NLRB, Arbitration, Collective Bargaining

[Webinar] 2024 Labor & Employment Law Virtual Update - September 18th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am ET

Foster Swift Collins & Smith on 8/7/2024

It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more

Beltway Buzz - February 2022 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/14/2022

In a rare moment of bipartisanship - particularly in the labor and employment policy sphere - the U.S. Congress this week passed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021. The bill...more

The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from September 2021

Fisher Phillips on 10/6/2021

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

The Practical NLRB Advisor: Summer 2021

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/15/2021

On the eve of his election, President Joe Biden promised to “be the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen.” True to his word, his administration has thus far granted organized labor’s every ask. Only 23 minutes into his...more

December 2020: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 1/6/2021

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

NLRB General Counsel Makes it Easier to Attack Neutrality Agreements

ArentFox Schiff on 9/11/2020

A “neutrality agreement” is generally one in which an employer agrees neither to assist nor oppose a union organizing campaign. In practice, though, some agreements require the employer’s active support. Not only that, but...more

Not Just ‘Clear and Unmistakable’: NLRB and Courts Embrace Contract Coverage Waiver Standard

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 5/29/2020

Last fall, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) moved away from the strict “clear and unmistakable” standard when determining whether unions and their members waived certain rights. Since issuing its MV Transportation,...more

The Practical NLRB Advisor: Winter 2020

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/11/2020

Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the winter 2020 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. This special double issue offers readers a thorough year in review of...more

Illinois Appellate Court Holds Union Appointed Lawyers Are Immune From Individual Malpractice Suits Filed By Members

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 2/25/2020

Zander v. Carlson, 2019 IL App (1st) 181868, November 21, 2019 - Union-appointed lawyers are immune from malpractice lawsuits filed by formerly represented union members, an Illinois appeals court has affirmed. The First...more

Labor Gets Wishlist Bill Passed In House

Fisher Phillips on 2/11/2020

The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bill that would tilt the scales of labor law unequivocally in favor of organized labor. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would bring about a radical shift in labor...more

Arbitration Decisions Matter: The NLRB Reverts to Prior Standards on Deferral to Arbitration and Pre-Arbitration Settlements

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/10/2020

Arbitration is a strongly favored federal policy and generally can be relied on to resolve even statutory discrimination claims. This is not a novel concept in federal jurisprudence from the Supreme Court of the United States...more

National Labor Relations Board Finishes 2019 with a Flurry of Significant Decisions

Dechert LLP on 1/7/2020

In what is seemingly becoming an annual tradition, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board” or the “NLRB”) wrapped up the year with a number of significant pronouncements. Among these actions were rulings narrowing...more

[Event] Master Class - Labor Relations and Employment: The Only Constant Is Change - February 27th, San Francisco, CA

BakerHostetler on 12/10/2019

Please join us for BakerHostetler's “Labor Relations and Employment: The Only Constant Is Change” Master Class. This daylong seminar is designed to offer all new high-level courses, hitting specific and practical headline...more

The Practical NLRB Advisor - Summer 2019

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/18/2019

Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the summer 2019 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. This edition examines the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new...more

Arbitration Class Waivers, Past Practice (not established) and Skirmishing Over Information Requests All Part of Recent NLRB...

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 8/10/2018

Since December 2017, when the Board issued a number of decisions which restored precedent that had been changed in the last few years, not much of note has been happening at the Board. Indeed, there was not a full complement...more

FRANCHISEE 101: Class Not in Session

Lewitt Hackman on 6/29/2018

In May, the U.S. Supreme Court held that mandatory arbitration agreements containing class action or collective action waivers must be enforced as written....more

The Case for Class - Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/19/2018

Last month, in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, the Supreme Court of the United States decided class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements do not violate the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). A class action...more

Collyer Deferral: GC Memorandum 18-02 Upholds Parties’ Agreed Upon Method of Grieving and Arbitrating Certain Unfair Labor...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/22/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: On Friday, December 1, 2017, newly appointed NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb issued a memorandum containing a broad overview of his initial agenda as General Counsel. It previews many anticipated...more

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