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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 Rescinds 2020 “Election Protection Rule”

Littler on 7/31/2024

As anticipated, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rescinded its April 1, 2020 Election Protection Rule, replacing it with the so-called “Fair Choice-Employee Voice Final Rule” on July 26, 2024....more

Construction Employers Beware: New, Easier Union Representation Process

Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone on 10/6/2023

The NLRB has reversed decades of precedent and made it far easier for unions to represent employees, including construction employers, without a secret ballot election. Initially, it is important to understand that this new...more

OFCCP Week In Review: June 2022 #3

DirectEmployers Association on 6/20/2022

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee J. Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s...more

OFCCP Week In Review: June 2020

DirectEmployers Association on 6/2/2020

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

NLRB Issues Final Rule Reworking Union Election Procedures

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 4/2/2020

Although, like everyone else, the personnel at the NLRB have been consumed with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on daily operations, including the ability of its Regional Offices to function and serve the public, the...more

Labor Development Impacting Developers, Contractors, and Landowners

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/24/2019

It is unlawful for unions to secondarily picket construction sites or to coercively enmesh neutral parties in the disputes that a union may have with another employer. This area of the law is governed by the National Labor...more

Is Scabby the Rat Headed for a Deflating Experience?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/26/2019

Construction employers and general contractors are all too familiar with Scabby the Rat. The inflatable rat - appearing in sizes of up to a reported 30 feet tall - has infested construction job sites as part of trade union...more

The Trump N.L.R.B. Gift Giving Season

Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone on 1/29/2018

Acting just days before the term of Chairman Phillip Miscimarra ended on December 16, the National Labor Relations Board issued four decisions overturning landmark cases expending employee and labor union protections. In a...more

NLRB: Employer Responsible For Backpay Of Union Representative Allegedly Injured During Workplace Assault

Proskauer - Labor Relations on 4/19/2013

The NLRB has ruled that an employer is liable to lost wages for a union representative who allegedly suffered injuries "after being pushed down a flight of stairs at a work site. The case is Norquay Construction, Inc., 359...more

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