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The Practical NLRB Advisor: Spring 2024

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The Spring 2024 edition of the Advisor is a compilation of good and bad news for employers. On the good news side, we discuss several current challenges to administrative agency authority in general, and the National Labor...more

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NLRB Resurrects ‘Quickie Election’ Rules

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On Aug. 25, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a Final Rule that will reduce the time between the filing of a union election petition and the date the election occurs....more

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NLRB Adopts New Union-Friendly Recognition Standard

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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

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Labor Reform: What to Expect From a Biden Administration With Democratic Control of Congress

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At noon, eastern standard time, on January 20, 2021, Joseph R. Biden Jr. became the 46th president of the United States, giving Democrats control of the executive branch, and, albeit by the thinnest of margins (with Vice...more

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Back to Pro-Labor: What Employers Can Expect From a Biden Presidency: Part II, Labor Relations Edition

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While the final results are not yet certified, it appears that we have a new president. Employers across the country, both union and non-union, are wondering what they can expect from a Joe Biden presidency when it comes to...more

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D.C. District Court Holds That Portions of NLRB Rule Rolling Back ‘Ambush Election’ Rules are Unlawful, NLRB Implements Remaining...

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On December 18, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (Board or NLRB) published a final rule, which was originally set to become effective on April 16, 2020, and which modified the so-called 2014 “ambush election” rules. ...more

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The Protecting the Right to Organize PRO Act of 2019: An Outline of its Proposed Labor Reforms

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On February 6, 2020, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2474, The Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019 (PRO Act). The PRO Act would fundamentally alter federal labor law by dramatically tilting the playing field...more

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Labor Law Today—2019 Year in Review

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During 2019, the current National Labor Relations Board (the Board) majority became more active, beginning to overrule decisions handed down during the Obama administration and restoring decades of precedent. In addition...more

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NLRB Modifies the "Quickie" Election Rules

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At the end of 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its long-anticipated final rule somewhat restructuring its controversial 2014 election rules overhaul (rules sometimes referred to as the "quickie" or...more

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Happy New Year, Employers! From Your Friends at the NLRB.

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In December, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a flurry of employer-friendly decisions. Management can toast the following end-of-year gifts and look forward to continuing success at the Board in the new year....more

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NLRB Issues Rule Repealing Key Components of Quickie Election Rules

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If you follow our blog, you know that the National Labor Relations Board’s election rules have been a hot topic over the past several years.  The Board’s election rules are critical, because time can often make a difference...more

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NLRB Modifies Obama Board Election Rules

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The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently announced changes to its representation case procedures that mark a shift away from the “ambush elections” created by the 2014 Obama-era rules. Though the 2014 rules are...more

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NLRB Issues Final Rule Eliminating The Worst Of The Old Quickie Election Rules

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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

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NLRB Scales Back ‘Ambush Election’ Rule

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On December 18, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board’s (Board or NLRB) published a final rule—effective on April 16, 2020—which modifies the 2015 so-called “ambush election” rules. The final rule will lengthen the...more

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NLRB Makes Welcome Changes to "Quickie" Election Rules

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On December 13, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board modified regulations implemented by the NLRB in 2015 that dramatically accelerated the complex union election process. The 2015 rules were appropriately nicknamed the...more

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2020 Changes To NLRB Representation Election Rules—Heralding The End to ‘Ambush Elections’

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The National Labor Relations Board recently announced significant changes to its rules regarding Representation Elections.  The new rules undo many of the controversial 2014 modifications made by the Obama Board, as discussed...more

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NLRB Election Rule Changes Aim to Restore Level Playing Field

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In a move certain to bring employers some holiday cheer, the NLRB has announced changes to its rules governing union elections that will relax some of the timeframes the Obama-era board had tightened in 2014 and allow parties...more

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The Employment Law Authority - January/ February 2018

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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

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Don’t Like that NLRB Ruling? Just Wait, it May Change!

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As 2017 and Chairman Phillip Miscimarra’s term drew to an end, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) issued a flurry of decisions overturning several Obama-era NLRB decisions. Because Board members are...more

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New Labor Board May Kill “Quickie Election” Rule; Requests Public RFI

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The NLRB announced December 12, 2017, a Request for Information (“RFI”) on the Board’s 2014 “Quickie Election” representation regulations (at 29 CFR parts 101 and 102). The RFI seeks input on the amendments to representation...more

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2016/2017 Labor & Employment Observer

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Activist NLRB Created More Problems For All Employers in 2016 - What Happens Under President Trump? During 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) maintained its generally pro-union, anti-employer...more

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NLRB Issues Numerous Decisions Against Employers as Hirozawa's Term Expires

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In the midst of a heated presidential election cycle, employers are following recent decisions of the National Labor Relations Board closely. Before losing its three-member Democratic majority at the expiration of Board...more

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An Emboldened Labor Board Continues to Expand Union and Employee Protections

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With a series of significant new rules and opinions, the first three quarters of 2015 have proven to be very active for the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”). Increasingly, the Board has sought to expand the rights...more

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NLRB’s New Election Rules Are Here to Stay

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The NLRB’s “ambush” or “quickie” election rules are definitely here to stay. A federal judge in a Washington, D.C. district court rejected the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups’ challenge to the Board’s new...more

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House and Senate Appropriations Committees Approve Funding Bills with Riders Targeting DOL, NLRB Initiatives

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Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees advanced bills this week to fund various federal agencies for FY 2016. Each chamber approved versions of spending measures that include riders prohibiting funding for a...more

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