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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 -

Labor Law 2016: A Year In Review

McGuireWoods LLP on 1/18/2017

Introduction - In the final year of his two term tenure, President Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board and Department of Labor continued their double barrelled efforts to remake labor law to benefit labor...more

Executive Labor Summary - May / June 2016

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 7/1/2016

NEWS & ANALYSIS - DOL Persuader Rule will not take effect July 1, after court issues preliminary injunction – In the second decision to be issued in the three lawsuits challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s new...more

Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Bars Implementation of Department of Labor's "Persuader Rule"

BakerHostetler on 6/30/2016

On June 27, a federal court in Texas enjoined the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) from implementing its new interpretation of the “Persuader Rule.” In a sweeping 86-page rebuff to the DOL, the court opined that the...more

Not So Fast! Business Groups Sue to Block DOL "Persuader" Rule

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 4/4/2016

On March 30, 2016, one week after the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its final “Persuader” Rule, the National Association of Manufacturers and other national, state and local business groups sued the DOL to block...more

The Second Obama Term: NLRB Outlook

Morgan Lewis on 1/22/2013

Employers should expect a continuation of the policies from the last four years as the NLRB seeks to extend the reach of the NLRA to nonunion workplaces and promotes increased unionization and collective bargaining....more

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