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Commentary: NLRB Poised to Rule That Independent Contractor Misclassification Alone ‎Violates the Law, but Ruling Not Likely to...

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A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board in a case involving workers who were classified by a company as independent contractors has provided a clear signal that the NLRB is likely to reverse its current law...more

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Consent Orders Are Dead.

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 22, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a decision in Metro Health, Inc. d/b/a Hospital Metropolitano Rio Piedras ending more than 50 years of the Board’s...more

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NLRB Will No Longer Approve Consent Orders

A recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision has ended the practice of administrative law judge (ALJ) approval of consent orders to resolve unfair labor practice (ULP) charges. This is yet another development from...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Appellate Court Rejects NLRB’s Findings in Employer Surveillance Case as “Nonsense”

Declaring the NLRB’s rationale to be “nonsense,” on March 26, 2024, a unanimous three-judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in Stern Produce Company Inc v. NLRB, refused to enforce...more

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The Practical NLRB Advisor: Spring 2024

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

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

NLRB Clarifies Burden Shifting Framework in Mixed-Motive Cases

On August 28, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued its decision in Intertape Polymer Corp., 372 NLRB No. 133 (2023) clarifying the standard by which the General Counsel satisfies her initial...more

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Protected Protest: The National Labor Relations Board General Counsel’s Quest to Expand the Definition of “Inherently Concerted”...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Recently, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), issued a decision in two cases that create the opportunity for the National Labor Relations Act to have a more expansive view of what constitutes protected...more

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NLRB follows the General Counsel’s Lead: Enhanced Remedies May Now Apply to Bad-Faith Bargaining

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On April 20, 2023, a three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board (Board) ruled 2-1 in Noah’s Ark Processors LLC, 372 NLRB No. 80 (2023), that a combination of remedies imposed for unfair labor practices by an...more

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NLRB Administrative Law Judge Rules NLRA Does Not Protect BLM Messaging at Workplace

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A National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) recently dismissed a complaint against Home Depot USA, Inc., in which the NLRB General Counsel (GC) alleged the company violated the National Labor Relations Act...more

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NLRB’s General Counsel Continues Her Reimagination of Longstanding Board Precedents Governing Employers’ Rights During Union...

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In her recently-filed brief to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) in Cemex Construction, 28-CA-230115, NLRB General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, continues her campaign to significantly curtail longstanding...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments for January 2022

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1. The National Labor Relations Board General Counsel’s office is advocating for overturning Trump-era Board cases defining the scope of National Labor Relations Act-protected activity. In a brief filed on January 14, The...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Scabby the Rat Has Been Legitimized by the NLRB

A split Board concluded this week that a union did not engage in unlawful secondary activity under the NLRA when it stationed a 12-foot-tall inflatable rat—known all too well by employers as “Scabby the Rat”—and two 8-foot...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

NLRB: Initial Burden of Union Animus Met Largely by Timing of Employer’s Discharge of Employee

It is an unfair labor practice for an employer to retaliate against (1) union supporters pursuant to Section 8(a)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”), and (2) employees for filing a complaint with the National...more

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The Nine Lives Of Scabby The Rat

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The saga of Scabby the Rat continues with the transition of the Biden administration and the recent unceremonious ouster of now-former General Counsel Robb. The debate focuses on whether the presence of Scabby, the large...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

NLRB Seeks Comment: Rats, Banners and Neutrals, Oh My!

An age old question under the National Labor Relations Act is what constitutes “picketing”? By the Supreme Court’s definition, picketing is inherently coercive and may not be directed against a neutral employer. An issue...more

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Common Neutrality Agreement Provisions Between Union and Hotel May Violate the NLRA

On November 20, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Office of the General Counsel granted an appeal filed by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (NRTWLDF) on behalf of a hotel housekeeper in...more

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Misclassifying Workers No Longer Constitutes An Unfair Labor Practice

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Employers found to have misclassified employees as independent contractors will no longer face the prospect of unfair labor practice charges for such actions alone, according to a new ruling handed down yesterday by the...more

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NLRB Poised To Exterminate The Cat And Rat, According To NLRB Advice Memo

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On May 17, 2019, the Office of the General Counsel (GC) released an advice memorandum dated December 20, 2018 signaling the National Labor Relations Board’s (Board) intent to continue to overturn precedent. The advice memo...more

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NLRB Majority: Unqualified Notice to Picket Jobsite Where Neutrals Are Present Violates Act

We recently saw interesting decisions from the NLRB including cases about the employer’s duty to provide information about tax cuts, the lawfulness of litigation holds, and the validity of decertification petitions. At the...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

NLRB Majority Decides 50-50 Balls In Employer Favor

The NLRB has been in a period of dormancy. When the make-up of the Board changed, a lot of people expected an onslaught of NLRB decisions reversing the reversals of precedent made by the agency in the last 8 years. Except...more

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An End to the McDonald’s Joint Employer NLRB Litigation

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The new General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“Labor Board”), Peter Robb, continues to reshape the agency with his vision. Consistent with his January 2018 promise to consider “settlements of any kind that...more

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Misclassification Of Independent Contractor Is Violation Of NLRA, ALJ Rules

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The misclassification of an independent contractor is an unfair labor practice under the NLRA, according to Administrative Law Judge Dickie Montemayor. Intermodal Bridge Transp., No. 21-CA-157647 (Nov. 28, 2017). ALJ...more

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NLRB's General Counsel Issues Memo on Arbitration Issue Pending at Supreme Court

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As a result of the Supreme Court’s recent decision to grant certiorari and address the dispute over whether class and collective action waivers are lawful in an arbitration agreement, many employers have asked whether similar...more

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NLRB Decision Threatens 75-Year-Old Precedent, Analyzes Employer’s Motive for Hiring Replacement Workers

On May 31, a divided National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a very significant decision in American Baptist Homes of the West, increasing the impact of an employer’s motive in deciding whether the permanent replacement...more

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NLRB Requests Amicus Briefs in Two Significant Cases

On Friday, February 19, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board invited interested individuals and organizations to file amicus briefs on two important legal issues where the Board is considering overturning existing...more

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