NLRA, Labor Relations, Labor Reform

NLRB Outlaws Captive Audience Meetings

UB Greensfelder LLP on 11/15/2024

What employers should do to avoid violation - On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) ruled that captive audience meetings— mandatory employer-sponsored meetings attempting to...more

What a Republican Administration Could Mean for the NLRA

Quarles & Brady LLP on 11/11/2024

With the change to a Republican administration, similar to the past, it is likely that we will see a change in enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”)....more

Illinois Joins Trend to Ban “Captive Audience” Meetings: 5 Steps Employers Can Take to Comply

Fisher Phillips on 8/7/2024

Illinois just became the latest state to ban employers from holding mandatory meetings with employees concerning religious or political matters, including discussions on union representation. Such employer-sponsored meetings,...more

NLRB and Union Relations Beyond 2024 – What Will the Election Bring?

CDF Labor Law LLP on 7/31/2024

As we have reported many times, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is a powerful agency that regulates both the union and non-union workplace. However, the NLRB is also a largely political organization that...more

NLRB Reinstates Weapons for Unions in Attempting to Organize Non-Union Workplaces

CDF Labor Law LLP on 7/29/2024

Last week, the National Labor Relations Board issued its Fair Choice - Employee Voice Final Rule. This new Final Rule reinstates several practices that were in place prior to the Trump NLRB making changes in 2020....more

D.C. Circuit Clarifies Employer Communication Rights During Union Campaigns

Littler on 4/2/2024

On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit clarified the rules that apply when employers distribute information and observe employees during union campaigns. The court found that a New York-based...more

What Every College and University Should Know About the National Labor Relations Act and its Impact on Campus Life

Akerman LLP on 3/19/2024

Colleges and universities continue to experience increased union organizing activity, strikes, and other protests from its workers, outpacing similar activities by workers in other industries. Although these activities were...more

The Labor Law Insider: What Just Happened, and What's Next? 2023 Labor Law Retrospective, Part II

Husch Blackwell LLP on 2/9/2024

This episode of the Labor Law Insider concludes our discussion on the changes wrought by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in 2023 and their implications for employers in 2024 and beyond. Adam Doerr and Rufino Gaytán...more

New York State Bans Workplace “Captive Audience” Meetings

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/20/2023

On September 6, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Senate Bill 4982 and Assembly Bill 6604, which amends Section 201-D of the New York Labor Law to prohibit most employers from requiring non-managerial and...more

Federal Government Continues Initiatives to Limit Employer Opposition to Union Organizing

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/7/2023

The United Stated Department of Labor Office of Labor-Management Standards (“OLMS”) recently signaled an alarming willingness to use its broad subpoena powers under Section 601 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure...more

NLRB Issues Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/2/2023

On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or “the Board”) issued its long-awaited final rule (“New Rule”) addressing the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations...more

The Definition of Joint-Employer Significantly Expanded by NLRB’s Newly Established Standard

Butler Snow LLP on 10/31/2023

On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued its final rule entitled “Standard for Determining Employer Status.” This rule comes a little over three years after the NLRB released a rule in April...more

Judge Issues First Post-Cemex Bargaining Order Despite Employer Winning Union Election

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/23/2023

As we previously reported and discussed here, the Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC ruling has dramatically changed the threshold that will prompt the National Labor Relation Board (“NLRB”) to issue mandatory...more

Open Up the Playbook: NLRB Rules Starbucks Must Produce Document at Hearing or Custodian of the Search

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/10/2023

If you don’t already know, Starbucks has been in a pretty big labor dispute, and there are bound to be lessons for all of us. If your company has internal documents about relations with prospective unions, you may have to...more

Act Fast: National Labor Relations Board Reverts to Shortened 2014 Representation Election Timeframe

Littler on 8/30/2023

On August 24, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a final rule (the “2023 final rule”) amending the federal regulations that govern representation election procedures. The 2023 final rule is the...more

Return to the Expedited Election Rules

Burr & Forman on 8/30/2023

On August 24, 2023, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) rolled back several Trump-era rules regarding how elections are conducted. More specifically, the new rules re-implement a series of Obama-era rules that...more

NLRB Issues Final Rule on NLRB Election Procedures; Returns to “Quickie Election” Procedures

Epstein Becker & Green on 8/28/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) published its final rule (“2023 Rule”) on Friday, August 25, amending the representation election procedures that it previously proposed in 2019 and finalized, after some...more

NLRB’s New Stericycle Inc. Decision Changes Workplace Rules Standards for Union and Non-Union Employers Alike

CDF Labor Law LLP on 8/4/2023

On August 2, the National Labor Relations Board issued its decision in Stericycle, Inc., adopting a new legal standard for how the Board will evaluate workplace rules and policies that are challenged on the grounds that they...more

The NLRB’s New Rule for Workplace Rules

Polsinelli on 8/3/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued its long-awaited decision regarding employer work rules that impacts both unionized and non-unionized workplaces. In Stericycle, the Board altered the standard for...more

Recent Decisions by the NLRB: Harsher Penalties for Employers Who Repeatedly Violate Labor Law, More Leniency for Worker Outbursts...

Franczek P.C. on 6/2/2023

As expected, in the last month the National Labor Relations Board has continued to issue decisions that reverse Trump-era precedents and expand the protections available to employees and unions. In Noah’s Ark Processors, LLC...more

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