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NLRB changes course on consent orders … again

McAfee & Taft on 9/10/2024

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has long allowed employers and unions to resolve cases arising from unfair labor practice charges without a full adjudication on the merits. The most common way in which this is...more

Consent Orders Are Dead.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/10/2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 22, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a decision in Metro Health, Inc. d/b/a Hospital Metropolitano Rio Piedras ending more than 50 years of the Board’s...more

NLRB Will No Longer Approve Consent Orders

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/10/2024

A recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision has ended the practice of administrative law judge (ALJ) approval of consent orders to resolve unfair labor practice (ULP) charges. This is yet another development from...more

Not Anymore! NLRB Board Blocks Use of Unilateral Consent Orders

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 9/3/2024

On August 22, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (the ““Board”“) issued a decision in Metro Health, Inc. d/b/a Hospital Metropolitano Rio San Pedras, 373 NLRB No. 89 (2024), marking a significant departure from its...more

NLRB To End Practice of Consent Orders, Overruling UPMC

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/28/2024

In a 3-1 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) ended the agency’s practice of approving “consent orders,” which permitted an administrative law judge to resolve an unfair labor practice case before...more

The Practical NLRB Advisor - Issue 4, Winter 2017

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/11/2017

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continued making life more difficult for employers in 2016. The agency issued a host of decisions that significantly expand the number and type of individuals that unions can seek to...more

NLRB Requests Amicus Briefs in Two Significant Cases

Proskauer - Labor Relations on 3/4/2016

On Friday, February 19, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board invited interested individuals and organizations to file amicus briefs on two important legal issues where the Board is considering overturning existing...more

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