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Political Activity Policies: Keeping Calm on Campus During the 2024 Presidential Elections

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As the 2024 presidential election cycle is in full swing, schools should prepare for debate, discussion, and expression of a wide range of political views and beliefs. While political discourse can be a valuable tool in the...more

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Emerging Employee and Student Handbook Updates for the 2024-2025 School Year

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Each year, new issues, technologies, and events impact the way that independent schools set and carry out their expectations, values, and procedures in their communities. As independent schools embark on the 2024-2025 school...more

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NLRB Regional Director Determines Dartmouth Basketball Players Are Employees

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In a much-anticipated decision issued on Monday, February 5, 2024, Region 01 of the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) decided that the players on the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team qualify as employees...more

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NLRB Paves the Way for Graduate Student Unions

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NLRB withdraws proposed rule intended to benefit private colleges and universities: The March 15, 2021 Federal Register contained an unwelcome surprise for private colleges and universities. The National Labor Relations Board...more

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Proposed Rule Would Preclude Undergraduate and Graduate Students from Union Organizing

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On September 23, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that addresses the long-standing issue of whether undergraduate and graduate students who perform services for...more

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NLRB Proposes Rule Excluding Private College and University Student Workers from NLRA Coverage

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Upending recent precedent, the National Labor Relations Board, yesterday, proposed a rule that, if adopted, will exempt from the NLRB’s jurisdiction undergraduate and graduate students who perform services in connection with...more

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Healthcare Employers Rejoice? Recent Shift In NLRB Decisions Impacts The Industry

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A new Republican majority took hold over the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) at the end of 2017, leading to several significant labor decisions. Because the NLRB’s decisions and actions impact all industries, healthcare...more

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Digital Disruptions: Handling Social Media Misuse By Students And Educators

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Beginning with the launch of Myspace and Facebook in the early part of the last decade, social media communication has taken the world by storm. Today, social media networking is the primary means of communicating about one’s...more

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The NLRB Recognizes Student-Employees: The Effect of Columbia University on Private Universities

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In August 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) held in a 3-1 decision that undergraduate and graduate student assistants at private colleges and universities are employees under Section 2(3) of the...more

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NLRB Allows Student Assistants to Unionize, Signals Commitment to Expanding Its Reach

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Last month, the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB” or “the Board”) reversed standing precedent and held that student assistants at private universities, including both graduate and undergraduate teaching and research...more

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If You Can't Fire A Teacher For Criticizing Management, Who Can You Fire?

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Most school administrators would be shocked to learn that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) could, in some circumstances, find that their school engaged in an unfair labor practice for disciplining or terminating an...more

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The NLRB Appears To Clear The Path Toward Greater Unionization Of Private Colleges And Universities

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In a decision notable for not just one, but two revisions to established National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) analytical framework, the Board appears to open the door toward increased unionization of private...more

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Determination Of Joint-Employer Status Of Educational Service Provider And Public School Academy

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On March 28, 2014, the Michigan Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff (“ACTS”) and the American Federation of Teachers (“AFT”) (collectively the “Union”) filed an election petition to organize a collective bargaining unit,...more

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