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Top Five Labor Law Developments for April 2022

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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

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Ninth Circuit Reverses Grant of Class Certification and Denial of Motions to Compel Arbitration in Several Uber Class Actions

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In a major victory for ride-share company Uber Technologies, Inc. ("Uber"), the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its much anticipated opinion in O'Connor v. Uber Technologies, Inc., Case No....more

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Web Exclusive - High Court’s Arbitration Ruling Provides Sigh Of Relief For Healthcare Employers

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A few months ago, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-to-4 decision that class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements do not violate the National Labor Relations Act and are, in fact, fully enforceable. The decision...more

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Union (In)Security: SCOTUS Prohibits Public Sector Union Security and Missouri May Tip The Private Sector Scales

The decades-long battle over union security faces two important pivot points during the summer of 2018. On June 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States handed unions a major defeat in the season’s first major fight. ...more

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

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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

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

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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

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Opt-Out Clauses May Help Some Employers Opt In To Individual Arbitration

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Ironically, giving employees the right to decline to resolve their employment claims in binding arbitration may actually help employers enforce arbitration agreements in some parts of the country....more

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

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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

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