Seyfarth Synopsis: Seventh Circuit finds employer still obligated to contribute to benefit funds for the life of the CBA even though the employees decertified the union.
Employers often assume that when their...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Board reaffirmed, prospectively, the Alan Ritchey doctrine requiring employers to bargain over discretionary discipline issued to newly organized employees pre-first contract and mandated prospective...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: That “win-win” in contract negotiation wherein employees are paid to opt out of employer insurance has become much more complicated thanks to the IRS. Basically, if bargaining parties do not follow new IRS...more
The Ninth Circuit, in Resilient Floor Covering Pension Trust Fund Board of Trustees v. Michael’s Floor Covering, Inc., Case No. 12-17675 (9th Cir. Sept. 11, 2015), joined the Seventh Circuit in finding that an asset...more
10/6/2015
/ Asset Purchaser ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act (MPPAA) ,
Pension Funds ,
Pension Plan Amendments ,
Pensions ,
Successor Liability ,
Withdrawal Liability
While all eyes were on the landmark Browning-Ferris decision issued Thursday, the Board issued yet another split decision that also may have far reaching consequences. In GVS Properties, LLC, 362 NLRB No. 194 (Aug. 27, 2015),...more
9/1/2015
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Displaced Building Service Workers Protection Act (DBSWPA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Mandatory Retention Period ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Purchasers ,
Real Estate Transfers ,
Successors ,
Unions