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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 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 Narrows the Scope of NLRA Section 7 Protection for Employee Complaints

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/23/2019

On January 11, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board issued an employer-friendly decision in Alstate Maintenance LLC, 367 NLRB 68 (2019), narrowing the scope of protection for employee complaints. In doing so, it reversed...more

Labor Board Makes It Harder For Employees To Claim Their Complaints Are Protected

Fisher Phillips on 1/18/2019

In a 3-1 ruling that should be hailed by employers across the country, the National Labor Relations Board just made it harder for employees to successfully claim that their workplace gripes constitute protected concerted...more

NLRB Overturns Obama Board's Expansion of the Joint-Employer Doctrine

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/19/2017

• A recent National Labor Relations Board decision unexpectedly reversed a controversial Labor Board ruling issued during the Obama administration that had dramatically expanded the joint-employer doctrine and made companies...more

NLRB Reverses Controversial BFI Joint Employer Standard

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/18/2017

Just hours before Chairman Miscimarra’s tenure is to end, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued two decisions with sweeping impact. Together, they overturn many of the Obama Board’s most controversial decisions...more

NLRB Reinstates Reasonableness Settlement Standard in its First Reversal Under Trump Administration

Fisher Phillips on 12/18/2017

On December 11, 2017, the NLRB ruled that an ALJ in Pittsburgh properly accepted a partial settlement offered by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) despite objections from the agency’s general counsel and the...more

NLRB Again Attempts to Invalidate Mandatory Arbitration Clauses for Employment Claims

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 12/10/2014

In its Murphy Oil decision, the National Labor Relations Board affirmed its 2012 holding in D. R. Horton, which found an employer violates the NLRA when it requires employees “as condition of their employment, to sign an...more

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