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Top Five Labor Law Developments For July 2021

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/23/2021

1. The Senate confirmed Jennifer Abruzzo to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel post and Gwynne Wilcox and David Prouty as NLRB members. Approved on July 21 by a narrow 51-50 vote, with Vice President...more

The National Labor Relations Board 2019 Year End Review: An Overview of Major Developments in Labor Law

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 3/2/2020

If 2018 was a year of elevator music at the National Labor Relations Board, 2019 was symphony of sound. The Board’s initiatives were varied, high-profile and in the vast majority of cases, the developments were positives for...more

Year 2020 Hindsight Reveals That The Current NLRB Has Overhauled Our National Labor Laws Since 2017

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/25/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: It should be clear to all that the NLRB has taken significant steps to restore the law to a footing that more closely resembles the landscape that existed prior to the Obama Board. ...more

NLRB Overturns Obama-era Initiatives: A Round-Up of the December Decisions

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/22/2020

December 2019 brought significant changes to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) case law and election procedures. The following highlights a few of those changes as we get into the new year and policy reviews get...more

NLRB Clears the Purple Haze Around Employee Use of Employer E-mail

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 12/19/2019

The NLRB reversed the controversial holding in Purple Communications, which allowed employees to use their employer's e-mail system during non-working hours to engage in Section 7 protected discussions regarding wages, hours...more

NLRB Restores Employers’ Right to Restrict Employees’ Personal Use of Company Email and Other IT Resources

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/18/2019

In Caesars Entertainment d/b/a Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino, Case 28-CA-060841 (December 16, 2019), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that employees do not have a statutory right under the National Labor...more

The National Labor Relations Board 2018 Year In Review – An Overview of Major Developments in Labor Law

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/28/2019

Although in many respects it was a slow year for the National Labor Relations Board, it was a year of progress in the eyes of many employers. The Board operated at full strength for the entire year, with Republican John Ring...more

A New Era For Labor Relations? Lawyers Predict Fate Of Top 10 Key Issues

Fisher Phillips on 9/6/2017

Among the most crucial federal agencies undergoing a transformation under the new presidential administration is the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). During the eight years of the Obama administration, with the Board...more

NLRB Affirms Stance on Employee Use of Company Email During Non-Work Time

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 4/27/2017

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently affirmed its 2014 decision in Purple Communications, Inc. and Communications Workers of America, AFL–CIO which held that if employees are granted access to their employer’s...more

Why Getting Handbooks Right Matters: NLRB Judge Holds Verizon’s Restrictions on Employee Communications During Non-Working Time...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 10/2/2015

Despite previous NLRB rulings telling them to stop, some employers continue to impose broad prohibitions on personal employee communications over company email. As an administrative law judge recently reminded us, failing to...more

15 For ’15: Employment And Labor Resolutions For The New Year

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 1/8/2015

While the year is still young, here are 15 New Year’s resolutions that employers may want to make: 1. Make sure your “independent contractors” are really independent contractors. ”Independent contractors” are under...more

NLRB Declines to Revisit Employee Use of Company Email Systems . . . For Now

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/30/2014

Under current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) law, employees do not have a statutory right to use their employers’ email systems for union organizing or for other purposes. Email systems remain employer property for...more

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