NLRB, Presidential Appointments

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

EEOC Roundup, Part II: The Latest Personnel Changes at the Agency and How They Are Expected to Shape Policy

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/5/2021

There is an old saying in Washington, D.C., that personnel is policy. It is common sense: whoever is in charge of a federal agency or subagency will impart his or her own particular policy preferences on the agency’s...more

Beltway Buzz - February 2021 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/16/2021

Congressional Update. It was another busy week on Capitol Hill. The U.S. Senate was, of course, preoccupied with the historic second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump. In the U.S. House of Representatives,...more

Recent Developments at the National Labor Relations Board under the Biden Administration

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/8/2021

Ballard Spahr attorneys Meredith Dante and Steve Suflas summarize developments at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) put in place by the Biden Administration. Meredith and Steve discuss the challenges Non-union and...more

OFCCP Week In Review: January 2021 #4

DirectEmployers Association on 1/26/2021

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

Labor Reform: What to Expect From a Biden Administration With Democratic Control of Congress

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/22/2021

At noon, eastern standard time, on January 20, 2021, Joseph R. Biden Jr. became the 46th president of the United States, giving Democrats control of the executive branch, and, albeit by the thinnest of margins (with Vice...more

The Pendulum is Officially Swinging: Biden’s Early Changes and How They May Impact Employers

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 1/22/2021

As HR Legalist predicted, President Biden is taking steps to swing the pendulum in an employee-friendly direction. While implementing substantive changes may take some time in light of the administrative procedures required,...more

Labor, Employment and Immigration Law Changes to Expect from the Biden Administration

Williams Mullen on 1/21/2021

With the inauguration of a new President come significant anticipated changes in many areas of business, but none more seismic than in labor, employment and immigration....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

Beltway Buzz - February 2019 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/11/2019

Pearce Withdraws. The Buzz has written extensively about the end of former National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Mark Gaston Pearce’s term in August 2018, his subsequent renomination just days letter, and the...more

Labor Board Back to Five Member Composition – What Obama-Era Precedent Is Next on the Chopping Block?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/27/2018

On April 11, 2018, former management lawyer John Ring was confirmed via a 50-48 party-line vote to serve on the five-member National Labor Relations Board (“Board”). Ring will replace Chairman Marvin Kaplan, another member of...more

With Senate Confirmation of NLRB Member John Ring, NLRB Shifts to Republican Majority

Franczek P.C. on 4/12/2018

Yesterday, the Senate, voting along party lines 50 to 48, confirmed John Ring as a member of the National Labor Relations Board. With Ring’s confirmation, the five-member NLRB is now fully staffed with a 3-2 Republican...more

Back to Browning-Ferris: Returning to an Obama-Era Joint Employment Standard

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 2/28/2018

Yesterday, February 26th, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) vacated its December 2017 ruling in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors (Hy-Brand), reinstating the employee-friendly joint employment standard crafted...more

Don’t Like that NLRB Ruling? Just Wait, it May Change!

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 12/27/2017

As 2017 and Chairman Phillip Miscimarra’s term drew to an end, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) issued a flurry of decisions overturning several Obama-era NLRB decisions. Because Board members are...more

NLRB Update: Trump Board Wastes No Time Overturning Obama-Era Precedent

BCLP on 12/27/2017

With two appointments by President Trump, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had a Republican majority for several months in 2017, for the first time in ten years. The “Trump Board” wasted no time overturning Obama-era...more

Recent NLRB Actions Signal the Winds of Change Are Blowing: The NLRB Requests Information on Controversial “Quickie Election”...

Franczek P.C. on 12/14/2017

Because the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is made up of members appointed by the President, Board law shifts as administrations change. Recently, the U.S. Senate confirmed two Republicans to the Board, resulting in a...more

National Labor Relations Board › Presidential Appointments

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

EEOC Roundup, Part II: The Latest Personnel Changes at the Agency and How They Are Expected to Shape Policy

Beltway Buzz - February 2021 #2

Recent Developments at the National Labor Relations Board under the Biden Administration

OFCCP Week In Review: January 2021 #4

Labor Reform: What to Expect From a Biden Administration With Democratic Control of Congress

The Pendulum is Officially Swinging: Biden’s Early Changes and How They May Impact Employers

Labor, Employment and Immigration Law Changes to Expect from the Biden Administration

Senate Confirms Pair of Appointees to National Labor Relations Board

Beltway Buzz - February 2019 #2

Labor Board Back to Five Member Composition – What Obama-Era Precedent Is Next on the Chopping Block?

With Senate Confirmation of NLRB Member John Ring, NLRB Shifts to Republican Majority

Back to Browning-Ferris: Returning to an Obama-Era Joint Employment Standard

Don’t Like that NLRB Ruling? Just Wait, it May Change!

NLRB Update: Trump Board Wastes No Time Overturning Obama-Era Precedent

Recent NLRB Actions Signal the Winds of Change Are Blowing: The NLRB Requests Information on Controversial “Quickie Election”...

Successor General Counsel Robb Signals Potential Successorship Retrenchment

NLRB General Counsel Signals Rollback of Positions Affecting Unionized, Non-Unionized Employers

Better Watch Your Mouth: Trump Board Likely to Narrow Protection of Vulgar and Racially Bigoted Employee Speech

No Winter Blues Here: GC Memorandum 18-02 Brings Handbook Cheer to Employers

No Winter Blues Here: GC Memorandum 18-02 Brings Handbook Cheer to Employers

The Practical NLRB Advisor: Issue 7 Fall 2017

Senate Confirms President Trump’s Pick for National Labor Relations Board General Counsel

Full House at the NLRB: Fifth Member Confirmed by Senate

NLRB Rounding Into Shape

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