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The National Labor Relations Board 2012 Year in Review

by Bruce Bagley, Adam Santucci | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/20/2013

Introduction - Wow, 2012 was quite the year for the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”)! Last year, we discussed the Board’s agenda, which at the time we described as aggressive, but with the benefit of hindsight,...more

NLRB Gets Busy – Part 1 NLRB Departs From Decades Of Precedent

by Michelle Bush, Charles Einsiedler, Jr. | Pierce Atwood LLP on 1/22/2013

The close of 2012 brought a flurry of activity by the National Labor Relations Board and the Board has not slowed down in the New Year. Several of the Board’s recent decisions mark significant departures from decades of...more

The Second Obama Term: NLRB Outlook

by Morgan Lewis on 1/22/2013

Employers should expect a continuation of the policies from the last four years as the NLRB seeks to extend the reach of the NLRA to nonunion workplaces and promotes increased unionization and collective bargaining....more

NLRB Overturned Numerous Precedents, Imposed Significant Burdens on Unionized Employers in 2012

by Todd D. Steenson | Holland & Knight LLP on 1/16/2013

In addition to the significant actions taken by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) in 2012 that affect all employers, the NLRB late last year issued several important decisions that affect unionized employers...more

Employment And Labor Law Alert: The National Labor Relations Board Changes Course - Witness Statements Obtained During Workplace...

by Jonathan Naples, Matthew Tews | Leonard, Street and Deinard on 1/14/2013

Until recently, the National Labor Relations Board's decision in Anheuser-Busch, 237 NLRB 982 (1978), was clear: employers were not obligated to provide witness statements collected during workplace investigations to the...more

Recent NRLB Decision Continues To Erode Confidentiality Protection for Workplace Investigations

by Alexandra Bak-Boychuk, Brian D. Pedrow | Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/11/2013

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently overruled its longstanding precedent that categorically protected confidential witness statements taken during internal disciplinary investigations from disclosure to a...more

The NLRB Overrules Longstanding Precedent in Two New Opinions

by Jason Hilliard | Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 1/10/2013

On December 12, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) overruled a 50–year-old precedent when it decided that employers have a duty to continue to deduct union dues from employees’ paychecks even after the...more

NLRB Overrules Anheuser-Busch: Witness Statements Now Subject to Disclosure

by Olufeyikemi Obafemi, Jeffrey Pasek | Cozen O'Connor on 1/8/2013

Last year, we notified you here that the National Labor Relations Board will now consider a general employer rule requiring confidentiality during an internal investigation into an employee complaint to be an unfair labor...more

NLRB Overrules Longstanding Precedent Exempting Witness Statements from Disclosure in Grievance-Arbitration Context

by C. Thomas Davis | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/7/2013

In yet another reversal of longstanding, bright-line precedent, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has changed dramatically the rule applicable to employers in responding to union information requests seeking...more

As 2012 Ends, So Does the NLRB's Longstanding Bright-Line Rule Protecting Witness Statements from Disclosure

by Tracy Stott Pyles | Littler on 1/5/2013

As the calendar year ends, so does National Labor Relations Board Member Brian Hayes' term, prompting a series of decisions, including Piedmont Gardens, 359 NLRB No. 46 (Dec. 15, 2012). There the Board reversed 34 year-old...more

NLRB Overrules Longstanding Precedent, Provides Opportunity For Unions To Obtain Confidential Witness Statements Used In Internal...

by Neil S. Goldsmith, Amy Zdravecky | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 1/4/2013

Since 1978, employers had not been required to disclose witness statements provided in internal investigations to unions deciding whether to pursue various grievances. All that changed last week when the NLRB overturned its...more

Holiday Season Extravaganza: NLRB Issues Flurry Of Law Changing Decisions

by Mark Theodore | Proskauer - Labor Relations on 12/28/2012

Last week the NLRB issued several significant decisions. In the press release announcing the decisions, the agency noted that most were actually issued “the week of December 10, but were issued this week following editing and...more

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