On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) overturned Babcock & Wilcox, 77 NLRB 577 (1948), which had—for over 75 years—protected employers’ right to hold mandatory meetings on their premises to...more
11/20/2024
/ Babcock & Wilcox Construction ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
New Rules ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Special Meetings ,
Taft-Hartley Act ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions
On November 8, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) released its decision in Siren Retail Corp., 373 NLRB No. 135, holding that employers may violate the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or the...more
Some cannabis workers in recent months have grown weary of their unions and have voted the unions out – or, in labor terms, “decertified” them. This has happened in two different Cresco Labs facilities. The first occurred at...more
As we previously blogged, “agricultural employees” are excluded from coverage under the federal National Labor Relations Act, which governs unionization. The National Labor Relations Board’s Division of Advice (which...more
1/28/2021
/ Agricultural Workers ,
Biden Administration ,
Cannabis-Related Businesses (CRBs) ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Marijuana Cultivation ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
State and Local Government ,
Unions
In a recent decision, the Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for Region 1 (covering most of New England) found that a majority of employees of a cannabis cultivation and processing facility were...more
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. employers have struggled with how to address the unanticipated ramifications of the pandemic while at the same time meeting their obligations under federal labor law. ...more
8/20/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hazard Pay ,
Layoffs ,
NLRB ,
Paid Leave ,
Retaliation ,
Sick Leave ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions ,
Wrongful Termination
In December 2019, the National Labor Relations Board announced revised procedures for union elections that would extend certain pre-election deadlines and require certain disputes be resolved ahead of an election... These...more
In 2014, the Obama-era National Labor Relations Board made over two dozen changes to the union election rules that effectively shortened the time period between the filing of the petition and the election and limited the...more
On September 9, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) clarified its standard for reviewing the appropriateness of small bargaining units within larger workforces, sometimes referred to as “micro units.” The ruling...more
On July 11, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board in Miller & Anderson, in another pro-union decision, overruled its own precedent and ruled that unions do not need employer consent before organizing bargaining units that...more