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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

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 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

Beltway Buzz - April 2022 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/25/2022

NLRB GC Pushes for Card Checks, Limits on Employer Speech. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo filed a brief in a case asking the Board to make dramatic changes to federal labor law. The...more

Beltway Buzz - November 2021 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/12/2021

Infrastructure Bill Passes - Now What? Both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives are out this week. But before they left for home, on November 5, 2021, the House of Representatives passed the Infrastructure...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

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

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/20/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: The NLRB recently published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making regarding three proposed amendments to its current rules and regulations for union elections. These amendments consist of: (1) a change from the...more

Here we go again: NLRB Announces Proposed Rule to Restore Traditional Joint-Employer Standard

Polsinelli on 9/14/2018

On September 14, 2018, a three-member majority of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) comprised of Members William Emanuel, John Ring, and Marvin Kaplan published a proposed rule in the Federal Register...more

Proposed Joint-Employer Rule Would Reverse NLRB's Controversial Browning-Ferris Case and Restore "Substantial Direct and Immediate...

Littler on 9/14/2018

The National Labor Relations Board (the NLRB or Board) has issued a proposed rule revising the test for whether two employers are considered “joint employers” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). ...more

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