As we have reported many times, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is a powerful agency that regulates both the union and non-union workplace. However, the NLRB is also a largely political organization that...more
Last week, the National Labor Relations Board issued its Fair Choice - Employee Voice Final Rule. This new Final Rule reinstates several practices that were in place prior to the Trump NLRB making changes in 2020....more
Join CDF attorneys Mark S. Spring and Tashayla Billington for a one-hour in-depth review of the recent developments in traditional labor law. If you manage a union or non-union workforce in California, you won’t want to miss...more
In December, this blog alerted readers that in Memorandum GC 21-08, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) General Counsel Abruzzo declared that certain student-athletes “at Academic Institutions are employees under the...more
In October 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its new Final Rule addressing and expanding the proper standard for determining joint employment status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). This was...more
3/11/2024
/ Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Franchises ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Reform ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been pushing hard to turn certain Division I college-level student-athletes into employees, at least for purposes of organizing and collective bargaining rights under the National...more
12/6/2023
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Educational Institutions ,
Employee Definition ,
Employee Rights ,
Employees ,
Labor Reform ,
NCAA ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Student Athletes ,
Unions
On August 2, the National Labor Relations Board issued its decision in Stericycle, Inc., adopting a new legal standard for how the Board will evaluate workplace rules and policies that are challenged on the grounds that they...more
Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued two important decisions that California employers should be aware of:
NLRB Adds Consequential Damages to Its Weapons Cache -
On December 13, the...more
Although the National Labor Relations Board has been one of the most active and aggressive federal labor/employment agencies since Biden took control of the Executive Branch almost two years ago, there is trouble brewing. The...more
History of Dues Checkoff Precedent -
In 1962, years before most working Americans were even born, the NLRB issued its decision in Bethlehem Steel. That decision held that dues checkoff clauses in collective bargaining...more
CDF Labor Law LLP presents an interactive panel discussion that will cover California transactional and employment law issues triggered by mergers and acquisitions. Richard Weintraub, of Weintraub Law Group, will share his 40...more
8/5/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Asset Purchase Agreements ,
Buying a Business ,
California ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Labor Code ,
Mergers ,
Misclassification ,
Selling a Business ,
State Labor Laws ,
Stock Purchase Agreement ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
WARN Act ,
Webinars
Earlier this week, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo released a memo urging Biden’s pro-union Board to declare that employers can no longer hold “captive audience” meetings. “Captive...more
4/8/2022
/ Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Unions
Yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) put out a press release showing that there has been significant growth in the number of representation petitions being filed for union elections with the Board.
A...more
President Biden’s first major domestic proposal, the Build Back Better Act (“BBB Act”), has been (and will continue to be) the subject of much press and debate. Of particular interest to our audience, the BBB Act, an...more
During this session, Partner and Chair of CDF’s Traditional Labor Practice, Mark Spring, Partner John Giovannone, and David Fortney, Shareholder with Fortney Scott in Washington DC, will review a variety of issues related to...more
9/23/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
NLRB ,
Physicians ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions ,
Webinars
CDF Labor Law has designed a series of complimentary webinars on employment-related topics specifically designed for our friends and colleagues in the healthcare industry. CDF’s Healthcare Education Week will run October 4-8,...more
9/7/2021
/ Best Practices ,
Cal-OSHA ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Diversity ,
Employee Retention ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Litigation ,
Employment Policies ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Hospitals ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Internal Investigations ,
Labor Regulations ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Off-The-Clock ,
Over-Time ,
Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) ,
Remote Working ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Social Justice Issues ,
Time-Off Policies ,
Unions ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour ,
Webinars ,
Workplace Safety
National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo’s appointment and subsequent July confirmation marked a shift to a pro-labor perspective. On August 12, 2021, Abruzzo issued her first GC Memorandum as...more
8/17/2021
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Employee Rights ,
Independent Contractors ,
Lockouts ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Purple Communications ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Union Dues ,
Unions
Last Wednesday, President Joe Biden needed a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris to confirm his nomination of Jennifer Abruzzo for General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board....more
The United States Supreme Court recently issued two decisions related to California labor and employment law. In one decision, the Court held that a California regulation allowing labor organizers a right to access...more
6/28/2021
/ Agricultural Workers ,
Cedar Point Nursery v Hassid ,
Disciplinary Proceedings ,
Farm Workers ,
Farms ,
Fifth Amendment ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Just Compensation ,
Mahanoy Area School District v B.L. ,
Public Schools ,
SCOTUS ,
Snapchat ,
Student Speech ,
Students ,
Takings Clause ,
Tinker v Des Moines Independent Community School Dist. ,
Unions ,
United Farm Workers
This past month’s Amazon union election in Alabama received more national attention than any other union election since the Boeing election in South Carolina in February 2017. The press covered it very closely. Politicians...more
Following up on our earlier post about all the moves President Biden was making at the NLRB General Counsel’s office, we now know that our temporary NLRB GC is Peter Song Ohr. Ohr is known as a straight shooting, publicity...more
When Biden said he would be the greatest President the unions have ever seen, he apparently meant it. Less than twenty-four hours after being sworn in, Biden...more
For the last four years, California employers have mostly been focused on changes in state and local law, as the Trump administration has done little to regulate employers. Later this month, when the administration changes in...more
1/6/2021
/ Arbitration ,
Biden Administration ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Immigration Enforcement ,
Immigration Reform ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
NLRB ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
State Labor Laws ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions ,
Webinars