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NLRB Issues New Joint Employer Rule Affirming Expansive Joint Employer Status

The NLRB recently published its final rule on the standard for determining joint employer status, broadening the circumstances under which separate businesses can be considered joint employers—thereby making them obligated to...more

NLRB Adopts New Standard for Assessing Facial Lawfulness of Employer Work Rules

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board), in a 3-1 decision on August 1, 2023, once again overruled existing precedent and declared that all employer work rules that reasonably could be read to restrict Section...more

NLRB Returns to Pre-2019 Independent Contractor Standard Making It Easier for Workers To Be Considered Employees

In The Atlanta Opera Inc., the National Labor Relations Board once again changed the standard for determining independent contractor status under the National Labor Relations Act, returning  to its pre-2019 standard making it...more

NLRB Returns to Liberalized Section 7 Protection for Workplace Misconduct Incidents

The National Labor Relations Board’s recent decision in Lion Elastomers reinstated setting-specific standards to assess how employers respond to employee misconduct, including potentially profane, discriminatory, and...more

Employer Alert: Commonplace Severance Agreement Clauses Violate Labor Law, NLRB Rules

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) issued a decision on February 21 in McLaren Macomb (372 NLRB No. 58) overruling precedent to hold that employers may not offer employees severance agreements containing...more

The Trends—and Traps—that Will Shape 2023

The last few years have thrown many surprises at businesses. Organizations across all sectors have faced inflation, global conflicts, supply chain challenges, a pandemic, and continually changing government policies. In 2023,...more

The NLRB’s Next Era: Practical Takeaways from Key 2022 Year-End Decisions

Leading up to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member John F. Ring’s departure on December 16, 2022, labor advocates held their collective breath, awaiting what is often a flurry of decisions as Board members push their...more

Electronic Monitoring and Algorithmic Management: Permissible Labor Practice or Unlawful Oversight?

In General Counsel Memorandum 23-02, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo announced a new and unprecedented prosecutorial initiative aimed at employers that utilize technology to monitor and manage...more

NLRB Seeks to Broadly Expand Joint Employer Standard

In a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published on September 7, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) proposes an initial regulation that would fundamentally change the definition of “joint employer,” replacing...more

Did Federal Labor Law Just Abolish Your Organization’s Dress Code or Uniform Policy?

The US National Labor Relations Board recently issued its first precedent-shifting decision under the Biden-Harris administration concerning employer dress codes and uniform policies. The Board, in a 3-2 split decision, held...more

NLRB General Counsel Takes Aim at Employer Meetings on NLRA Activity, Including Union Election Campaigns

National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued Memorandum 22-04 on April 7, taking the position that mandatory meetings held by employers addressing Section 7 activity are unlawful—including meetings...more

Department of Labor’s ETS Will Trigger Employers’ Bargaining Obligations, Per NLRB General Counsel

National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo issued a memorandum explaining her view of employers’ bargaining obligations in response to the US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health...more

NLRB General Counsel Says College Athletes Are Statutory ‘Employees’ in Memo with Broad Implications

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum stating that, in her prosecutorial view, college athletes are statutory employees under the National Labor Relations Act...more

New NLRB General Counsel Announces Enforcement Priorities as Employers Prepare for Return of Obama-Era Precedent

Newly confirmed National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo announced her enforcement priorities in a lengthy memorandum released on August 12, 2021. The memorandum requires employers to rethink their...more

NLRB Protects ‘Scabby the Rat’ Instead of Neutral Parties

The National Labor Relations Board, in one of its most significant decisions in recent years on “union protest” issues, has substantially eroded the protection given to “neutral” parties when unions erect large inflatable...more

The PRO Act’s Changes to ‘Independent Contractor’ Status: Unraveling the US Economy

The Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or PRO Act (H.R. 842, S. 420), would make extensive changes in US labor laws, including the PRO Act’s reformulation of “independent contractor” status. This is not a mere technical...more

NLRB Limits Protection Given to Abusive, Profane, or Offensive Workplace Conduct

The National Labor Relations Board has finally abandoned its problematic standard around the discipline and discharge of employees who engage in abusive conduct in connection with protected concerted activity. On July 21, the...more

NLRB Implements New Election Rules Despite Stumbling Block

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has implemented changes to its election rules, but in the near term, the new procedures are not completely what the Board – or employers – envisioned....more

Reopening the Workplace: A Preliminary Guide for Employers

As jurisdictions contemplate lifting pandemic-related workplace restrictions, employers must start considering how best to cope with a vast array of issues, and protecting the safety of employees and customers. ...more

COVID-19: LA City Council Approves Ordinances on Sick Leave and Retail and Delivery Workers

The Los Angeles City Council held an emergency meeting on March 27 in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and approved several ordinances, including one pertaining to sick leave and another relating to retail and...more

NLRB Proposes Changes to Union Election Procedures – and Board Update

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has been increasingly energetic as 2019 progresses. Its latest initiative is the August 12 publication of new proposed rules that would change three important aspects of the...more

8/15/2019  /  NLRB , Proposed Rules , Public Comment , Unions

NLRB Returns to Independent Contractor Fundamentals in SuperShuttle

In a ruling with significance for businesses using independent contractors, the National Labor Relations Board has reaffirmed that entrepreneurial opportunity is a significant factor in weighing independent contractor status....more

NLRB Rulemaking Seeks to Clarify Joint-Employer Standard

On September 14, the National Labor Relations Board published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that could fundamentally change the joint-employer standard established by Browning-Ferris in 2015 and provide more clarity and...more

Trump National Labor Relations Board Reverses Major Obama-Era Decisions

With the issuance of four recent decisions overruling key Obama-era National Labor Relations Board precedent and announcing a review of the NLRB’s 2015 election regulations, the NLRB has begun the process of charting a new...more

US Supreme Court Invalidates NLRB Acting General Counsel Appointment

Employers should assess the impact of this decision in any NLRB case that was prosecuted by former acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon. On March 21, the US Supreme Court in a 6-2 decision in NLRB v. S.W. General, Inc....more

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