It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
10/11/2018
/ #MeToo ,
Background Checks ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Governor Brown ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Lactation Accommodation ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Unions
Employee walkouts and protests are likely to occur on a large scale starting yesterday and lasting through Thursday, spurred on by the union-supported “Fight for $15” movement and in anticipation of the upcoming midterm...more
10/3/2018
/ Attendance ,
Caregivers ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Employment Policies ,
Fast-Food Industry ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Janitorial Services ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRA ,
Private Property ,
Professors ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Protests ,
Restaurant Industry ,
SEIU ,
Social Media Policy ,
Strike ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
In a move that has been anticipated for several months, the National Relations Labor Board today published a proposed rule that would fundamentally alter the definition of joint employment, making it more difficult for...more
9/14/2018
/ Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Comment Period ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Franchisee ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Terms and Conditions
With the Senate’s confirmation of John Ring to the National Labor Relations Board on April 11 and the administration’s subsequent announcement on April 12 that he will be designated as the agency’s Chair, the Board is once...more
In the clearest sign yet that the National Labor Relations Board is ready to shift away from the strong pro-union stance that had been taken for the previous eight years, the agency today announced that it will seek public...more
The newly installed General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board published a memorandum late last week indicating that the General Counsel is preparing to push to reverse many of the controversial positions taken...more
12/5/2017
/ Back Pay ,
Contract Disputes ,
Dues Checkoff ,
Email Policies ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employment Contract ,
Front Pay ,
Joint Employers ,
Memorandum of Guidance ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Rescission ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Social Media Policy ,
Stop Work Orders ,
Unions ,
Witness Statements
Among the most crucial federal agencies undergoing a transformation under the new presidential administration is the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). During the eight years of the Obama administration, with the Board...more
9/6/2017
/ Banner Health System ,
Bargaining Units ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Civility ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Columbia University ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
D.R. Horton v NLRB ,
Email Policies ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employment Policies ,
Internal Investigations ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Relations ,
Micro-Unions ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Presidential Appointments ,
Purple Communications ,
Quickie Election Rules ,
Section 7 ,
Specialty Healthcare ,
Student Athletes ,
Temporary Employees ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions
May Day has historically been a day marked by workers’ rights protests, with union organizing activities and other employee advocacy actions taking place across the country on what is now known as “International Workers’...more
4/24/2017
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Immigrants ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protests ,
Public Relations ,
SEIU ,
Strike ,
Trump Administration ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions ,
Workplace Communication
Employee walkouts and protests are anticipated across the country on Thursday, February 16, and Friday, February 17, as immigrants and others disappointed by the Trump administration’s position with respect to immigration...more
In today’s 3-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) resurrected a union-friendly standard making it easier for unions to combine jointly employed temporary workers with an employer’s existing workforce to form...more
Earlier today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) unanimously decided that college football players at Northwestern University cannot comprise an appropriate bargaining unit, squelching their attempt to form the...more
Dealing the agency its second major setback on the legitimacy of its quorum, the Supreme Court has invalidated a trio of recess appointments made to the NLRB back in January of 2012. Moments ago, the Court handed down its...more