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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 -

Top Five Labor Law Developments for April 2022

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/10/2022

1. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) filed a brief seeking to expand unions’ right to obtain recognition from employers based on signed authorization cards alone, without the need for a Board...more

Epic Win: Supreme Court Saves Employment Arbitration As We Know It

Fisher Phillips on 5/21/2018

To the relief of employers across the country, the Supreme Court today ruled in a 5-to-4 decision that class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements do not violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and are,...more

NLRB's General Counsel Issues Memo on Arbitration Issue Pending at Supreme Court

Littler on 2/6/2017

As a result of the Supreme Court’s recent decision to grant certiorari and address the dispute over whether class and collective action waivers are lawful in an arbitration agreement, many employers have asked whether similar...more

Ninth Circuit Finds That Requiring Employees to Sign Class Action Waivers Violates the NLRA

Stinson LLP on 9/15/2016

In a recent opinion, Morris v. Ernst & Young, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals followed the Seventh Circuit and held that employers violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when they require employees to sign an...more

Retail and Consumer Products Law Roundup - March 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/18/2016

Regulatory Whack-a-Mole: A Renewed Focus on Non-Hazardous Waste Recycling - Why it matters - In part due to a string of high-profile enforcements in multiple states, retailers by and large have evaluated the need to...more

NLRB Administrative Law Judge Expands D.R. Horton; Strikes Down Arbitration Agreement With Opt-Out Provision

Franczek P.C. on 12/2/2013

As we previously reported, in D.R. Horton, the NLRB held that a mandatory arbitration agreement that waives employees’ rights to participate in class or collective actions is unlawful under the National Labor Relations Act...more

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