In the last issue of the Ogletree Deakins Practical NLRB Advisor, we utilized this space to remark that the current general counsel’s (GC) multifaceted and radical agenda posed genuine institutional issues for the National...more
12/27/2022
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Unions
On June 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States announced its decision in a case that tested the constitutionality of requiring mandatory payment of “fair share” union dues to be paid by non-member public sector...more
6/27/2018
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Fair Share Contribution ,
First Amendment ,
Janus v AFSCME ,
Opt-Outs ,
Public Employees ,
Public Sector Unions ,
SCOTUS ,
Unions
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) moved one step closer to undoing President Obama's permanently enjoined “persuader activity” regulation when, on June 12, the agency issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for reverse...more
6/29/2017
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Comment Period ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
LMRDA ,
NLRB ,
NPRM ,
Obama Administration ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Persuader Rules ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Taft-Hartley Act ,
Unions
On November 16, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Lubbock Division) converted its injunction preventing implementation of the U.S. Department of Labor’s revised persuader rule on a national...more
On March 29, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a per curiam opinion in a case on the validity of public-sector “agency shop” arrangements, which permit unions to charge a fee (in order to pay for select...more
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
With its forthcoming decision in Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc., the Supreme Court of the United States is expected to bring some much-needed clarity to the issue of what the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), 42...more
2/25/2015
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Discrimination ,
Essential Functions ,
PDA ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnancy Disability Leave Law ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Trucking Industry ,
Unions ,
UPS ,
Young v United Parcel Service
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits a public-employee union from collecting an agency fee from home-care workers who do not want to join or...more
Does a collective bargaining agreement that requires nonunion home-care workers to pay a fee to a union representative violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? In the next few days the Supreme Court of the United...more
On Friday, May 23, 2014, the White House, through its executive branch and other federal agencies, issued the Spring 2014 edition of the Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. Published twice a year, the agencies’ regulatory agendas...more
6/4/2014
/ Affirmative Action ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Final Rules ,
HUD ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRB ,
Obama Administration ,
OFCCP ,
OMB ,
Persuader Rules ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Unions ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour