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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... more +
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 -
Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Eighth Circuit Upholds NLRB Bad Faith Bargaining Decision and Broad Remedies Order

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On April 8, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit, in United Food & Com. Workers’ Union, Loc. No. 293 v. Noah’s Ark Processors, LLC, No. 23-1895 (8th Cir. 2024), upheld the National Labor Relations Board’s...more

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The Site Report - Construction Law Insights - Issue 7, July 2023

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Q&A with the Carolina Small Business Development Fund - We are fortunate to have connected with Kevin Dick, the President & CEO, and Emily Blevins, Marketing & Communications Director, of the Carolina Small Business...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Top Five Labor Law Developments for April 2023

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The National Labor Relations Board returned to its prior standard for analyzing the legality of disciplining employee misconduct related to protected concerted activity. Lion Elastomers LLC II, 372 NLRB No. 83 (May 1, 2023)....more

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Under Construction - December 2016

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Welcome to the winter 2016 edition of our Under Construction newsletter. We hope your year has been good to your family, your company and you as we wrap up these remaining few weeks of 2016. A recent hot topic with...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Labor Day Hot Topics

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Happy Labor Day 2015! In the spirit of the day, we thought it fitting to reflect on the three, hot topics that have been dominating the labor and employment news this summer, and which are certain to impact employers and...more

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In Browning-Ferris, Businesses Lose As the Board Crafts a Solution in Search of a Problem

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Marking a sea-change in labor law and a departure from decades of settled precedent, the National Labor Relations Board formulated a new joint employer standard in August 27’s Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc....more

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As Expected, the NLRB Eliminates the Employer's Right to Terminate Dues Checkoff Upon Expiration of a CBA

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On August 27, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board, in Lincoln Lutheran of Racine, 362 NLRB No. 188, overturned 53 years of precedent, holding that, like most other terms and conditions of employment, an employer’s...more

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NLRB Broadens Joint Employment Standard

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Last week, the National Labor Relations Board reversed long-standing precedent and ruled that a company may be a joint employer of another company’s workers if it has the right to control those workers, even if that right is...more

Holland & Knight LLP

NLRB Delivers New Joint-Employer Standard - Decision Leaves Franchisors, Contractors, Parent Companies, and Other Employers...

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), in a long-anticipated 3-2 decision along party lines, established a new and broader standard for determining whether two separate companies will be deemed joint employers...more

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NLRB Issues Long-Awaited Joint Employer Decision

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A recent ruling of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) dramatically expands the circumstances in which the Board will hold companies responsible for the labor practices of their staffing agencies,...more

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NLRB’s Expanded “Joint Employers” Test: The Employers’ Perspective

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The decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last week in BFI Newby Island Recyclery expands the circumstances in which two otherwise separate and independent employers may be found to be joint employers of a...more

Baker Donelson

NLRB: When the Law is Not the Law – A Huge Change in Business Relationships

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a 3-2 decision last Thursday gutted more than 30 years of legal precedent when it changed the joint employer standard in business relationships in a case involving Browning-Ferris...more

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Potential Liability of General Contractors for Actions of Subcontractors on PLA Projects

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A Third Circuit ruling in a case brought by a sheet metal workers union raises the possibility that general contractors may be liable if their subcontractors fail to assign work in accordance with the terms of a project labor...more

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NLRB: Employer Responsible For Backpay Of Union Representative Allegedly Injured During Workplace Assault

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The NLRB has ruled that an employer is liable to lost wages for a union representative who allegedly suffered injuries "after being pushed down a flight of stairs at a work site. The case is Norquay Construction, Inc., 359...more

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