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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA. less -

Beltway Buzz - March 2023 #5

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/3/2023

Michigan Repeals Right-to-Work Law. Late last week, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law legislation repealing the state’s right-to-work law, which was enacted in 2012. Right-to-work laws allow for voluntary...more

Labor Update: What Got Our Attention in the Past Three Months

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 8/12/2021

There has been a lot of labor activity in the past three months. President Biden announced the two appointees who would join National Labor Relations Board Chair Lauren McFerran to create a majority of Democrats on the Board....more

NLRB General Counsel Office Moves to Decidedly Pro-Labor Perspective

CDF Labor Law LLP on 7/27/2021

Last Wednesday, President Joe Biden needed a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris to confirm his nomination of Jennifer Abruzzo for General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board....more

District Court Approves of President Biden’s Firing of Former NLRB General Counsel, But is This the Final Word?

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 7/16/2021

As we reported here and here, there are several challenges to the authority of the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Peter Sung Ohr, given President Biden’s unprecedented move of terminating the...more

Biden Nominates SEIU Attorney to National Labor Relations Board

Littler on 6/2/2021

On May 26, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden nominated Gwynne Wilcox to fill an open seat on the National Labor Relations Board. Wilcox is currently a senior partner at a labor-side labor and employment firm, and is assistant...more

NLRB Declines to Address Validity of Acting GC’s Appointment, Instead Deferring the Issue to the Courts

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 5/3/2021

On April 30, 2021, in National Association of Broadcast Employees & Technicians, 370 NLRB No. 114 (2021), the Board declined to opine on the validity of President Biden’s termination of former General Counsel Peter Robb and...more

The Biden Administration: Expected Changes At The NLRB

Husch Blackwell LLP on 5/3/2021

Transitions between administrations are always about change, in policies as well as personnel. Historically, the decisions of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) shift with changes in administrations and presidential...more

The First 100 Week 14: Pro-Labor and Judicial Nominations Continue and DOL Focuses on Worker Status, Pushes for More...

Franczek P.C. on 4/29/2021

In the final week of first 100 days of, the Biden administration, significant labor and employment activity includes a Department of Labor (“DOL”) official and two judicial nominations sent to the Senate, a push from the DOL...more

Peter Sung Ohr has Cemented the Biden NLRB’s Direction Despite Challenges to his Interim Appointment and Prosecutorial Authority

Littler on 3/18/2021

When President Biden took the unprecedented step of firing National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb shortly after taking the oath of office on January 20, observers noted that it was a significant...more

The Practical NLRB Advisor: Winter 2021

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/17/2021

The election of President Joe Biden, a longtime vocal supporter of organized labor, coupled with control of both chambers of Congress by the traditionally labor-friendly Democratic Party, is the prelude to changes on the...more

The First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: Labor and Employment Activity (UPDATED)

Franczek P.C. on 2/15/2021

In week four, the Administration’s labor and employment activity includes further reversal of Trump era initiatives at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), including a move to protect “Scabby the Rat”, the nomination of...more

Biden Administration Names Peter Sung Ohr As Acting General Counsel Of The NLRB

Roetzel & Andress on 2/3/2021

After the unprecedented firing of the NLRB’s former general counsel, Peter Robb, the Biden Administration has named Peter Sung Ohr as the Acting General Counsel on January 25, 2021. Mr. Ohr was the NLRB’s Regional...more

NLRB Sees First Challenge to the Authority of Acting NLRB General Counsel’s to Process Unfair Labor Practice Cases after Recent...

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 1/29/2021

In the first known of its kind objection to an ongoing NLRB proceeding, an employer has urged the NLRB to dismiss an unfair labor charge against it, arguing that the agency is unable to prosecute the matter, in light of...more

After Unprecedented Firings of General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel, President Biden Names Peter Sung Ohr Acting General...

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 1/26/2021

President Biden named Peter Sung Ohr as Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board today. Ohr is a career employee of the NLRB, having served as a Field Attorney, Deputy Assistant General Counsel in the...more

Biden First 24 Hours - Many Big Changes at the NLRB - Many Questions

CDF Labor Law LLP on 1/25/2021

When Biden said he would be the greatest President the unions have ever seen, he apparently meant it. Less than twenty-four hours after being sworn in, Biden...more

Biden Labor and Employment Activity in the First 48 Hours

Franczek P.C. on 1/22/2021

During the first 100 days of the new administration, each Friday we will be providing a run-down of significant initiatives and events that will impact employers. We already have much to report. President Biden hit the ground...more

BREAKING: President Biden Continues NLRB Shake-Up By Firing Acting NLRB GC

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 1/22/2021

One day after a standoff between President Biden and NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb resulted in his unprecedented termination, President Biden fired the NLRB’s second-ranked attorney, NLRB Deputy General Counsel Alice Stock,...more

President Biden Requests NLRB General Counsel Resign

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 1/21/2021

On his first day in office, President Biden fired NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb, according to a report by Bloomberg News. This marks the first time in the history of the NLRB that a President has terminated the agency’s...more

Immediate Changes at the NLRB

CDF Labor Law LLP on 1/21/2021

Bloomberg and other sources are reporting over the last hour that the Biden administration has asked National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Peter Robb, a Trump appointee to resign....more

Beltway Buzz - November 2020 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/16/2020

Biden Agency Review Teams Announced. President-elect Joe Biden has announced his “agency review teams” to begin evaluating agency operations in anticipation of the shift in executive power in January 2021. The labor review...more

Senate Confirms Pair of Appointees to National Labor Relations Board

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 7/30/2020

In a package deal, the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointments of two members to the National Labor Relations Board (“Board” or “NLRB”). Lauren McFerran, who previously served as a member of the NLRB for five years until her...more

Seyfarth Policy Matters Newsletter - May 2020 #2

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/22/2020

An Exercise in Listening: Bipartisan Effort to Revamp the PPP. As we have noted here, here, and here, the PPP is simultaneously the most used and the most contentious provision in the CARES Act. ...more

Seyfarth Policy Matters Newsletter - March 2020 #5

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/16/2020

Congress Approves $8.3 Billion Coronavirus Emergency Funding. The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 6074) is headed for the President’s desk. Among other things, the bill...more

5 Key Trends For Workplace Class Action Litigation For 2019: Trend #3 Governmental Enforcement Litigation Trends In 2019

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/23/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: The third key trend from our 16th Annual Workplace Class Action Litigation Report involves governmental enforcement litigation, including an overview of priorities and filings by the EEOC, the U.S....more

Beltway Buzz - October, 2018 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/22/2018

Deal on Nominees Excludes Labor and Employment Personnel. The U.S. House and Senate are in recess (sort of) until after the November 6 elections. Before leaving town, the Senate confirmed a package of 15 federal judges and...more

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