Labor Law Insiders Trecia Moore, Megann McManus, and Terry Potter continue their discussion with Labor Law Insider host Tom Godar regarding remedies the National Labor Relations Board is trying to impose for unfair labor...more
Labor Law Insider host Tom Godar engages in a lively discussion with guests Trecia Moore, Megann McManus, and Terry Potter regarding remedies in matters involving unfair labor practice charges. The centerpiece of our...more
Our downloadable report, Legal Insights for Manufacturing, explores how the business, legal, and regulatory framework is evolving—and will evolve—to address the large generational shifts taking place. This year, our report...more
11/2/2023
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Skilled Laborers ,
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On May 1, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued its decision in Lion Elastomers and United Steelworkers, making it more difficult for employers to discipline employees for outbursts and similar misconduct...more
In the second installment of this two-part Labor Law Insider podcast, attorneys Terry Potter and Tom O’Day join host Tom Godar to discuss the impact of the National Labor Relations Board decision of McLaren Macomb, as well as...more
The Labor Law Insider invites two experienced counsel, attorneys Terry Potter and Tom O’Day, to explore the implications of the National Labor Relations Board’s decision in McLaren Macomb, issued in late February, as well as...more
It is not often that the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) gives employers a heads-up before it makes broad, and often burdensome, changes, but a recently issued ALJ decision might be the exception to the rule....more
On February 21, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that employers covered by the National Labor Relations Act violate Section 8(a)(1) of the Act by merely offering certain confidentiality and...more
Part III of the Labor Law Insider discussing new and harsher remedies by the National Labor Relations Board reviews the latest General Counsel memorandum highlighting the scope of these new remedies. In addition, Labor Law...more
In Part II of their conversation on unfair labor practice remedies, Husch Blackwell's Labor Law Insiders Tom Godar, Terry Potter, Adam Doerr and Rufino Gaytán review the National Labor Relations Board’s more aggressive...more
Husch Blackwell's Labor Law Insiders, Thomas Godar, Terry Potter, Rufino Gaytán and Adam Doerr offer context to recent NLRB memoranda, including background to NLRB remedies. The panelists contrast the historical reach of NLRB...more
Earlier this spring, in a 3-1 vote, the Board issued a notice and solicited briefs on whether to reconsider Johnnie’s Poultry doctrine (doctrine), which was established in the 1964 Board decision, Johnnie’s Poultry Co. The...more
1. I have a unionized workforce. Do I need to bargain before mandating that my employees are Covid vaccinated before reporting to work?
With the CDC largely ending mask requirements for those who are Covid vaccinated,...more
It’s become increasingly common for businesses to subcontract workers to perform jobs at a location that is shared with the business or other neutral third parties. When picketing at common job sites shared by the employees...more
The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO Act) (H.R. 842) is a sweeping effort to amend longstanding labor laws to facilitate union and employee organizing efforts. The union-friendly legislation would make the most...more
4/2/2021
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Collective Bargaining ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Joint Employers ,
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Right to Strike ,
Right to Work ,
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Union Elections ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions
The saga of Scabby the Rat continues with the transition of the Biden administration and the recent unceremonious ouster of now-former General Counsel Robb. The debate focuses on whether the presence of Scabby, the large...more
As the 2020 general election approaches with many employees working remotely and participating on social media platforms, employers can anticipate that employees will engage in political speech and activity in the workplace....more
10/27/2020
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Workplace Harassment Guidance
On July 21, 2020, the NLRB released the decision General Motors LLC and Charles Robinson (GM) which is significant not only for its substance but for its timing. The GM decision held that abusive conduct and speech is not...more
During the last half of May 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) issued four decisions upholding the legality of employer facially neutral work rules. Two of the decisions applied the Boeing standard to assess the...more
COVID-19 presents a formidable health and safety challenge to employers, and unionized employers also must address issues in the context of their obligations under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and a collective...more
On September 6, 2019, the NLRB (Board) issued the decision, Kroger Limited Partnership I Mid-Atlantic and United Food and Commercial Workers Union 400 (Kroger decision), which overruled Sandusky Mall Co., and limited the...more
Key Points-
Direct evidence of a plan to engage in repeated strikes to achieve a common goal establishes that such strikes are unprotected, intermittent strikes.
Only in the absence of direct evidence will the Board...more
On May 17, 2019, the Office of the General Counsel (GC) released an advice memorandum dated December 20, 2018 signaling the National Labor Relations Board’s (Board) intent to continue to overturn precedent. The advice memo...more
Although the National Labor Relations Act was initially established to assist unions in organizing employees, its scope is much broader as it also protects employees’ rights to engage in “protected concerted activity.” The...more
Those involved in the world of healthcare cannot escape the ongoing debate regarding staffing levels at healthcare facilities. Main Coast Memorial Hospital recently became an unwitting focal point for this discussion....more