When it comes to federal agencies, the NLRB is becoming the center of federal workplace law. The NLRB is moving forward with a very aggressive agenda. As Congress deadlocks on almost every key issue, the DOL is still waiting to see if the Senate will actually confirm David Wiel as its Wage and Hour Division Administrator, and other agencies are waiting for budget stalemates to end before taking hard-hitting action. Backed by a union-friendly majority and a new NLRB General Counsel on a mission to make her mark as a savior for the union movement, the NLRB is poised to influence the workplace in a manner it has not been able to do for many decades. During this one hour complimentary webinar, CDF Partners John R. Giovannone (Los Angeles) and Mark S. Spring (Sacramento and Chair of CDF’s Traditional Labor Law Practice Group) will discuss the key issues and areas where the NLRB is planning on (a) making aggressive changes in order to expand union organizing, and (b) giving more workplace rights to employees and unions. We will also discuss how California employers can best prepare for these changes.

During this program, some key areas we will address include:

• The recently published coordination MOU between the NLRB & DOL
• The expansion of the joint employment standard and how that will expand union and employee rights
• How the NLRB is expanding the definition of who qualifies as an “employee” under the National Labor Relations Act
• How increased scrutinization of employee handbooks and policies of non-unionized employers will make it more difficult to regulate employee conduct
• Increasing union access to employees in the non-union workplace to help ease the path to unionization
• Reversing Trump Board precedent so as to allow the organization of micro-units (small groups of employees) to help unions get a foot in the door in non-unionized workplaces
• The push to give NLRB the authority to issue monetary penalties up to $100,000 for violations of the NLRA