On August 1, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board is set to roll out its Fair Choice-Employee Voice Rule, which includes three major changes...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently held that an employer’s proposal and adherence to proposals could in itself be deemed to be unlawful bad faith bargaining. District Hospital Partners, 375 NLRB No. 55...more
On December 13, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) expanded the remedies that may be awarded in unfair labor practice cases. The board ruled 3-2 that affected employees may recover compensation for "all...more
12/16/2022
/ Bargaining Units ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Compensatory Damages ,
Damages ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
Make-Whole Doctrine ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions
On November 10, 2021, the NLRB General Counsel issued a memorandum discussing the bargaining obligations imposed on covered employers under OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard to Protect Workers from Coronavirus ("ETS")....more
11/15/2021
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Good Faith ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
OSHA ,
Temporary Regulations ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions ,
Vaccinations
The National Labor Relations Board (the "NLRB" or "Board") issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Monday, August 12, 2019, which proposes amendments to certain interpretations of the National Labor Relations Act (the...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has revived a broad, union-friendly joint employer test, at least for now. In December 2017, the board issued its decision in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors, which put in place a...more
In PCC Structurals, Inc., in a 3-2 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) overturned the 2011 Specialty Healthcare decision which allowed “micro-units” of small groups of employees to organize within a...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has overruled two precedents that had been particularly nettlesome to the employer community. First, in The Boeing Company the NLRB, in a 3-2 decision on Dec. 14, 2017,...more
The National Labor Board of Relations decision released on Aug. 23, 206, will have far-reaching consequences for private universities and colleges. The decision promises to be a potential source of litigation and headaches...more
Employers who rely on staffing agencies for employees must be aware of the significant expansion in the National Labor Relations Board’s treatment of the joint-employer doctrine as determined in two major recent decisions....more
On August 17, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board issued the long awaited decision in the Northwestern University football union case. 362 NLRB No. 167 (8/17/2015). In a rare display of unanimity, the five members of...more
8/18/2015
/ Collective Bargaining ,
College Athletes ,
Colleges ,
Employee Definition ,
Jurisdiction ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Northwestern University ,
Sports ,
Unions ,
Universities
The State of Illinois cannot require Rehabilitation Program “personal assistants” (PAs) who decide not to join a union, to pay compulsory union dues, commonly known as “agency fees,” the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Harris v....more
7/2/2014
/ Collective Bargaining ,
First Amendment ,
Harris v Quinn ,
Healthcare ,
Home Health Care ,
Medicaid ,
Public Employees ,
Right to Work ,
SCOTUS ,
Union Dues ,
Unions