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Dockworkers Up Ante as Freight Rates Soar

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Earlier this week, 159 trade associations representing key supply chain stakeholders sent a letter to the Biden administration and relevant congressional committees calling on the U.S. government to intervene in the stalled...more

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NLRB: Members Of Trade Group Are Not “Employees” Covered By The NLRA

On September 11, 2020, a three-member National Labor Relations Board panel unanimously ruled that a trade group representing sign language interpreters did not violate Section 8(a)(1) of the Act by removing its members’ posts...more

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Welcome to the Jungle: Trade Associations and Reportable Persuader Activity

Many trade associations have little direct experience with union organizing and labor relations. When it comes to lobbying in Washington, D.C., however, trade associations know a thing or two about what it takes to be a...more

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The Final Persuader Rule: What You Need to Know About the New Reporting Requirements

On March 23, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued final regulations revising the “advice exemption” and requiring employers and consultants (including lawyers) to report labor relations advice and services under...more

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Employers Face New Reporting Requirements after DOL Issues Final Persuader Rule

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On March 23, 2016, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) finalized its long anticipated “persuader” rule, which requires that employers and legal consultants report pay arrangements regarding any attempts to persuade employees,...more

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DOL Publishes Final Rule Requiring Employers to Disclose Persuader Agreements

For many years, employers have been able to lawfully avoid certain reporting requirements under the Labor Management and Reporting Disclosure Act which compels the disclosure of agreements with outside...more

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Department of Labor Issues Long-Awaited "Persuader Activity" Final Rule

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On March 24, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule, 81 Fed. Reg. 15924, that will require employers to file public reports with the DOL when they use consultants (including lawyers) to provide labor...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

The Employment Expansion Trifecta: The Wage and Hour Division, The National Labor Relations Board, and . . . OSHA?

Perhaps it is the end of racing season in Saratoga, but the federal employment agencies are certainly looking to hit the trifecta against independent contractors, franchisors, parent companies, and similar entities under the...more

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“Ambush” Election Challenge Fails in Federal Court

A federal judge in Texas recently ruled in favor of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a case challenging the Board’s “ambush” election rules. The lawsuit, Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas, Inc. v....more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Employers: Be Ready for a Union Ambush

On December 15, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final rule regarding representation case procedures to become effective on April 14, 2015. In doing so, the NLRB sought to update its rules to better...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

U.S. Chamber and Business Groups File Suit to Block New NLRB Election Rule

This week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several business trade groups announced that they jointly filed a complaint in federal court against the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), seeking to strike the Board’s new...more

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