically was given. Hospital of...more