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The Labor Law Insider: Whistleblower Breaks Details of NLRB Mail Ballot Election Abuse

Husch Blackwell LLP on 9/19/2024

The Labor Law Insider is excited to share this episode, an exclusive interview with Rebecca Dormon, former assistant regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 15, as she shares her story for the...more

Political Speech in the Workplace: How Employers Can Manage Legal Risks in 6 Steps

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/19/2024

The national and global hyperpolitical atmosphere inevitably touches the workplace, where employers and employees must remain productive while navigating the intersection of political expression, workplace culture and...more

United States Government Accountability Office Finds Federal Contracting Rules do not Prohibit Labor Harmony Agreement...

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 9/18/2024

In a decision issued on September 16, 2024, the United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) ruled that federal contracting rules do not prohibit government agencies from requiring contractors to enter into labor...more

NLRB Reaffirms that Graduate Students Are Statutory Employees under NLRA

Littler on 9/17/2024

On August 9, 2024, the NLRB denied Pardee RAND Graduate School’s (“RAND”) request for review of a regional director’s Decision and Direction of Election (DDE) finding that a petitioned-for unit of graduate policy researchers...more

NLRB Regional Director Targets No-Poach Agreements in Latest Complaint

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 9/17/2024

On September 12, 2024, the Regional Director for Region 22 (Newark) filed a complaint against Planned Companies, a building maintenance and services provider based in New Jersey alleging that its use of no-poach agreements...more

Non-Compete Contracts: Legally Undead

Balch & Bingham LLP on 9/16/2024

Contracts restraining competition by former employees and contractors have always faced enforcement headwinds, differing state-by-state in their strength and direction. California is most hostile; there, a statute purports to...more

Political Speech in the Workplace: Strategic Considerations for Employers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/13/2024

Political speech in the workplace has become a growing concern for employers in recent years. The polarized political climate, combined with the increasing use of social media and digital communication, has amplified the...more

Election Season in the Workplace: Employers’ Essential FAQs for 2024

Fisher Phillips on 9/12/2024

The election season promises to be turbulent, and your workplace will not be immune from the challenges that are sure to face us. What do you need to know about your rights and responsibilities as an employer now that the...more

NLRB changes course on consent orders … again

McAfee & Taft on 9/10/2024

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has long allowed employers and unions to resolve cases arising from unfair labor practice charges without a full adjudication on the merits. The most common way in which this is...more

Consent Orders Are Dead.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/10/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 22, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a decision in Metro Health, Inc. d/b/a Hospital Metropolitano Rio Piedras ending more than 50 years of the Board’s...more

NLRB Will No Longer Approve Consent Orders

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/10/2024

A recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision has ended the practice of administrative law judge (ALJ) approval of consent orders to resolve unfair labor practice (ULP) charges. This is yet another development from...more

Legal Update: NLRB General Counsel Tries to Reconcile FERPA and the NLRA

Robinson & Cole LLP on 9/9/2024

As students in higher education flock toward unionization, private sector colleges and universities (educational institutions or institutions) are forced to reconcile the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act’s (FERPA)...more

[Webinar] 2024 Employers' Election Guide: Voting Leave, Political Speech in the Workplace, NLRA's Protections and More - September...

FordHarrison on 9/9/2024

As Election Day, November 5, 2024, approaches, U.S. businesses must keep in mind voting leave laws in their respective states. Voting leave laws allow for accommodations of employees to vote in elections without fear of a...more

Managing Political Speech in the Workplace

Husch Blackwell LLP on 9/9/2024

As the 2024 general election draws near, employers can anticipate a rise in political expression from employees both inside and outside of the workplace. Political speech encompasses a broad array of activities, extending far...more

Employers Struggle With Election Politics Spillover Into Workplace

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 9/6/2024

With the election quickly approaching, we are already receiving questions from employers involving concerns over arguments and disruptions in the workplace resulting from political disagreements. We hoped that the contentious...more

SpaceX Exploration: Constitutional Challenge to NLRB Structure

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/5/2024

Following several complaints filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SpaceX has mounted a constitutional challenge against the structure of the NLRB. Specifically, SpaceX contends that NLRB administrative judges...more

Sixth Circuit Sends Ohio State Graduate Student’s Employment Status Case Under Title VII to a Jury Trial

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 9/5/2024

On August 28, 2024, the Sixth Circuit in Huang v. Ohio State Univ., 6th Cir., No. 23-03469 (Aug. 28, 2024) –—in a case with broader implications for the employment status of graduate students—reversed the Southern District of...more

Practical Policies for Politics: Some Guidelines for Managing Political Conflict in the Workplace

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 9/5/2024

Political conflicts in the workplace will only grow as we near election day, and this means human resources professionals and in house counsel need to hone their conflict resolution skills. Resolving political conflict in...more

When Protesting Is Not Protected: NLRB Finds Employees’ Off-Duty Participation in Black Lives Matter Protests Not Protected...

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 9/4/2024

On August 21, 2024, the NLRB affirmed an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) decision and held in SFR, Inc. d/b/a Parkside Café, 373 N.L.R.B. No. 84, that employees who participated in Black Lives Matter (“BLM”) protests outside...more

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