On Oct. 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule that significantly broadens the definition of “joint employment” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), marking the fifth change to the board’s...more
The COVID-19 pandemic presents unique challenges for employers whose employees are represented by labor unions. Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), unionized employers must negotiate with a collective bargaining...more
In the closing days of outgoing Chairman Phil Miscimarra’s term, the National Labor Relations Board issued three major decisions reversing field on significant issues of labor-management relations and requested public comment...more
12/20/2017
/ Boeing ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Franchises ,
Joint Employers ,
Micro-Unions ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Activity ,
Section 7 ,
Specialty Healthcare ,
Unions
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In the final year of his two term tenure, President Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board and Department of Labor continued their double barrelled efforts to remake labor law to benefit labor...more
1/18/2017
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
At-Will Employment ,
Blacklist ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
LMRDA ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Persuader Rules ,
Unions
As previously reported, on March 23, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its reinterpretation of the “persuader” rule in the Labor Management Reporting Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA), originally scheduled to be...more
As we previously reported on Aug. 27 and 28 (on our blog Labor Relations Today), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued its ruling in Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc., 362 NLRB No. 186 (Aug....more
9/11/2015
/ Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Franchises ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Right to Control ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Teamsters ,
Unions