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Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Unfair Labor Practices

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The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from September 2021

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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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Escape Clause in Mandatory Arbitration Agreement Carries the Day for Employer in NLRB's Unfair Labor Practice Analysis

Historically, there has been a "push and pull" between the National Labor Relations Board (Board) and employers over mandatory arbitration agreements and class action waivers. Although most of the disputes have been resolved...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments For June 2020

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1.The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has restored a unionized employer’s right to unilaterally discipline or discharge an employee prior to executing a first collective bargaining agreement. 800 River Road Operating...more

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NLRB Judge: Requiring Confidential Arbitration is an Unfair Labor Practice

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While the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions have generally supported the enforceability of employment-related arbitration agreements, mandatory employment arbitration remains under fire in other contexts.  ...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

NLRB Finds Employer Effectively Repudiated Unlawful Handbook Rule…and RecusalGate Continues

The Board issued an interesting decision discussing an employer’s successful efforts to repudiate unlawful conduct, which we’ll get to in a minute. In our last post, we discussed a simmering dispute over the circumstances...more

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Eleventh Circuit Reverses NLRB Order, Enforcing Individualized Arbitration Clause In Employee Agreement

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A pizza delivery driver employed by Domino’s Pizza franchisee Cowabunga Inc. filed a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act with the National Labor Relations Board. ...more

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InterConnect FLASH! No. 64 - NLRB Rules against Employee Status for Menard’s Drivers

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A National Labor Relations Judge dismissed an action brought by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) regional director against Menard, Inc. (“Menards”) for misclassifying its independent contractor (“ICs”) drivers in...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments For September 2017

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An employer violated the National Labor Relations Act when it discharged an employee who protested an unlawful confidentiality policy, even though the employee protested without the involvement of any coworkers, the U.S....more

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2016 Employment Bills Moving Through The CA Legislative Process

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Pending new bills that have now passed their house of origin would (i) expand DLSE enforcement authority, (ii) impose advance scheduling requirements on restaurant, grocery, and retail employers, (iii)...more

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Class and Collective Action Waivers Lawful under NLRA, Eighth Circuit Finds, Contrary to Seventh Circuit

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The National Labor Relations Board erred in determining that a company violated the National Labor Relations Act by maintaining and enforcing a mandatory arbitration agreement which prohibited employees from bringing or...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

NLRB Says Agreement's Failure to Advise Employee of Right to File Claims with Board Violates Federal Labor Law

Over the past several years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued several employers, claiming that their failure to explicitly advise employees that releases provided in conjunction with severance benefits...more

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How the NLRB Spent Its Summer — Could Be a Chilly Autumn

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For those of us in the employment field attempting to recover from the languor of long summer days, it’s time to catch up and ask what the NLRB has been up to during the dog days. The answer – a lot. And so we take this...more

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NLRB Says Arbitration Agreement Without Carve-Out for Unfair Labor Charges Violates Federal Labor Law

Last week’s EmployNews reported on efforts by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to attack employer-prepared releases because they supposedly do not contain adequate assurances that their terms do not prevent...more

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NLRB Looks Back on FY 2012

On October 16, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) issued a report on its decisions and activities during fiscal year (FY) 2012, which ended on September 20, 2012. In sum, the Board reported that it...more

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