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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 -

NLRB Pushes Schools to Release Student Information to Unions: Navigating Privacy Considerations in Light of Recent Guidance

Fisher Phillips on 8/14/2024

Private colleges and universities employing student workers face the unique challenge of balancing privacy obligations and a growing push from federal labor authorities to release student information to unions. Recent...more

Employment Flash - May 2019

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/29/2019

This edition of Employment Flash looks at developments in labor and employment law, including regarding a DOJ appeal of the EEOC's heightened pay reporting requirements, the NLRB's decision narrowing the circumstances under...more

NLRB Makes it Easier for Temporary Workers to Unionize

Miller & Martin PLLC on 7/14/2016

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

NLRB Allows Single Bargaining Unit for Sole and Joint Employer Employees

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/14/2016

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

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

Littler on 7/13/2016

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

National Labor Relations Board Makes Unionizing of Staffed Workforces Much Easier

Cozen O'Connor on 7/13/2016

On Monday, July 11, the National Labor Relations Board gave a big gift to unions trying to organize staffing company employees and employees in workplaces combining supplied employees and employees working solely for a user...more

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

FordHarrison on 7/13/2016

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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