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Pop Quiz: Test Your 2024 Workplace Law Knowledge

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Did you keep up with all the workplace law updates in 2024? Take our quiz to see if you can score a perfect 10 or need to do some catch-up work. After jotting down your answers, use the answer key at the end (no peeking!) to...more

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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your January To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

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Changes to Captive Audience Meetings

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued a decision ruling that employers violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when they require employees to attend captive audience meetings. ...more

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NLRB Overrules Longstanding Precedent on Captive-Audience Meetings

In a recent decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reversed a 76-year-old precedent and held that employers violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when they compel employees to attend meetings where the...more

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After Nearly Eight Decades of Lawful Captive-Audience Meetings, Employers Are Now Prohibited From The Practice

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On November 13, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) overturned Babcock & Wilcox, 77 NLRB 577 (1948), which had—for over 75 years—protected employers’ right to hold mandatory meetings on their premises to...more

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The NLRB Returns to Its Pre-2020 Policies and Procedures in Its “New” Blocking Charge and Voluntary Recognition Rules

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) recently revived its “blocking charge” policy, voluntary recognition process and construction industry bargaining relationship policy by returning to its pre-April 2020...more

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2024 Employment Law Updates: Discussing FTC, NLRB, and Pay Equity Matters

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As we move into the latter half of 2024, several notable changes are shaking up employment law across the U.S. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing to enforce a new rule banning most noncompete agreements starting...more

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NLRB Finalizes New ‘Blocking Charge,’ Voluntary Recognition Rules

On July 26, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) completed their unraveling of the commonsense representation case election rules previously implemented by the Board in 2020. ...more

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NLRB Issues New Rules on Union Representation

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On August 1, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board is set to roll out its Fair Choice-Employee Voice Rule, which includes three major changes...more

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Workplace Law Update: 12 Essential Items on Your May To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

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Top 10 Legal Challenges for Employers

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With 2024 underway, we highlight some of the most pressing legal issues facing employers this year, including increased regulation of noncompetition agreements, new paid family and medical leave laws, a new Overtime Rule, and...more

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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your April To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

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Court Vacates National Labor Relations Board’s Joint Employer Rule

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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s (the Board or NLRB) final rule addressing the standard under which two entities may be considered joint employers under...more

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[Webinar] 2023 NLRB Year in Review - December 19th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CST

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Adams and Reese Partner Michael MacHarg will lead a one hour CLE webinar to discuss important updates from the National Labor Relations Board over the past year. Registration is free. The webinar will take place Tuesday,...more

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Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

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When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

OSHA Rule Could Allow Union Representatives to Join Inspections – Even at Non-Unionized Worksites

The U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed revisions to the existing rules governing who can participate in OSHA's onsite workplace inspections. The purpose of these...more

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NLRB Issues New Rule Relaxing Joint Employer Standard

In a much-anticipated rulemaking, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) has established a new standard for determining whether two employers are joint employers of particular employees within the meaning of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Exercise Your Joints: NLRB Issues Final Rule on Joint Employers

Today, the NLRB issued their Final Rule on what constitutes joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. This new rule overrides the old 2020 standard, that was much stricter in what type of control had to...more

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Top Three Labor Trends to Watch for in Q4 2023

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As we enter the last quarter of 2023, here are some of the key issues impacting employers: 1. New joint employer standard: More companies will be pulled into union organizing campaigns, contract negotiations and National...more

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Risk of Cemex Bargaining Order Raises Stakes for Employers that Commit Serious Unfair Labor Practices During Union Campaigns

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Expressing palpable frustration with an employer that committed many unfair labor practice charges after a union filed an election petition, and acknowledging the lack of serious disincentives to engage in unlawful behavior...more

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Return to the Expedited Election Rules

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On August 24, 2023, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) rolled back several Trump-era rules regarding how elections are conducted. More specifically, the new rules re-implement a series of Obama-era rules that...more

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The Return of Quickie Union Elections: Top 10 Things Employers Need to Know About Labor Board’s Broad New Rule

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Employers were dealt yet another blow Thursday when the National Labor Relations Board re-introduced “quickie” elections and accelerated the time period between union petitions and elections. This is just one of the changes...more

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Sticks and Stones Break Bones, and the NLRB Protects the Words That Hurt: The NLRB’s Latest Decision Expands Protections for...

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In the latest swing away from recent precedent, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) issued its ruling in Lion Elastomers LLC II, which overturns the 2020 General Motors LLC decision. These decisions address an...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - April 2023

In our latest edition of Employment Flash, we examine developments over the past three months, including the NLRB’s ruling regarding employees’ labor law rights in severance agreements, a Supreme Court decision that upheld...more

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[Ongoing Program] Negotiation of Collective Bargaining Agreements: The Must-Do Bargaining Checklist Under the New Board Rules -...

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Please join us for BakerHostetler’s The ‘New’ Normal: The State of Labor Relations and Employment Law Master Class. Our 9th Annual Master Class will be virtual again this year, as it was last year, due to the continuation of...more

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