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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... more +
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 -
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The New NLRB Gets to Work: GOP-Majority Board Overturns Browning-Ferris, Changes the Law on Joint Employment and Micro-Unit...

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As predicted by HR Legalist earlier this year, the new Republican-majority National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has begun to reverse key labor rulings established during the Obama administration. On December 14, 2017, the...more

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The NLRB Eases the Way for Temporary Employees to Unionize

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On July 11, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) released a decision reversing 12 years of established precedent. In Miller & Anderson, Inc., 364 NLRB No. 39 (2016), the Board held that a bargaining unit can be...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NLRB Finds Increased Use of Joint Employees Justifies Removal of Barriers to Organization

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On July 11, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB” or “the Board”) upended more than a decade of precedent and held that a single bargaining unit may be comprised of an employer’s direct hires and the temporary...more

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NLRB Reverses Course Again: Organizing Temporary Workers Just Got Easier

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The NLRB recently reversed course again to allow temporary employees provided by a staffing agency to join regular employees in a single bargaining unit without the consent of the employer or the staffing agency. Miller &...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

The Latest in Labor: NLRB Update, Part One

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Most employers know that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been on a years-long tear to make it easier for workers to unionize and harder for employers to resist those efforts. This post in two parts is the latest...more

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NLRB Allows Temporary Employees to Form Part of Bargaining Unit for Union Elections

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In its 2004 Oakwood Care decision, the National Labor Relations Board concluded that a union seeking to organize a unit of workers that includes both permanent and temporary employees obtained from a third-party agency, must...more

McCarter & English, LLP

NLRB and Joint Employment – The Board Continues to Blur the Line Between Employers and Employment Agencies

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Many organizations use temporary employment services to provide or supplement their workforce. Such arrangements allow an organization to focus on its core strengths and activities while maintaining access to workers as...more

Williams Mullen

Board Decision Ushers In New Era of The Unionized Temp

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In an NLRB decision this week in the case of Miller & Anderson, Inc. and Tradesmen International and Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local Union No. 19, AFL–CIO, the NLRB has made it easier for Unions to...more

McGuireWoods LLP

NLRB Reverses Rule Regarding Temporary Employees

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In a much-anticipated decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on July 11, 2016, reversed its existing precedent on organizing of temporary employees. In Miller & Anderson, Inc., the NLRB ruled that permanent...more

Miller & Martin PLLC

NLRB Makes it Easier for Temporary Workers to Unionize

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In a 3-1 decision issued this week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has reinstated a union-friendly standard that makes it easier for temporary workers to unionize either on their own or as part of a bargaining unit...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

NLRB Allows Single Bargaining Unit for Sole and Joint Employer Employees

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In the much-anticipated Miller & Anderson, Inc., decision, the National Labor Relations Board has reverted to a policy allowing solely employed and jointly employed employees to be represented in the same bargaining unit...more

Littler

NLRB Paves the Way for Bargaining Units Composed of Employees of Two Different Employers

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In a widely anticipated decision, the National Labor Relations Board has reversed its 2004 decision in Oakwood Care Center, and determined a union seeking to represent employees in a bargaining unit composed of employees...more

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NLRB Holds Employer Consent Not Required for a Union to Represent a Bargaining Unit Combining both Regular and Temporary Employees

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In a July 11, 2016, decision that will make it easier for unions to organize temporary employees, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overruled existing precedent and held a union may represent a bargaining unit...more

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En Garde “User Employers”

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The NLRB has reversed course on another issue significantly affecting employer relationships – not just relationships with employees, but also relationships with employee leasing companies. In Miller & Anderson, Inc., 364...more

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The NLRB is Primed to Change How Unions Organize Temporary Employees

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Under current National Labor Relations Board rules, a union can organize a bargaining unit of temporary employees, and the user employer’s solely employed regular employees, only if both employers consent. However, the Board...more

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