NLRA, Proposed Legislation

Beltway Buzz - August 2024 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/19/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

Beltway Buzz - August 2024

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/12/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

House Considers Bill Declaring Student Athletes Not Employees

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 6/15/2024

On Thursday, June 13, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives Education and Workforce Committee held a hearing on H.R. 8534, entitled “The Protecting Student Athletes’ Economic Freedom Act” (“Act”). If passed, the Act would...more

Will Trend to Limit Warehouse Production Quotas Go National? 3 Things Employers Should Know

Fisher Phillips on 5/24/2024

Congress is currently considering a bill that would restrict production quotas for warehouse workers and mandate certain safety measures, following in the footsteps of several states that have implemented similar...more

Colorado and Washington Likely to Join Growing List of States Banning Captive Audience Meetings: 5 Steps Employers Can Take to...

Fisher Phillips on 3/8/2024

Colorado and Washington will likely become the latest states to ban employers from holding mandatory meetings with employees concerning religious or political matters. Such employer-sponsored meetings, known as “captive...more

Non-Compete Roundup: Outright Non-Compete Bans Pass; More Pending

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 8/2/2023

As momentum for regulation of non-competes grows at the federal level, states continue to pass restrictive non-compete legislation on their own. As previously reported, on January 5, 2023 the Federal Trade Commission...more

Policy Matters Newsletter - June 2023

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/29/2023

Aaaaaand we're back! As we did around the same time last year, we would like the thank the readers for y’all’s patience during our summer hiatus to allow our authors to take a short break to get some Vitamin D and replenish....more

2023 Employment Law Updates: Q1 Developments from Pregnancy to Polyamory

DarrowEverett LLP on 4/3/2023

As we discussed in our annual update back in December, employers continue to see extensive developments on the labor and employment front as they progress through 2023. Aside from the minimum wage increases, pay...more

Democratic Lawmakers Push for Compulsory Union Membership and Dues Payment in Reintroduced Legislation

Fisher Phillips on 9/14/2022

In yet another push to strengthen worker organizing efforts, a group of Democratic lawmakers joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) last week in announcing the reintroduction of...more

Beltway Buzz - February 2022 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/14/2022

In a rare moment of bipartisanship - particularly in the labor and employment policy sphere - the U.S. Congress this week passed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021. The bill...more

BREAKING: Senate Committee Proposes Bill to Add Civil Penalties to NLRA

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 12/13/2021

As we have discussed previously, Congressional Democrats have been attempting to amend the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) for the last few years. ...more

House Passes Build Back Better Act, Here’s What Employers Need to Know as It Goes to Senate

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 11/30/2021

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) (H.R. 5376) by a vote of 220–213. Supported by the Biden Administration and congressional Democrats, the controversial bill heads to the Senate for...more

Bipartisan Federal Legislation Introduced to Drastically Modify NCAA’s Current Infractions Process

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 11/4/2021

A little more than two years ago, James Wiseman was the University of Memphis’ prize recruit expected to lead that school back to the Final Four. Now, following his very limited college career that was plagued by allegations...more

The NLRB and Congress Move to Protect Union Organizing and Employees through Enhanced Remedies for Both and Increased Penalties...

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 9/15/2021

On September 8, 2021, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo created quite a stir when she issued a memorandum (GC 21-06) (“Memo”) bearing the subject line “Seeking Full Remedies.” The Memo...more

U.S. House Considers Limiting Mandatory Arbitration Agreements

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/6/2021

Since the Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis, which deemed class action waivers in employment agreements permissible, employers have increasingly relied upon mandatory arbitration provisions to limit...more

#WorkforceWednesday: How the PRO Act Could Change Labor Law, NY HERO Act Safety Plans - Employment Law This Week®

Epstein Becker & Green on 7/28/2021

Welcome to #WorkforceWednesday. This week, we look at the potential "game changing" legal and policy shifts coming to labor relations. How the PRO Act Could Change Labor Law (see video attached) The Protecting the Right to...more

Checking In On The PRO Act

Snell & Wilmer on 7/26/2021

As we previously reported, the Protecting the Right to Organize (“PRO”) Act is pending before Congress. With the Pro Act, House and Senate Democrats seek to amend the National Labor Relations Act. Some of the most...more

Not All Fun and Games? College Athletes May Soon Drive a Hard Bargain With Union Support

CDF Labor Law LLP on 6/8/2021

On May 27, 2021, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced the College Athlete Right to Organize Act seeking to provide collective bargaining rights for college athletes. ...more

New Federal Legislation Proposal Authorizes Student-Athletes To Unionize

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/28/2021

A group of Democratic U.S. Senators, led by Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) have introduced the College Athlete Right to Organize Act. The proposed legislation would amend the National Labor...more

House Passes Sweeping Labor Law Reform

Littler on 3/11/2021

On March 9, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (PRO Act) by a largely party-line vote of 225-206. One Democratic Representative voted against the bill; five...more

U.S. House Passed the PRO Act: How It Could Affect the Future of Labor Law

Robinson & Cole LLP on 3/10/2021

On March 9, 2021, the United States House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. The PRO Act (the Act), if it becomes law, would make vast, union-friendly changes to the National Labor...more

NLRB General Counsel Says “Rat’s It”: Scabby the Rat Here to Stay

Verrill on 2/26/2021

Who is Scabby? Scabby is an inflatable rat, sometimes installed by unions at protests and on picket lines. Scabby has been around since the late 1980s and is a well-known symbol to passersby of an ongoing labor dispute....more

A Resurrected PRO Act Could Pay Dividends For Big Labor This Time Around

Fisher Phillips on 2/9/2021

As we recently forecasted, the House of Representatives has reintroduced a bill designed to radically transform the labor relations landscape, substantially tilting the playing field towards organized labor. The “Protecting...more

Labor Law Today—2020 Year in Review

Perkins Coie on 1/14/2021

No one needs an introduction to the dominant theme of 2020 in the field of traditional labor law. The main story, as in nearly all fields of law, was the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on every aspect of American lives. ...more

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