2022 was a great year for U.S. labor unions and employees, but not so much for U.S. employers. The Biden National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) dug in and got to work, reversing precedent and charting a course to reinterpret...more
INTRODUCTION -
2021 was the first year of National Labor Relations Board under President Biden. For years, the Board’s decisions and its approach generally have swung back and forth depending on whether there was a...more
1/31/2022
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Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Popular ,
Protected Activity ,
Section 7 ,
Unions
INTRODUCTION -
In our last Review, we reported that the National Labor Relations Board had a very busy year. Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was also a fairly busy year for the Board. In its final...more
In November 2017, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued an opinion concerning an arbitrator’s reinstatement of a state correctional officer (“CO”). The CO was responsible for monitoring inmates who worked on the...more
1/16/2018
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Arbitration Awards ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Department of Corrections ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Filing Grievances ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Prison ,
Public Employees ,
Reinstatement ,
Unions
In a recent decision, the National Labor Relations Board confronted the issue of whether it has jurisdiction over The Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School (PVCS) – a school formed pursuant Pennsylvania’s Charter School Law. In...more