NLRB, Unfair Labor Practices, Student Athletes

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

"Fight On" for Employee Status

FordHarrison on 5/24/2023

Executive Summary: The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) recent unfair labor practice (ULP) complaint against the University of Southern California (USC), the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the...more

Labor Board Advances Claims that Student-Athletes Are Employees: What Does Your Athletic Department Need to Know?

Fisher Phillips on 5/23/2023

NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo just took another big step in the continuing saga surrounding college sports by filing a complaint seeking to have student-athletes classified as employees under the National Labor...more

Pay-for-Play: The Status of College Athletes as Employees

Stinson LLP on 4/19/2023

In a potentially game-changing move, the National College Players Association (NCPA), filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) Region 32 against the University of Southern...more

The Saga Continues: Are Student Athletes Employees?

Bricker Graydon LLP on 3/27/2023

This question, once settled, has seen increased scrutiny in recent years both from the National Labor Relations Board and courts that have considered the issue.2 One of those courts – the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, which...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

NLRB Moves Closer to Seismic Shift in College Sports — From “Student-Athlete” to Employee-Athlete

Saul Ewing LLP on 12/28/2022

On December 15, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board’s Los Angeles regional office determined that an unfair labor practice charge (ULP) alleging that student-athletes should be classified as employees has “merit.” The...more

NLRB General Counsel to Pursue Federal Labor Claims of Student Athletes

Foley Hoag LLP on 12/23/2022

Last week, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo joined the agency’s regional prosecutors in concluding that some NCAA student athletes are employees, instructing the Board’s regional prosecutors to pursue unfair labor claims...more

National Labor Relations Board: Student Athletes Are Employees of University, Pac-12 and NCAA

McGuireWoods LLP on 12/19/2022

As McGuireWoods reported on Feb. 8, 2022, the National College Players Association filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the NCAA, Pac-12 Conference, University of...more

Student Athletes No More, NLRB Reinstates Scope of NLRA Section 7 to Include "Players at Academic Institutions"

K&L Gates LLP on 2/18/2022

On 8 February 2022, the National College Players Association, an advocacy group for college athletes, filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), accusing the National Collegiate...more

Effort to Classify Student-Athletes as Employees Continues With New Twist to Include Public University Students

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/14/2022

Ongoing efforts to urge the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to classify student-athletes as employees continue with the latest unfair labor charge filed by the National College Players Association (NCPA) and their...more

Top Five Labor Law Developments for November 2021

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/15/2021

1. On Nov. 19, 2021, the House passed a version of the Build Back Better Act that would vastly expand employer liability under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The bill adds aggressive “civil penalties,” on top of the...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

First NLRB Charge Filed Alleging Student-Athletes Are Employees Since NLRB General Counsel’s Memorandum

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 11/16/2021

Unable to find a student-athlete willing to file an unfair labor practice charge to support the effort of the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to reclassify student-athletes as “employees” as...more

The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from September 2021

Fisher Phillips on 10/6/2021

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

NLRB General Counsel Rescinds Controversial Memo Regarding Section 7 Rights of University Faculty, Student Assistants, and...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/15/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 1, 2017, the newly-confirmed General Counsel of the National Relations Board, Peter Robb, issued a memorandum to the NLRB regional offices listing legal issues that should be submitted for...more

NLRB General Counsel Rescinds Controversial Memo Regarding Section 7 Rights Of University Faculty, Student Assistants, And...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/14/2017