Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 11: Understanding Unions with Patrick Wilson, Maynard Nexsen Attorney (Part 1)
The Labor Law Insider - What Just Happened, and What’s Next? 2023 Labor Law Retrospective
The Labor Law Insider: Forget the Election: Union Representation Without the Messy Election is the Next Labor Law Reality, Part II
DE Under 3: New Data Collection Burdens, NLRB’s Ruling Regarding Union Election Dismissals, and OMB’s Tech Modernization Fund
#WorkforceWednesday: NLRB Updates, Quick EEO-1 Deadline - Employment Law This Week®
The Labor Law Insider: New York Amazon Employees Vote for Union - What Do We Learn?
Labor Law Insider: Employer Guidance - Reducing the Risk of a Successful Union Campaign
The Labor Law Insider: The Unions Are Coming! The Unions Are Coming!
Employment Law Now: IV-51 - A New 2020 Vision
Employment Law This Week: Record Whistleblower Award, Union Election Rules, Wellness Program Rewards, Mixed-Guard Units
The National Labor Relations Board (the Board) is the federal agency tasked with administering the National Labor Relations Act (the NLRA). Chief among its responsibilities is governing the union recognition process in the...more
On June 13, 2024, the Supreme Court held that the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) is subject to the same standard as any other litigant when it seeks a preliminary injunction in unfair labor practice cases. This...more
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On February 5, 2024, the NLRB’s Regional Director for Region 1, Laura Sacks, issued a written decision finding that Dartmouth’s men’s basketball players are employees under the National Labor Relations Act. Based on their...more
On 25 August 2023, the Cemex decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) upended 52 years of Board law that had previously enshrined the secret-ballot election as the default method for union certification....more
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