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2024 Election: How Labor Law Could Shift Under Trump or Harris Leadership

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The Presidential Election is upon us with many indicators predicting a close election. The two candidates and their respective party platforms offer opposing views on many major issues. ...more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

[Webinar] New Employee Handbook Laws: Tips for Compliance - June 26th, 1:00 pm EST

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As we near the end of the Biden Administration’s first term, the NLRB has continued to be very active in issuing decisions that align with the Administration’s philosophy. These decisions are wide-ranging and include...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

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Laboring on without a House – unions and their allies have plenty of “workarounds”

The Biden Administration’s efforts at adjusting the balance of labor relations toward the interests of organized labor, at least for now, must largely fall back on non-legislative means, given the Republican capture of the...more

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NLRB Releases Spring 2022 Rulemaking Agenda

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On June 21, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released its spring 2022 rulemaking agenda. The agenda shows that the NLRB may address two important topics under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) through the...more

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Democrat-led NLRB Eyes New Independent Contractor and Joint Employer Tests

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The Democrat-majority National Labor Relations Board readied for 2022 by announcing plans to confront two President Trump-era legal tests - one that determines whether an independent contractor is actually an employee...more

Fisher Phillips

Top 10 Workplace Law Predictions for 2022

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Workplace law has changed dramatically over the past two years of the pandemic. Unfortunately, 2022 (or is it “2020 too”?) is shaping up to be another year full of new rules and regulations within this volatile area of law....more

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Beltway Buzz - July 2021

Last Week Today - Here is a quick rundown of some of the labor and employment policy developments we missed last week while at Workplace Strategies in Austin, Texas (be sure to join us next year for the program at the...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

The PRO Act – A Wish List For Revival Of Unions

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The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO Act) (H.R. 842) is a sweeping effort to amend longstanding labor laws to facilitate union and employee organizing efforts. The union-friendly legislation would make the most...more

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The Cons Of The PRO Act

The Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (also known as the “PRO Act”) is back with its laundry list of organized labor’s most-wanted government handouts. After decades of declining membership, unions see the PRO Act...more

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A Resurrected PRO Act Could Pay Dividends For Big Labor This Time Around

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As we recently forecasted, the House of Representatives has reintroduced a bill designed to radically transform the labor relations landscape, substantially tilting the playing field towards organized labor. The “Protecting...more

Perkins Coie

Labor Law Today—2020 Year in Review

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No one needs an introduction to the dominant theme of 2020 in the field of traditional labor law. The main story, as in nearly all fields of law, was the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on every aspect of American lives. ...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

New Administration, New Labor Laws: An Overview for 2021 and Beyond

President-elect Joseph Biden campaigned on a robust platform of labor and employment legislation. With a 50-50 split in the Senate, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris can be expected to break any ties on the Senate floor....more

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Back to Pro-Labor: What Employers Can Expect From a Biden Presidency: Part II, Labor Relations Edition

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While the final results are not yet certified, it appears that we have a new president. Employers across the country, both union and non-union, are wondering what they can expect from a Joe Biden presidency when it comes to...more

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NLRB Will Restart Union Representation Elections April 6, 2020

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a press release on April 1, 2020, stating that, The National Labor Relations Board will not extend its temporary suspension of Board-conducted elections past April 3, 2020 and...more

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The Practical NLRB Advisor: Winter 2020

Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the winter 2020 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. This special double issue offers readers a thorough year in review of...more

Fisher Phillips

Labor Gets Wishlist Bill Passed In House

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The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bill that would tilt the scales of labor law unequivocally in favor of organized labor. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would bring about a radical shift in labor...more

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[Webinar] How NLRB's Flurry of Late-Year Activity Turned Back the Clock on Obama-era Decisions and Administrative Rule-making -...

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As 2019 came to a close, the NLRB overturned several significant decisions, approved the settlement of a long-running joint-employer case, and made significant modifications to its elections rules. Join FordHarrison attorneys...more

Fisher Phillips

Labor Board Poised To Even Playing Field Once Again - John Ring’s Confirmation Gives NLRB 3-2 Republican Majority

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With the Senate’s confirmation of John Ring to the National Labor Relations Board on April 11 and the administration’s subsequent announcement on April 12 that he will be designated as the agency’s Chair, the Board is once...more

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Web Exclusive December 2017: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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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 were an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017. December was no different,...more

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End of the Year Whirlwind for Labor and OSHA Matters! Part II of III – NLRB.

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No other agency so radically changed the law under the Obama Administration; nor galvanized so much management-side resistance as the National Labor relations Board (NLRB). So it seems appropriate that the NLRB would stagger...more

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Joint Employer Rule: Is Guidance on the Way?

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As we have previously discussed, in its 2015 “Browning Ferris” decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) set a new standard for determining whether two entities are joint employers under federal labor law. Since...more

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NLRB Issues Numerous Decisions Against Employers as Hirozawa's Term Expires

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In the midst of a heated presidential election cycle, employers are following recent decisions of the National Labor Relations Board closely. Before losing its three-member Democratic majority at the expiration of Board...more

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NLRB Allows Temporary Employees to Form Part of Bargaining Unit for Union Elections

In its 2004 Oakwood Care decision, the National Labor Relations Board concluded that a union seeking to organize a unit of workers that includes both permanent and temporary employees obtained from a third-party agency, must...more

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Board Decision Ushers In New Era of The Unionized Temp

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In an NLRB decision this week in the case of Miller & Anderson, Inc. and Tradesmen International and Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local Union No. 19, AFL–CIO, the NLRB has made it easier for Unions to...more

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