On Oct. 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule that significantly broadens the definition of “joint employment” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), marking the fifth change to the board’s...more
On Sept. 29, 2021, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel issued General Counsel Memorandum GC 21-08, in which she announces that she believes certain college student-athletes are “employees” under the...more
On Dec. 10, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in BMW Manufacturing Co. regarding whether various rules and policies in an employer’s handbook violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)....more
The COVID-19 pandemic presents unique challenges for employers whose employees are represented by labor unions. Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), unionized employers must negotiate with a collective bargaining...more
In a 5-4 opinion in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis and two companion cases, the U.S. Supreme Court on May 21, 2018, held that class and collective action waivers in employees’ arbitration agreements are enforceable under the...more
5/23/2018
/ 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
In the closing days of outgoing Chairman Phil Miscimarra’s term, the National Labor Relations Board issued three major decisions reversing field on significant issues of labor-management relations and requested public comment...more
12/20/2017
/ Boeing ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Franchises ,
Joint Employers ,
Micro-Unions ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Activity ,
Section 7 ,
Specialty Healthcare ,
Unions
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In the final year of his two term tenure, President Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board and Department of Labor continued their double barrelled efforts to remake labor law to benefit labor...more
1/18/2017
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
At-Will Employment ,
Blacklist ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
LMRDA ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Persuader Rules ,
Unions
As we previously reported on Aug. 27 and 28 (on our blog Labor Relations Today), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued its ruling in Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc., 362 NLRB No. 186 (Aug....more
9/11/2015
/ Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Franchises ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Right to Control ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Teamsters ,
Unions
On April 28, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an advice memorandum addressing when franchisors can be considered “joint employers” with their franchisees for purposes of the National Labor Relations Act...more
The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) “ambush election rules,” which make sweeping changes to the procedures applicable in union representation cases, took effect on April 14, 2015....more