“Should Employers have any hope for impartiality and good decisions from the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) in 2023?” Posed to the old Magic 8 Ball, the answer is “Don’t count on it.”...more
12/28/2022
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Relations ,
Make-Whole Doctrine ,
Micro-Unions ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions
Tis the season to be jolly, and the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) was in an especially giving mood for employers over this past week. In the span of five days, it reversed several Obama era...more
12/18/2019
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Deregulation ,
Dues Checkoff ,
Email ,
Email Policies ,
Information Technology ,
McDonalds ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Purple Communications ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Dues ,
Unions ,
Workplace Investigations
Employers subject to collective bargaining relationships often complain about the time they spend responding to objectively meritless grievances. ...more
The new General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“Labor Board”), Peter Robb, continues to reshape the agency with his vision. Consistent with his January 2018 promise to consider “settlements of any kind that...more
4/5/2018
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Franchises ,
Joint Employers ,
McDonalds ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Unfair Labor Practices