On August 25, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) adopted a new standard for union representation that requires an employer to recognize and bargain with a union that has demonstrated majority status unless the...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) issued a memorandum on May 30, 2023, declaring her opinion that the “proffer, maintenance, and enforcement” of noncompete agreements in employment contracts and...more
Employers routinely include terms in severance agreements: (1) requiring the fact and contents of the agreement, including the amount of severance, be kept confidential by the signing employee; and (2) prohibiting the signing...more
In May 2021, the Arizona Legislature passed and Governor Doug Ducey signed Senate Bill (SB) 1268, which imposes stricter reporting requirements on private-sector labor unions by requiring “similar fiduciary guidelines as...more
9/13/2021
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Employee Benefits ,
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Reporting Requirements ,
Union Dues ,
Unions ,
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Between September 26, 2017, when for the first time in nearly a decade Republicans controlled the majority at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and December 16, 2017, when Chairman Philip Miscimarra’s term expired...more
2/6/2018
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Collective Bargaining ,
Employee Handbooks ,
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Employment Policies ,
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Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
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Opinion Letter ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tip-Pooling ,
Unions ,
Unpaid Interns ,
Wage and Hour