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New Franczek Series: Labor Updates

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As we’ve previously reported, union organizing is on the upswing and the NLRB is beginning to issue decisions that reverse Trump-era precedents that were generally more favorable to employers.  This is the first in what we...more

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NLRB Reverses Position on Obligation of Employers to Continue Deducting Union Dues After Expiration of CBA

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History of Dues Checkoff Precedent  - In 1962, years before most working Americans were even born, the NLRB issued its decision in Bethlehem Steel. That decision held that dues checkoff clauses in collective bargaining...more

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NLRB Says Dues Must Be Collected Post CBA, Reverses Course Once Again

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​​​​​​​In a decision dated September 30, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that employers must continue to collect voluntarily authorized union dues from the paychecks of employees after the expiration of the...more

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More Money, More Problems? NLRB Rules that Employers Must Collect Union Dues After CBA Expiration

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The National Labor Relations Board just ruled that employers must continue to collect union dues even after the collective bargaining agreement has expired, a decision that will require many businesses to alter their labor...more

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Beltway Buzz - October 2022

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Nomination News. With control of the U.S. Senate in 2023 up for grabs, the Biden administration continues its push to fill agency leadership positions. Late last week, the Senate confirmed attorney Lisa Gomez to run the U.S....more

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NLRB Says Employers Must Continue to Deduct Union Dues After CBA Expiration

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On October 3, in the case of Valley Hospital, the National Labor Relations Board answered a question that has impacted employers for almost 60 years: whether, under Section 8(a)(5) of the National Labor Relations Act, an...more

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NLRB Rules Employers Cannot Unilaterally Cease Dues Checkoff After CBA Expiration

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Executive Summary: On October 3, 2022, in a 3-2 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) reversed its previous ruling from 2019 and held that a union dues checkoff provision should be treated as part of...more

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Reversal: NLRB Rules Dues Checkoff Provisions Survive CBA Expiration

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Takeaway: The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) recent decision to overturn prior case law applies retroactively to all pending cases. Employers currently refusing to remit union dues because of the expiration of a...more

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NLRB Division Of Advice Decides Laborers’ Union Unlawfully Restricts Resignation

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A union’s dues check off authorization card that unduly restricted an employee’s right to resign union membership violates Section 8(b)(1)(A) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the National Labor Relations Board’s...more

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National Labor Relations Board Finishes 2019 with a Flurry of Significant Decisions

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In what is seemingly becoming an annual tradition, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board” or the “NLRB”) wrapped up the year with a number of significant pronouncements. Among these actions were rulings narrowing...more

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#BigIdeas2020: NLRB’s Actions Impact Employers in 2020 - Employment Law This Week® - Trending News

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A Trending News interview from Employment Law This Week®, featuring attorney Steve Swirsky, Member of the Firm: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ended the year with a flurry of activity, including the relaxing of...more

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Three More Employer Holiday Wishes Granted By National Labor Relations Board

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The holiday cheer keeps coming from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) with the release of three new decisions favoring employers: (1) workplace policies covering confidentiality during workplace investigations are...more

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NLRB Allows Employers to Stop Deducting Union Dues After Expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement

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In Valley Hospital Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a Valley Hospital Medical Center, 368 NLRB No. 139 (2019), the National Labor Relations Board reversed yet another decision issued during the prior administration, and returned to...more

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OFCCP Week In Review: December 2019 #4

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The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

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The Board Restores Balance in Collective Bargaining by Reinstating Employers’ Ability to Unilaterally Cease Dues Checkoff After...

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Approximately four years ago, during the Obama Administration, the National Labor Relations Board upended decades of well-settled precedent by making it unlawful for employers to unilaterally cease dues checkoff pursuant to a...more

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Tis the Season: NLRB Reverses Multiple Obama Board Decisions

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Tis the season to be jolly, and the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) was in an especially giving mood for employers over this past week.  In the span of five days, it reversed several Obama era...more

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Union Dues Deductions Not Required After Contract Expiration

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Continuing its shift toward more employer-friendly workplace decisions, the National Labor Relations Board (Board or NLRB) in Valley Hospital Medical Center held that employers may cease deducting union dues from employees’...more

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Union Dues Collection May Terminate Once CBA Expires

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The National Labor Relations Board just decided that employers have the right to cease union dues collections once the relevant collective bargaining agreement expires, again restoring balance to the labor relations...more

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NLRB Restores 50+ Year-Old Precedent: Employers (Once Again) May Unilaterally Stop Deducting Union Dues Upon Contract Expiration

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Mid-December is always a time where one can expect significant decisions to issue from the NLRB. In recent years, we saw the Board, among other decisions, abandon the much criticized “micro unit” standard and the equally...more

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Third Thursdays with Ruthie: Negotiating Union Security and Dues Checkoff Provisions

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Union security and dues checkoff are both important subjects that come up during collective bargaining. In this episode of the Third Thursdays podcast, Ruthie Goodboe discusses the impact of union security and dues checkoff...more

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Memo From Labor Board’s Top Attorney Signals Change Is On Its Way

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The newly installed General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board published a memorandum late last week indicating that the General Counsel is preparing to push to reverse many of the controversial positions taken...more

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The National Labor Relations Board 2012 Year in Review

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Introduction - Wow, 2012 was quite the year for the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”)! Last year, we discussed the Board’s agenda, which at the time we described as aggressive, but with the benefit of...more

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The Second Obama Term: NLRB Outlook

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Employers should expect a continuation of the policies from the last four years as the NLRB seeks to extend the reach of the NLRA to nonunion workplaces and promotes increased unionization and collective bargaining....more

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NLRB Continues Its Transformation

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Depending on one’s perspective, in recent years the NLRB has either blazed a radical path in favor of unions and individual concerted activity or it is returning to its original role under the National Labor Relations Act...more

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NLRB Rules that Union Dues Checkoff Survives Contract Expiration

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An employer that deducts union dues from employees’ wages (dues checkoff) under a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) must now continue to do so after the CBA expires....more

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