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Mixed Review: D.C. Circuit Nixes Some Trump-Era NLRB Election Changes, Saves Others

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On January 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down certain Trump-era changes to the rules by which the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) administers union elections. As...more

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Federal Appeals Court Partially Affirms Elimination of NLRB Rule, Hitting Fast-Forward Button on Representation Elections

A divided three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals partially affirmed a federal district court’s decision to vacate part of a rule issued by the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) in 2019 that...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments for July 2022

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1. The National Labor Relations Board clarified its rerun election procedures in cases of uncontested election misconduct. Dynamic Concepts, 371 NLRB No. 117 (July 22, 2022). After losing an election to represent the...more

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District Court Upholds New York City Hotel Severance Law

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In a decision of great import to the New York City hospitality industry, a federal court has held that a New York City statute mandating payment of severance benefits to certain covered hotel service employees was not...more

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New Arizona Law on Union Benefits and Financial Disclosure Obligations Set to Take Effect

In May 2021, the Arizona Legislature passed and Governor Doug Ducey signed Senate Bill (SB) 1268, which imposes stricter reporting requirements on private-sector labor unions by requiring “similar fiduciary guidelines as...more

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A Back Door To The PRO Act: NLRB General Counsel’s Aggressive Agenda Raises New Risks For Employers

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While one of organized labor’s most important legislative priorities, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act), languishes with a seemingly limited chance at becoming law, employers still must brace for substantial...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments For March 2021

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1. On March 31, 2021, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel Peter Sung Ohr issued a memorandum stating his office will return to “vigorous enforcement” of employee rights under Section 7 rights of the...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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AFL-CIO Seeks To Stop Implementation Of NLRB Blocking Charge, Other Rule Changes

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The AFL-CIO has sued the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to stop implementation of changes to NLRB representation case procedures involving its blocking charge policy, the voluntary recognition bar doctrine, and its...more

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NLRB Moves Ahead With New Election Regs That Were Not Blocked By Federal Judge

The National Labor Relations Board has announced that it will move forward with parts of its new election regulations that were not blocked by a May 30 order from a federal judge in the District of Columbia. The election...more

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NLRB Implements New Election Rules Despite Stumbling Block

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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

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Judge Issues Detailed Opinion Invalidating Parts Of New NLRB Election Rules

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U.S. District Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the District of Columbia has issued a detailed memorandum opinion explaining the reasoning behind her May 30, 2020 order granting summary judgment invalidating portions of...more

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D.C. District Court Holds That Portions of NLRB Rule Rolling Back ‘Ambush Election’ Rules are Unlawful, NLRB Implements Remaining...

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On December 18, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (Board or NLRB) published a final rule, which was originally set to become effective on April 16, 2020, and which modified the so-called 2014 “ambush election” rules. ...more

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District Court Hits “Pause” On New NLRB Election Rule

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The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has blocked several of the provisions of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new election rule. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson court held that those aspects...more

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Another Symptom Of COVID-19: Union Organizing

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If your “essential” workforce is not already organized, consider this your wake-up call. As this pandemic has worn on, and more “essential workers” have fallen ill to COVID-19, labor unions have become noticeably more...more

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Seventh Circuit Affirms NLRB in Upholding Discharge of Fast and Furious Employee for Highway Misconduct

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In Local 702, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO v. National Labor Relations Board and Consolidated Communications, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently upheld the termination of a...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments For October 2018

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1. The deadline for submitting comments regarding the National Labor Relations Board’s proposed rulemaking on the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act has been extended to...more

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Missouri Has Become the 28th Right-to-Work State

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On February 6, 2017, the newly elected GOP Governor Eric Greitens, signed into law a right-to-work (RTW) bill that passed the state’s Republican-controlled state legislature....more

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