NLRA, Union Organizers, Wage and Hour

[Webinar] 2024 Labor & Employment Law Virtual Update - September 18th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am ET

Foster Swift Collins & Smith on 8/7/2024

It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more

SCOTUS 2023/24 Lookback and Preview: 8 Key Rulings that Impact the Workplace and 4 New Cases for Employers to Track Next Term

Fisher Phillips on 7/18/2024

The Supreme Court issued several momentous decisions last term that will have a lasting impact on employer practices. The Justices continued to shape the workplace law landscape by ruling on an array of issues involving...more

Board Wipes Out Decades of Precedent with Card Check Requirements, Punts on Issuing “Captive Audience” Ban or New Rules About...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/29/2023

On August 25, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) issued its much-anticipated Cemex decision, which has broad implications for union organizing. It handed unions a win with a partial return to the Joy...more

What Manufacturing and Other Employers Can Expect From Biden National Labor Relations Board

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/30/2022

Through its decisions, the five-member National Labor Relations Board interprets the National Labor Relations Act. These decisions set rules that regulate unionized and non-unionized workplaces, including the relationship...more

Democrats Reintroduce Right to Unionize Act

Stevens & Lee on 9/15/2022

A group of Democratic lawmakers led by Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Brad Sherman, D-Calif., announced the reintroduction of the Nationwide Right to Unionize Act which would eliminate bans on agreements between employers and...more

Top Five Labor Law Developments for June 2022

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/12/2022

1. The National Labor Relations Board modified its electronic notice posting requirements for workplaces impacted by COVID-19. Paragon Systems, Inc., 371 NLRB No. 104 (June 2, 2022)....more

Top Five Labor Law Developments for May 2022

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/16/2022

1. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel’s office issued a memorandum reiterating the rights of immigrant workers under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Continuing its aggressive approach to...more

Greenville Starbucks Votes to Unionize

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. on 6/2/2022

A Starbucks location at Pelham Road in Greenville became the first Starbucks location in South Carolina to vote in favor of unionization. The store joins approximately 20 other Starbucks locations across the United States...more

OFCCP Week In Review: February 2022

DirectEmployers Association on 2/7/2022

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

[Ongoing Program] Union Organizing in the Era of COVID-19 and the New NLRB: Effective Strategies for a Vastly Different Playing...

BakerHostetler on 12/13/2021

Please join us for BakerHostetler’s The ‘New’ Normal: The State of Labor Relations and Employment Law Master Class. Our 9th Annual Master Class will be virtual again this year, as it was last year, due to the continuation of...more

Top Five Labor Law Developments for September 2021

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 10/12/2021

1. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo mandated the seeking of more aggressive remedies in unfair labor practice (ULP) cases. Office of General Counsel Memorandum GC 21-06, Seeking Full...more

Top Five Labor Law Developments For August 2021

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/23/2021

1. Democrats now hold a majority of seats on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The new Democratic majority on the NLRB became official on Saturday, August 28, when President Joe Biden’s nominee David Prouty was sworn...more

Top Five Labor Law Developments For March 2021

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/15/2021

1. On March 31, 2021, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel Peter Sung Ohr issued a memorandum stating his office will return to “vigorous enforcement” of employee rights under Section 7 rights of the...more

Union Organizing Raises Special Challenges for the Cannabis Industry

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 3/10/2021

While marijuana remains illegal under federal law, it has been legalized in 15 states and the District of Columbia. Another 29 states have decriminalized marijuana or allowed its medical use, or both. This loosening of...more

Union Friendly PRO Act Reintroduced In Congress: Seeks To Revolutionize Labor Law Throughout The U.S.

Amundsen Davis LLC on 2/9/2021

The mis-named Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) was reintroduced in the U.S. Congress on February 4, 2021. The PRO Act, which originally was introduced in 2019 and passed the House of Representatives in 2020,...more

Responding To The Uptick In Union Organizing During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/22/2020

Employers throughout the country are deciding how best to reopen their operations given the ongoing public health crisis and resulting government restrictions. In a prior alert, we emphasized that private-sector employers...more

NLRB Decisions Restore Employers’ Right To Use Work Rules To Control Workplace

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/10/2020

During the last half of May 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) issued four decisions upholding the legality of employer facially neutral work rules. Two of the decisions applied the Boeing standard to assess the...more

The National Labor Relations Board 2019 Year End Review: An Overview of Major Developments in Labor Law

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 3/2/2020

If 2018 was a year of elevator music at the National Labor Relations Board, 2019 was symphony of sound. The Board’s initiatives were varied, high-profile and in the vast majority of cases, the developments were positives for...more

Labor Gets Wishlist Bill Passed In House

Fisher Phillips on 2/11/2020

The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bill that would tilt the scales of labor law unequivocally in favor of organized labor. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would bring about a radical shift in labor...more

EEOC, NLRB, DOL Plan to Issue Rules Governing Joint Employment

Littler on 11/21/2019

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, National Labor Relations Board, and the Department of Labor will all issue regulations governing joint employment, according to the federal government’s Unified Agenda of Federal...more

Web Exclusive: May 2019: The Top 17 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 6/19/2019

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

National Labor Relations Board Issues Decision Overruling Obama-Era Independent Contractor Test: What This Means For (Putative)...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/1/2019

In a business-friendly decision issued on January 25, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) revised its test for determining whether putative independent contractors are exempt from coverage under the...more

Web Exclusive - May 2018: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 6/14/2018