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Out again: Supreme Court pauses reinstatement of ex-NLRB Member Wilcox, one other former official

The U.S. Supreme Court on May 22 stayed the reinstatement of Gwynne Wilcox, a former member of the National Labor Relations Board, and Cathy Harris, a former member of the Merit Systems Protection Board. Both women were...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Authorizes Immediate Changes at Independent Federal Agencies

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Individuals and businesses regulated by independent federal agencies may find immediate changes in agency leadership following a May 22, 2025, ruling by the United States Supreme Court....more

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Agency Judges’ Power at Risk Again: Family Farm Fights Back After DOL Demands $500K for Alleged H-2A Program Violations

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A federal appeals court will soon decide whether the Department of Labor (DOL) may impose financial penalties on employers for alleged violations of the H-2A temporary visa program. While a lower court rejected a family-owned...more

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Axed ALJ Removal Protections Mark Big Shift For NLRB

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The continued legal challenges to the constitutionality of certain aspects of the National Labor Relations Board and the National Labor Relations Act took a potentially significant turn in a decision issued by the U.S....more

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Breaking: NLRB Drops Opposition to SpaceX’s Constitutionality Arguments

On February 3, 2025, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) filed a letter with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. NLRB, Consolidated Case No....more

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When Protesting Is Not Protected: NLRB Finds Employees’ Off-Duty Participation in Black Lives Matter Protests Not Protected...

On August 21, 2024, the NLRB affirmed an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) decision and held in SFR, Inc. d/b/a Parkside Café, 373 N.L.R.B. No. 84, that employees who participated in Black Lives Matter (“BLM”) protests outside...more

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NLRB’s Non-Compete Power Grab – Can Employers Avoid NLRB’s Oversight?

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An administrative law judge (“ALJ”) of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) in J.O. Mory, Inc. recently required an employer to rescind certain restrictive covenants in its employment agreements. The decision is yet...more

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SCOTUS 2023/24 Lookback and Preview: 8 Key Rulings that Impact the Workplace and 4 New Cases for Employers to Track Next Term

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The Supreme Court issued several momentous decisions last term that will have a lasting impact on employer practices. The Justices continued to shape the workplace law landscape by ruling on an array of issues involving...more

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The Labor Law Insider - NLRB Remedies: “Draconian” Says the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Thryv

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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

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What Has Been Happening at OCAHO in 2023-2024?

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From February 2023 to the present, the Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO) issued four decisions concerning the amount of I-9 penalties.2 In all four cases, the employers underwent Immigration and...more

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DOJ's Immigration-Employment Program Faces Headwinds Amidst Milestone Settlement

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Two recent developments involving the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division ("DOJ") highlight potential risks and opportunities for companies facing immigration-related employment matters....more

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Not A Clean Break:  Cautionary Tale for Employers Looking To Close Plants

In a very active end of summer for labor law, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) ruled in a 2-1 decision, in Quickway Transportation, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 127, that a company’s closure of a terminal where its drivers...more

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Board Wipes Out Decades of Precedent with Card Check Requirements, Punts on Issuing “Captive Audience” Ban or New Rules About...

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On August 25, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) issued its much-anticipated Cemex decision, which has broad implications for union organizing. It handed unions a win with a partial return to the Joy...more

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We Can Now Add Civility and Secrecy to the List of Things Money Can’t Buy: NLRB Rules Non-Disparagement and Confidentiality...

As we previously reported, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) under President Biden is working to undo much of any employer-friendly actions taken during the previous administration. On February 21, 2023,...more

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NLRB New Rule Affects How All Employers Should Approach Severance Agreements and Other Employment Contracts

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On February 21, 2023, in McLaren Macomb, No. 07–CA–263041, the National Labor Relations Board held that confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions are prohibited in severance agreements where they purport to limit an...more

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NLRB Rules Two Union Representatives Were Not Fired Over COVID-19 Concerns

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On July 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board published its decision in Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters, 371 NLRB No. 112, adopting the administrative law judge’s (ALJ) decision that a carpenters’ union did not...more

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Clarifies When a Conviction is Substantially Related to An Individual’s Employment

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In a case in which Quarles & Brady’s Bob Duffy and Lindsey Davis were honored to represent Cree, Inc. (“Cree”), on March 10, 2022 the Wisconsin Supreme Court provided long awaited and important guidance concerning when an...more

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NLRB: Employer’s Good-Faith Belief in Employee’s Misconduct Insufficient to Justify Terminating Employee Engaged in Protected...

As we have often discussed, there is a fine line between protected and unprotected activity. Profane outbursts, deliberate misconduct, or highly-disruptive strikes may fall outside the protection of the NLRA, subjecting...more

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Speak No Evil: The NLRB Drops “Setting-Specific” Standards for Cases Involving Abusive Employee Speech Made in the Course of...

The Trump-era National Labor Relations Board has struck again.  On July 21, 2020 in General Motors LLC, 14-CA-197985, 369 NLRB No. 127 (2020), the NLRB overruled longstanding precedent and rejected “setting-specific”...more

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DOL Administrative Review Board Fails to Clarify Test for Whether a Contractor Is a ‘Covered Employee’

One threshold issue in whistleblower cases involving alleged retaliation is whether a complainant who is not a direct employee is nonetheless a “covered employee.” ...more

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NLRB ALJ Reinforces Protection For Concerted Activity In Camp Counselor’s Termination

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On March 25, 2020, a National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) emphasized the broad reach of Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”) in non-union settings. Ground Zero Foundation d/b/a...more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.17.2020 | Top Story: The Bear Market Roars, with Markets Falling nearly 13% as Whole Sectors of US Economy...

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As Americans [way-too] slowly come to the realization that COVID-19 is a very real and very present threat, the business world is changing around them at a staggering pace. Stocks nosedived again on Monday, with the three...more

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Labor Board Showing Valentine’s Love to . . . A Labor Union?

I think by now regular readers of this column know I embrace my inner geek.  I read decisions when they are issued in areas where I am trying to identify trends, anticipate future events, and give clients and friends some...more

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NLRB: Outsized Payment to Union Supporter to Waive Reinstatement in Board Settlement Not Unlawful Bribe

Shamrock Foods Company, 369 N.L.R.B. No. 5 (January 7, 2020) is the latest in the National Labor Relations Board’s series of employer-friendly decisions. In Shamrock Foods, the Board held that an employer did not violate...more

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NLRB Returns to Time-Honored Standard for Post-Arbitral Deferral

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The National Labor Relations Board recently overturned a decision issued in 2014 and returned to its time-honored standard for post-arbitral deferral in unfair labor practice cases alleging discipline or discharge in...more

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