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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 -

U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Employers Can Sue Unions for Damage-Causing Unprotected Strikes

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/6/2023

In Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 174, No. 21-1449 (sl. op.), the U.S. Supreme Court revisited Garmon preemption. The Court reviewed the Washington state Supreme Court's dismissal of a...more

A Powerful “One-Two” Punch: NLRB and DOL Signal Contractor Classification Crackdown

Benesch on 2/11/2022

Transportation providers would do well to pay close attention to twin developments unfolding before the NLRB and the DOL that could have a very detrimental effect on those providers who use independent contractors as drivers,...more

Beltway Buzz - January 2019 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/21/2019

“Snurlough.” Today is day 28 of the partial government shutdown. A bigger-than-expected snowstorm that hit the D.C. region this past weekend led to a Monday in which the federal government was both closed and (partially) shut...more

Open the Floodgates: NLRB Announces Misclassification of Independent Contractors Can, In Itself, Violate Section 8(a)(1)

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/23/2016

On August 26, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board's Division of Advice publicly released an advice memorandum from December of 2015 in which it found a Section 8(a)(1) violation for an employer's misclassification of...more

NLRB Targets Independent Contractor Classification of Truck Drivers

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/2/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: NLRB claims that employers violate Section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA by misclassifying employees as independent contractors, thereby restraining and coercing employees in the exercise of their rights guaranteed...more

Flash No. 44 - 2014 … A Year In Review

Benesch on 12/22/2014

2014 was uncomfortably fast. When did you last write 2013 on a check or a letter by mistake? If you did, rest assured that you are not alone. So, while we still have a few weeks before we have to face the start of a new year...more

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