On April 10, President Obama unveiled his $3.78 trillion proposed budget for FY2014. The proposed budget included funding increases for several agencies charged with administering and enforcing the nation’s major labor and...more
4/29/2013 - Barack Obama DOL EEOC Federal Budget FLSA NLRB
In its 2011 decision in Specialty Healthcare, the National Labor Relations Board changed the test it uses to determine bargaining unit appropriateness. We reported on Specialty Healthcare for the American Bar Association and...more
4/8/2013 - Healthcare Multiple Bargaining Units NLRB Specialty Healthcare
Despite the uncertainty surrounding the legitimacy of the current National Labor Relations Board in the wake of the Noel Canning decision, the Board has continued to issue decisions that have serious consequences for...more
2/28/2013 - ALJ Back Pay Canning v NLRB Confidentiality Agreements Hiring & Firing NLRA NLRB Non-Union Protected Concerted Activity Reinstatement
Since 1978, employers had not been required to disclose witness statements provided in internal investigations to unions deciding whether to pursue various grievances. All that changed last week when the NLRB overturned its...more
1/4/2013 - Confidential Documents Internal Investigations NLRB Unfair Labor Practices Unions Witness Statements
The National Labor Relations Board issued its first social media decision in September. Last week, the NLRB issued another social media decision in a case involving employees’ Facebook comments and an employer’s right to...more
12/28/2012 - Facebook Hiring & Firing Hispanics United of Buffalo NLRA NLRB Protected Concerted Activity Section 7 Social Media Termination
A trio of cases currently pending before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) could drastically affect employment relationships within higher education. At stake in all three cases are members of the university...more
12/10/2012 - NLRB Unions
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