Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 22, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a decision in Metro Health, Inc. d/b/a Hospital Metropolitano Rio Piedras ending more than 50 years of the Board’s...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On September 6, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law legislation that, effective immediately, prohibits employers from disciplining employees who refuse to participate in meetings concerning...more
9/19/2023
/ Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Free Speech ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
New Legislation ,
New York ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Religious Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
Unions
Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 24, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Final Rule dramatically altering union election processes. The Final Rule overturns many Trump-era regulations, thereby perpetuating an...more
On April 1, 2020, after a temporary suspension of elections, the National Labor Relations Board announced that the processing of NLRB-conducted elections would resume again. Since about then, an unprecedented 90% of...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As the COVID-19 virus continues to surge throughout parts of the United States, the General Counsel’s office of the NLRB has issued certain “suggested” safety protocols to allow Regions to conduct manual...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: It should be clear to all that the NLRB has taken significant steps to restore the law to a footing that more closely resembles the landscape that existed prior to the Obama Board. ...more
2/25/2020
/ Ambush Election Rules ,
Arbitration ,
Boeing ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Dues Checkoff ,
Email Policies ,
Employer Rights ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Gig Economy ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Relations ,
Micro-Unions ,
NLRB ,
Purple Communications ,
Union Dues ,
Unions
Seyfarth Synopsis: In a 3-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) in Johnson Controls, Inc., 368 NLRB No. 20 (July 3, 2019), established a new standard for determining whether a union has reacquired majority...more
7/25/2019
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Johnson Controls ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Representatives ,
Unions ,
Withdrawal
Seyfarth Synopsis: In a unanimous decision, a three-member panel of the NLRB found that a cab company violated the NLRA by changing the length of the waiting period for employee health insurance from one year to sixty days....more