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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA. less -

NLRB Rolling Back More Rules from the Trump Administration

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/26/2024

In its continuing repudiation of policies developed under the Trump Administration, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) has published its Fair Choice-Employee Voice Final Rule....more

California Assembly Committee Revives State’s Captive Audience Meeting Ban

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/23/2024

On August 15, 2024, the Appropriations Committee of the California State Assembly passed SB 399 by a vote of 10–3. The bill had passed the Senate in 2023 and has been with the Assembly since, waiting for action and a vote....more

Organized Labor Ups the Ante with Push to Turn Student-Athletes Into Employees

CDF Labor Law LLP on 8/22/2024

The ongoing battle to turn NCAA student-athletes into employees continued this week. As reported here early this year, in February, Laura Sacks, Regional Director of Region 1 of the National Labor Relations Board, issued a...more

NLRB General Counsel Issues New Memo Further Expanding Penalties for Unfair Labor Practice Violations

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/22/2024

Through Board decisions, rule making, and NLRB General Counsel’s (“GC”) memoranda, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) continues to expand the potential penalties for employers found to have committed...more

Federal Court Invalidates NLRB’s Joint Employer Standard

Hinckley Allen on 3/14/2024

Update: As we indicate below, the NLRB’s final rule regarding the standard to determine joint-employer status under the NLRA was met with a challenge in the court system, and on March 8, 2024, just days before the applicable...more

Federal Court Strikes Down NLRB’s Expansive “Joint Employment” Standard

Polsinelli on 3/12/2024

On the eve of its going into effect, a federal court struck down the expansive joint-employment standard announced by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) last fall. At issue is who may be considered a...more

NLRB’s New Joint Employment Rules Struck Down By Federal District Court

CDF Labor Law LLP on 3/11/2024

In October 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its new Final Rule addressing and expanding the proper standard for determining joint employment status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). This was...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

National Labor Relations Board Addresses Joint Employer Standard

Perkins Coie on 11/1/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released a final rule on October 26, 2023, which addresses the standard under which two entities may be considered joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The...more

NLRB Issues New Rule Broadening Joint-Employer Status

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 11/1/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued a final rule setting forth a new standard for joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The new rule, which is set to go into effect on...more

NLRB Announces Broadened Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status

Foley Hoag LLP on 10/30/2023

On October 27, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a final rule that establishes a new standard for determining whether two or more employers, as defined by the National Labor Relations Act, may be...more

NLRB Announces New Employee-Friendly Joint Employer Test

Bodman on 10/26/2023

The effect of this change is that employers who lease from or contract with other employers will be more likely to be held liable for the unfair labor practices of the leased or contracted with employer, even when they have...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

NLRB Takes Aim at Employers that Classify Workers as Independent Contractors

Quarles & Brady LLP on 8/4/2023

In recent action, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) has demonstrated a clear intention to closely scrutinize employers that classify workers as independent contractors. Specifically, in June, 2023, the...more

NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidance on Severance Agreement Restrictions following McLaren Macomb

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 4/3/2023

On March 22, 2023, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memorandum GC 23-05 (the “Memorandum”) offering guidance to Regional Directors for interpreting the National Labor Relations Board’s (the “NLRB” and the “Board”)...more

Everything and the Kitchen Sink: The NLRB’s Labor-Friendly New Year’s Resolutions

DarrowEverett LLP on 1/9/2023

Contrary to the expression’s limitations, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board”) set the tone for 2023 with some major Decisions which will essentially provide employees with not only the kitchen sink, but the walls...more

Remedies for NLRA Violations Now Include Consequential Damages: Important Takeaways for Employers

PilieroMazza PLLC on 1/6/2023

Last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the agency tasked with enforcing employee rights to organize and discuss terms of employment, issued a number of decisions that impacted U.S. labor law. One decision...more

NLRB Expands Potential Recovery in Unfair Labor Practice Cases

Bodman on 1/4/2023

The National Labor Relation Act (“Act”) permits the National Labor Relations Board (“Board” or “NLRB”) to award damages to employees that put them in the financial position in which they would have been if no violation had...more

“Outlook Not So Good” – An Employer’s Guide to the NLRB’s 2023 Agenda

Polsinelli on 12/28/2022

“Should Employers have any hope for impartiality and good decisions from the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) in 2023?” Posed to the old Magic 8 Ball, the answer is “Don’t count on it.”...more

Busy Week at the NLRB

CDF Labor Law LLP on 12/16/2022

Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued two important decisions that California employers should be aware of: NLRB Adds Consequential Damages to Its Weapons Cache - On December 13, the...more

NLRB Proposal Seeks to Make Removing Unions More Difficult

CDF Labor Law LLP on 11/10/2022

The Biden National Labor Relations Board has been very busy trying to undue the work of the Trump Board ever since Jennifer Abruzzo took over as NLRB General Counsel. In the latest maneuver, on November 3rd, the Board issued...more

The NLRB Proposes to Re-Re-Revise Its Joint Employer Standard

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 9/8/2022

On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPRM") regarding the standard for determining joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act...more

As Union Support Increases, so Does the Need for Effective Labor Management and Training

FordHarrison on 7/26/2022

Executive Summary: Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) issued a press release detailing an increase in labor activity this year. Compared to this time last year, the Board has seen an...more

Appellate Court Reverses NLRB, Holding Tweet About “Salt Mines” Not an Unfair Labor Practice

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 5/31/2022

Last week, the Third Circuit reversed a National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) decision finding that FDRLST Media, publisher of online news magazine The Federalist, unlawfully threatened its employees when its Executive...more

Are Captive-Audience Meetings and Secret-Ballot Elections About to Vanish?

Stinson LLP on 5/6/2022

Uncertainty looms as NLRB General Counsel seeks to upend a combined 127 years of settled labor law to help unions organize workplaces Labor law has long been somewhat prone to uncertainty and inconsistency. - Each new...more

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