NLRA, Workplace Safety, Employer Liability Issues

Industry Groups and Congressional Leaders Attack OSHA’s New “Worker Walkaround” Inspection Rule

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 6/10/2024

To advance the Biden Administration’s promise to be “the most labor friendly administration in history,” on April 1, 2024, OSHA published in the Federal Register its Final Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process...more

Will Trend to Limit Warehouse Production Quotas Go National? 3 Things Employers Should Know

Fisher Phillips on 5/24/2024

Congress is currently considering a bill that would restrict production quotas for warehouse workers and mandate certain safety measures, following in the footsteps of several states that have implemented similar...more

NLRB and OSHA’s New MOU Will Increase Interagency Cooperation and Coordination

Perkins Coie on 11/28/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on October 31, 2023, that will help facilitate interagency coordination and...more

NLRB and OSHA Enter Into Memorandum of Understanding to Share Information and Make Referrals

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/21/2023

On October 31, 2023—Halloween—the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a “scary” new agreement between the two federal...more

OSHA’s ‘Union Walkaround Rule’ Heads Toward Finalization Following Comment Period

Morgan Lewis on 11/20/2023

A recent proposed rulemaking from the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) seeks to make it easier for unions and other third parties to gain access to private worksites, creating steep consequences for...more

Employers Take Notice: OSHA and NLRB Join Forces for Workplace Safety Investigations

Baker Donelson on 11/15/2023

On Tuesday, October 31, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a Memorandum of Understanding (2023 MOU) to facilitate interagency cooperation and...more

NLRB and OSHA Announce Partnership Over Worker Safety Protections

Morgan Lewis on 11/9/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on October 31 regarding a partnership designed to strengthen their efforts to...more

SuperVision - Labor & Employment Insights, Issue 3, October 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 10/3/2023

New Business Reporting Obligations for Employers: Beneficial Ownership Information Under the Corporate Transparency Act - Effective January 1, 2024, most legal entities incorporated, organized, or registered to do business...more

Return to the Group of 1: NLRB Broadens Protections for 'Solo' Complaints

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 9/1/2023

Continuing what otherwise has been a very busy week for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), the Board on Thursday significantly broadened the circumstances under which an employee's solo complaint could be...more

SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights, Issue 1, April 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/6/2023

Severance: Labor Board Prohibits Employers from Restricting Employee Speech in Severance Agreements - In the Apple TV+ show Severance, employees of Lumon Industries may agree to a "severance" program in which non-work...more

#WorkforceWednesday: New COVID-19 Testing Guidance, NLRB Increases Use of Injunctive Relief, D.C. Amends Near-Universal Ban on...

Epstein Becker & Green on 7/27/2022

This week, we update you on new COVID-19 guidance and union organizing and non-compete trends at the federal and local levels. EEOC Updates Guidance on COVID-19 Testing of Employees Updated guidance from the U.S. Equal...more

NLRB Rules Two Union Representatives Were Not Fired Over COVID-19 Concerns

Littler on 7/15/2022

On July 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board published its decision in Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters, 371 NLRB No. 112, adopting the administrative law judge’s (ALJ) decision that a carpenters’ union did not...more

Top 10 Workplace Law Predictions for 2022

Fisher Phillips on 1/4/2022

Workplace law has changed dramatically over the past two years of the pandemic. Unfortunately, 2022 (or is it “2020 too”?) is shaping up to be another year full of new rules and regulations within this volatile area of law....more

NY DOL Proposes New HERO Act Workplace Safety Committee Regulations

Morgan Lewis on 12/24/2021

The New York Department of Labor on December 22 released a new proposed regulation setting forth the workplace safety committee requirements under New York Labor Law Section 27-D, otherwise known as Section 2 of the New York...more

The Top 16 Workplace Law Stories from November 2021

Fisher Phillips on 12/3/2021

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

Department of Labor’s ETS Will Trigger Employers’ Bargaining Obligations, Per NLRB General Counsel

Morgan Lewis on 11/16/2021

National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo issued a memorandum explaining her view of employers’ bargaining obligations in response to the US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health...more

NLRB Says Employers Covered by OSHA ETS Have Options, Triggering Duty to Bargain

Epstein Becker & Green on 11/12/2021

Last week, as widely reported, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to Protect Workers from the COVID-19 (see full details in our...more

BREAKING: NLRB General Counsel Issues Memo on Bargaining Obligations Under OSHA’s Vaccination Requirements

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 11/11/2021

On November 10, 2021, General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum outlining bargaining obligations under OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard to Protect Workers from Coronavirus (“ETS”). Responding to Inquiries...more

SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights, Issue 4, 2021

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 11/3/2021

Welcome to our final issue of the 2021 edition of SuperVision. Our attorneys have examined trending topics, discussed recent legal developments, and answered frequently asked questions. These are some of the issues we believe...more

The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from September 2021

Fisher Phillips on 10/6/2021