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The National Labor Relations Act › Car Dealerships

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The National Labor Relations Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1935 to prevent labor strife by encouraging collective bargaining, protecting concerted activity and curtailing certain unfair labor... more +

Is It Time for Change? 5 Reasons Your Dealership May Want to Change Your Employee Handbook for 2023

Fisher Phillips on 11/9/2022

‘Tis the season for change. The weather is changing. The leaves are changing (or have changed). Twitter is changing. The political landscape is changing. Employment laws have changed or will be changing. The calendar will be...more

Labor Relations 101 For Dealerships: An 8-Step Plan To Protect Your Organization

Fisher Phillips on 2/3/2021

Dealerships are increasingly susceptible to employee complaints about pay and working conditions as well as employee efforts to unionize. These employee actions are generally protected by the National Labor Relations Act...more

A Dealership’s Guide To Social Media, Free Speech, And The Election

Fisher Phillips on 11/2/2020

You just learned that one of your employees expressed their opinion about the election on social media. Their unfiltered post includes slurs, and it is inflammatory at best. Had they made these same comments while at work,...more

Employment Flash - April 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/2/2018

This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent court decisions, including the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on cases relating to the definition of a whistleblower and exemptions from the overtime pay provisions. This edition...more

Upcoming SCOTUS Term Promises To Be A Blockbuster

Fisher Phillips on 10/7/2017

If you are the kind of person who gets excited by hot-button legal topics and monumental court decisions, this is the Supreme Court term for you. The SCOTUS kicked off their 2017-2018 term several days ago by hearing...more

Leave The Political Boxing Gloves At The Office Door

Fisher Phillips on 11/4/2016

We love a good political fight, but dealerships would be well-advised to check the gloves at the office door and instead heed the wisdom offered long ago by Calvin Coolidge: “No man ever listened himself out of a job.”...more

Dealerships On Pins And Needles After Latest Union Pin Decision

Fisher Phillips on 8/3/2016

Doug Niedermeyer is not the most sympathetic character in American film, but any dealership manager faced with employees who want to wear union pins, buttons, or other insignia might understand his frustration. To many...more

Seventh Circuit Decision Drives Home Importance of Prudence in Communicating With Employees About Union Issues

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 9/23/2015

In AutoNation, Inc. v. NLRB, the Seventh Circuit enforced a National Labor Relations Board decision that found a car dealership to be in violation of the National Labor Relations Act for interfering with workers’ efforts to...more

Appeals Court Upholds Board Finding of Failure to Bargain over Job Relocation

Littler on 9/9/2015

The D.C. Circuit recently enforced the National Labor Relations Board’s January 3, 2012 order holding that an automotive dealership had violated Sections 8(a)(5) and 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act by failing to...more

Dealership Handbooks Remain In The NLRB's Crosshairs

Fisher Phillips on 8/6/2015

As we advised almost a year ago, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has recently been subjecting dealership handbooks to increased legal scrutiny. Whether or not your dealership is unionized, your employment policies...more

Ask Fisher & Phillips: Our Top 10 Questions from Dealers (Part One)

Fisher Phillips on 2/10/2015

Our Dealership Practice Group represents thousands of dealerships all across the country, from large consolidators to regional groups to single dealerships. Because we have worked so closely with so many dealerships for so...more

Dealership Handbooks Are Being Picked Apart

Fisher Phillips on 8/19/2014

Whether your dealership is unionized or you’ve never had to deal with organized labor, your employment policies are more likely now than ever to be targeted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Over the past two...more

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