On Oct. 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule that significantly broadens the definition of “joint employment” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), marking the fifth change to the board’s...more
Introduction -
In the final year of his two term tenure, President Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board and Department of Labor continued their double barrelled efforts to remake labor law to benefit labor...more
1/18/2017
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
At-Will Employment ,
Blacklist ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
LMRDA ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Persuader Rules ,
Unions
On March 23, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its long-anticipated reinterpretation of the “persuader” rule in the Labor Management Reporting Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA). Spanning more than 400 pages, the...more
National Labor Relations Board spends Most of 2015 With a Full Complement of Members; Down to Four at Year’s End.
For about two-thirds of the year, the National Labor Relations Board operated with a full complement of...more
1/21/2016
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Joint Employers ,
LMRDA ,
NLRB ,
Persuader Rules ,
SEIU ,
Unions ,
United Food and Commercial Workers Union ,
Wage Act
Under current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) standards, a union can organize a bargaining unit of an employer’s regular employees and temporary employees supplied by a staffing agency only if both the employer and the...more
The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) “ambush election rules,” which make sweeping changes to the procedures applicable in union representation cases, took effect on April 14, 2015....more