On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held in Amazon.com Services LLC, 373 NLRB No. 136, that "captive-audience" meetings are unlawful under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Specifically, the...more
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In its recent Stericycle decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) modified its framework for evaluating whether employer work rules that do not expressly restrict employee Section 7 activity are...more
8/15/2023
/ Boeing ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Section 7 ,
Unions
Uncertainty looms as NLRB General Counsel seeks to upend a combined 127 years of settled labor law to help unions organize workplaces Labor law has long been somewhat prone to uncertainty and inconsistency. -
Each new...more
5/6/2022
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Special Meetings ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Elections ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions
On March 9, 2021, the House of Representatives passed S. 420/H.R. 842, the pro-union “Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021” (PRO Act), by a vote of 225-206, largely along party lines. On March 11, 2021, the bill was...more
Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), overruling an important Obama-era decision, held that employers do not have a pre first-contract duty to bargain before disciplining employees in a manner consistent with...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) faces yet another road block to fully implementing its new election rules. The final rule, issued at the end of 2019, is set to restructure some of the more controversial...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) began April by issuing a new rule geared towards improving case procedures for union representation elections. Specifically, the rule implements three amendments, addressing (1)...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced it will defer implementation of its new election rules for 45 days (pushing the effective date back from April 16 to May 31, 2020)....more
At the end of 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its long-anticipated final rule somewhat restructuring its controversial 2014 election rules overhaul (rules sometimes referred to as the "quickie" or...more
1/14/2020
/ Ambush Election Rules ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Final Rules ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
New Rules ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Quickie Election Rules ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Union Elections ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a whirlwind series of rulings to cap off 2019. The NLRB typically issues many decisions near the end of a Board member's term, so this flurry comes as no surprise...more
1/10/2020
/ Banner Health System ,
Caesars ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Email ,
Email Policies ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Rights ,
Employment Policies ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Information Technology ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Purple Communications ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Union Dues ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions ,
Workplace Investigations