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The Wild West: Alberta Labour Board Orders Suspension of Union Dues for Wildcat Strike

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In the decision of Alberta Health Services v the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, 2023 CanLII 61927 (“AHS v AUPE”), the Alberta Labour Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a one-month suspension of union dues...more

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First Challenges to Florida’s 2023 Public-Sector Union Law Fizzle as New Requirements Take Effect

Public-sector employers in Florida will want to make certain they are in compliance with new restrictions on non-public safety unions (i.e., unions representing public-sector employees other than police officers,...more

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Michigan Repeals 'Right-to-Work' Law

On March 24, 2023, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law reconciled Senate Bill 34/House Bill HB4005, which officially repealed Michigan’s “right-to-work” law, which has been in effect since 2012. The core issue that...more

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NLRB Rules Dues Checkoff Cannot Be Unilaterally Stopped Upon the Expiration of the CBA

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued a decision which held that employers who currently do not remit union dues because of the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) may be found to be in...more

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The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories from October 2022

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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

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NLRB Reverses Position on Obligation of Employers to Continue Deducting Union Dues After Expiration of CBA

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History of Dues Checkoff Precedent  - In 1962, years before most working Americans were even born, the NLRB issued its decision in Bethlehem Steel. That decision held that dues checkoff clauses in collective bargaining...more

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National Labor Relations Board Holds Employers Must Continue To Deduct Union Dues After Expiration Of Collective Bargaining...

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With its decision in Valley Hospital Medical Center, the NLRB reversed its Trump-era precedent and held that dues checkoff provisions in collective bargaining agreements survive the expiration of the contract. Accordingly,...more

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Why Yes Employer, You Must Continue to Deduct Union Dues From Your Employee’s Wages Even After Contract Expiration

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In another glaring example of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) moving further away from the previous administration, the Board recently held that employers must continue deducting union dues from...more

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NLRB Says Employers Must Continue to Deduct Union Dues After CBA Expiration

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On October 3, in the case of Valley Hospital, the National Labor Relations Board answered a question that has impacted employers for almost 60 years: whether, under Section 8(a)(5) of the National Labor Relations Act, an...more

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Nationwide Right to Unionize Act reintroduced

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On September 8, 2022, federal Congressional legislators from Massachusetts and California reintroduced the Nationwide Right to Unionize Act, which takes aim at state “right to work” laws and attempts to increase employees’...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments for March 2022

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1. Major League Baseball and the players’ union reached agreement on a collective bargaining agreement, ending the lockout. After a nearly 100-day lockout, MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association reached a deal...more

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Employment Law Now IV-54- A Guest Discussion on 3 Significant Government Decisions

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Podcast host Michael Schmidt is joined by Dan Johns, a partner in Cozen O'Connor's Labor and Employment Department, to talk about 3 significant NLRB decisions affecting all employers in the areas of (1) employee use of...more

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NLRB Wraps up Blockbuster Year with a Bang

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a whirlwind series of rulings to cap off 2019. The NLRB typically issues many decisions near the end of a Board member's term, so this flurry comes as no surprise...more

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Web Exclusive: The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories Of December 2019

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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

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Confidentiality, E-mail, And Dues: NLRB Reverses Three Major Obama-Era Rulings

With a steady decline in private sector unionization and a lack of political muscle to change the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”), organized labor in the Obama era relied heavily on decisional rulings from the National...more

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Three More Employer Holiday Wishes Granted By National Labor Relations Board

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The holiday cheer keeps coming from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) with the release of three new decisions favoring employers: (1) workplace policies covering confidentiality during workplace investigations are...more

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NLRB Issues a Flurry of Decisions, Revealing Several Anticipated Gifts for Employers Just in Time for the Holidays

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The National Labor Relations Board, pushed out a number of noteworthy decisions early this week.  The Board’s holiday rush coincided with the departure of its sole Democratic member, Lauren McFerran, who...more

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The Status Of Right-To-Work Laws In Select States

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Illinois recently enacted a Collective Bargaining Freedom Act which bars local governments from establishing “right-to-work” (“RTW”) laws or zones. This most recent piece of legislation serves as a timely reminder of the...more

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Employer’s Campaign Prediction That Employees Would Have To Join Union And Pay Dues As Condition Of Employment Not Coercive, NLRB...

The NLRB currently is churning out cases and Advice Memoranda at a fairly regular pace.  We recently discussed NLRB decisions addressing information requests, handbook statements, and confidential informants....more

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Labor Board Upholds Employers’ Right To Provide Truthful Information About Right To Work Laws

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has dismissed a complaint against a Wisconsin employer that published a document informing employees of their right to stop paying union dues under Wisconsin’s right to work law....more

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[Podcast]: Looking Back: Highlights in Labor and Employment Law from 2018

In this episode of The Proskauer Brief, partner Steven Hurd and partner Adam Lupion discuss developments from some of the key cases in labor and employment law in 2018. We will discuss notable cases from the United States...more

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Web Exclusive: August 2018: The Top 15 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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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

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Missourians Reject Right-To-Work

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Missouri voters have rejected right-to-work. Senate Bill 19, which would have made Missouri the nation’s 28th right-to-work state, was passed by the Missouri legislature on February 2, 2017, and signed into law by...more

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Right-To-Work In Missouri? Voters Say “No” After Legislature Says “Yes”

Right to work goes down in defeat. In a victory for organized labor, Missouri voters Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected (more than 2-to-1) the state’s right-to-work law, which was passed by the legislature and signed by the...more

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Key California Employment Law Cases: June 2018

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This month’s key California employment law cases are from the California Supreme Court and from the California Court of Appeal. Janus v. American Fed’n of State, County, and Mun. Employees, Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 2448...more

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