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NLRB Proposes to Roll Back Union Election Rules

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 12/1/2022

On Nov. 2, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking to strengthen protections for unions in the election process. Among other things, the proposal would alter the rules...more

NLRB Proposes Rescission of Recently Issued Rules on Elections

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/14/2022

On November 4, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to rescind the “election protection” rule published on April 1, 2020, and to restore the prior protocols,...more

NLRB Reinstates Pre-2020 Union Election Rules

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 11/11/2022

In 2020, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Republican-appointed majority adopted regulations dealing with the effect of allegations of coercive conduct on pending union elections. Those rules removed the so-called...more

Potential Rescission of NLRB’s 2020 Election Protection Rule

Littler on 11/11/2022

On November 3, 2022 the National Labor Relations Board issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that, if adopted, would rescind a rule issued under the prior administration addressing blocking charges, voluntary...more

NLRB Proposes to Roll Back Its 2020 Rule Regarding Removal of a Union

Frantz Ward LLP on 11/9/2022

In March of 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) finalized a rule that substantially overhauled certain parts of NLRB election procedures thereby providing additional protections to the rights of...more

NLRB Seeks to Make Union Removal More Difficult

Kilpatrick on 11/8/2022

On November 3, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board issued a proposed rule that would rescind a 2020 rule issued under the Trump Administration and make it more difficult for workers who are dissatisfied with their unions...more

NLRB Proposes Expanded Standard for Joint-Employer Status

Bowditch & Dewey on 9/14/2022

On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). ...more

NLRB Proposes Rewidening of Joint-Employer Standard

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/9/2022

On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) unveiled a draft notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to replace its current rule, which clearly defines when two separate entities can be deemed joint...more

NLRB Proposes to Broaden Joint Employment Standard

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 9/8/2022

On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) issued a much anticipated proposed rule that would broaden the circumstances under which two companies may be held responsible for labor law...more

Update: NLRB Delays Implementation of Final Election Rule Changes to July 31, 2020

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 4/9/2020

As we reported here, on April 1, 2020, the NLRB published its final rule making three amendments to its rules and regulations governing union elections (relating to the Board’s blocking charge policy; timing and notice...more

Proposed Rule Would Preclude Undergraduate and Graduate Students from Union Organizing

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 9/30/2019

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

Ruling Out Graduate Student Unions

Hogan Lovells on 9/30/2019

On September 20, 2019 the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) proposed a rule which, if approved, would exclude graduate and undergraduate student workers, who perform services in connection with their studies,...more

What You Need to Know About the NLRB’s Proposed Rule Blocking Student Organizing

Franczek P.C. on 9/30/2019

The seemingly never-ending debate over private sector college- and university-student employment status continues. On Friday, September 20, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced its intent to propose a rule...more

NLRB Does What Every Watcher Expected It To Do: Declares That Teaching And Research Assistants Are Not Employees…And Does So In A...

Bricker Graydon LLP on 9/28/2019

In the latest volley across the partisan line in the saga of whether college teaching and research assistants can unionize, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released a proposed rule that would deny the ability to...more

Grad Students Cannot Unionize Under Proposed NLRB Rule

Fisher Phillips on 9/24/2019

The National Labor Relations Board took the latest step in the long-simmering debate over whether college teaching and research assistants could unionize when it released a proposed rule on Friday that would once again block...more

NLRB Issues Proposed Rule to Clarify Status of Private University and College Students Working in Connection with Their Studies

Littler on 9/24/2019

On September 20, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) issued a proposed rule that would exclude from the National Labor Relations Act (Act) undergraduate and graduate students at private colleges and universities...more

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National Labor Relations Board › Collective Bargaining › Comment Period

NLRB Proposes to Roll Back Union Election Rules

NLRB Proposes Rescission of Recently Issued Rules on Elections

NLRB Reinstates Pre-2020 Union Election Rules

Potential Rescission of NLRB’s 2020 Election Protection Rule

NLRB Proposes to Roll Back Its 2020 Rule Regarding Removal of a Union

NLRB Seeks to Make Union Removal More Difficult

NLRB Proposes Expanded Standard for Joint-Employer Status

NLRB Proposes Rewidening of Joint-Employer Standard

NLRB Proposes to Broaden Joint Employment Standard

Update: NLRB Delays Implementation of Final Election Rule Changes to July 31, 2020

Proposed Rule Would Preclude Undergraduate and Graduate Students from Union Organizing

Ruling Out Graduate Student Unions

What You Need to Know About the NLRB’s Proposed Rule Blocking Student Organizing

NLRB Does What Every Watcher Expected It To Do: Declares That Teaching And Research Assistants Are Not Employees…And Does So In A...

Grad Students Cannot Unionize Under Proposed NLRB Rule

NLRB Issues Proposed Rule to Clarify Status of Private University and College Students Working in Connection with Their Studies

NLRB Issues Notices Of Proposed Rule Making To Codify Certain Union Election Procedures

Round 1: NLRB Issues First Set of Proposed Rule Changes to Election Procedures

NLRB’s Proposed Rule Change Expands Employee Free Choice in the Construction Industry

NLRB Proposed Election Rule Presents Significant Changes to Election Procedures

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NLRB Proposes Regulation to Resolve Joint Employer Issue

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