NLRB, Agricultural Workers

Beltway Buzz - August 2024 #4

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/3/2024

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

Top Five Labor Law Developments For June 2021

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/19/2021

1. The U.S. Supreme Court held California’s union access regulation constitutes an unconstitutional taking of an employer’s property. Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, 141 S.Ct. 891 (June 23, 2021). The California Agricultural...more

Weeding Out Claims by Agricultural Workers – The NLRA, the Agricultural Exemption, and the Cannabis Industry

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/25/2021

In a recent Advice Response Memo, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) indicated that employees of a cannabis growing operation were exempt from the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), meaning that the employees were...more

Union Organizing Raises Special Challenges for the Cannabis Industry

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 3/10/2021

While marijuana remains illegal under federal law, it has been legalized in 15 states and the District of Columbia. Another 29 states have decriminalized marijuana or allowed its medical use, or both. This loosening of...more

NLRB Division of Advice Finds Cannabis Workers Not Covered by Federal Labor Law

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/24/2021

On January 25, 2021, the National Labor Relations Board’s Division of Advice released an Advice Memo on the issue of whether certain cannabis workers were exempt from the National Labor Relations Act as agricultural workers....more

NLRB Division of Advice Weighs in on Cannabis Workers

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law on 1/28/2021

As we previously blogged, “agricultural employees” are excluded from coverage under the federal National Labor Relations Act, which governs unionization. The National Labor Relations Board’s Division of Advice (which...more

November 2020: The Top 16 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 12/7/2020

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

SCOTUS to Consider Whether California Unconstitutionally “Takes” Private Property When It Compels Agricultural Employers to Grant...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/20/2020

When it comes to whether unions have a right to enter an employer’s premises over the employer’s objections, California’s law is the polar opposite of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the law in most other states....more

Department of Labor Announces Broad Interpretation of Joint Employment

K&L Gates LLP on 2/15/2016

The U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division (DOL) issued guidance from its administrator in late January, espousing a broad view of joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The guidance, issued in...more

New Guidance from the DOL Regarding Joint Employment

Weintraub Tobin on 1/21/2016

In an effort to clarify the circumstances that may create a joint-employment relationship, the U.S. Department of Labor issued an Administrator’s Interpretation this week. This Administrator’s Interpretation, which can be...more

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