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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA. less -

Not A Clean Break: Cautionary Tale for Employers Looking To Close Plants

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 9/1/2023

In a very active end of summer for labor law, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) ruled in a 2-1 decision, in Quickway Transportation, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 127, that a company’s closure of a terminal where its drivers...more

NLRB's Marina Del Rey Decision Provides a Primer On Keeping Employees Out of the Workplace After Hours

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 10/28/2015

In the day and age when employees are working longer hours than ever, would an employer want to ban employees from workplace premises after their shift is over? Marina Del Rey Hospital did, and implemented a policy...more

How Not to Fire a Union Organizer

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/20/2015

The best reminders often come from the most obvious situations. In a case decided by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on October 13, the employer laid down a clear path to remind employers what not to do. Allied...more

NLRB Prevented From Requiring Employers To Post Notices

Dickinson Wright on 5/16/2013

On Tuesday, May 7, 2013, a three Judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Court unanimously rejected the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule requiring private sector...more

D.C. Circuit Court Shuts Down NLRB Rule Requiring Union Poster

BakerHostetler on 5/15/2013

On May 7, 2013, a federal appellate court in Washington, D.C., struck down the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB or Board) requirement that employers subject to its jurisdiction post on their properties and websites a...more

Fenwick Employment Brief - May 2013: NLRB Posting Rule Held Unconstitutional

Fenwick & West LLP on 5/15/2013

The NLRB's controversial requirement that employers post notices informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (as reported in our January and May 2012 FEBs) has been held unconstitutional by the...more

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