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A Resurrected PRO Act Could Pay Dividends For Big Labor This Time Around

Fisher Phillips on 2/9/2021

As we recently forecasted, the House of Representatives has reintroduced a bill designed to radically transform the labor relations landscape, substantially tilting the playing field towards organized labor. The “Protecting...more

Back to Pro-Labor: What Employers Can Expect From a Biden Presidency: Part II, Labor Relations Edition

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 11/11/2020

While the final results are not yet certified, it appears that we have a new president. Employers across the country, both union and non-union, are wondering what they can expect from a Joe Biden presidency when it comes to...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

Employment Law Commentary, Volume 30, Issue 9: Boomerang: The Trump NLRB Supplants The Obama NLRB

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/5/2018

When Donald Trump took office in 2017, the members of the NLRB (“Board”) were predominantly appointees of President Obama. During the Obama presidency, the Board issued decisions that were mostly favorable to the interests of...more

A Quick Summary of Recent NLRB Activity

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 6/26/2018

In December 2017, the National Labor Relations Board issued some significant decisions reversing precedent that had been established by the NLRB under the Obama administration, and took other significant actions that may help...more

The NEW NLRB: Positive Progress, But One Big Stumble

Maynard Nexsen on 3/28/2018

New NLRB Leadership - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is under new leadership and has begun returning the nation to a more balanced labor policy. The NLRB is responsible for enforcing the National Labor...more

Working Wise: Recent Developments at the NLRB

K&L Gates LLP on 3/12/2018

In this episode, we review recent transitions at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under President Trump, discuss four significant Board decisions issued in late 2017, and highlight what we should expect from the NLRB...more

Changes

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/2/2018

The song “Changes,” written by Phil Ochs, provides an opportune prism to examine the arguably cataclysmic changes implemented and portended by the new employer-friendly majority at the NLRB at the end of 2017 and expected in...more

2018 Outlook on Federal Labor Laws

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 2/12/2018

While President Donald Trump is not known for a deliberate approach, the long-anticipated shifts in labor law and policy is starting to take shape in an efficient and measured form. The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”...more

The National Labor Relations Board 2017 Year In Review – An Overview of Major Developments in Labor Law

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/2/2018

For employers, 2017 brought some long awaited relief and hope that return to normalcy in labor law is on the way. Admittedly, the wait for employers turned out to be a little longer than expected. The National Labor Relations...more

Out With the Old, In With the New: Is This the “New” NLRB?

Burr & Forman on 1/18/2018

As you have likely seen by now, December was quite a busy month for the National Labor Relations Board (“the Board”). The Board issued major decisions affecting employers, and Peter Robb, the new General Counsel for the Board...more

Web Exclusive December 2017: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 1/9/2018

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017. December was no different,...more

New Year, New NLRB

Maynard Nexsen on 1/4/2018

As we enter the New Year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is under new leadership and has begun returning the nation to a more balanced labor policy. The NLRB is responsible for enforcing the National Labor...more

Trump NLRB Reverses Rule on 'Micro-Units,' Continues Overhaul of Obama-Era Rulings

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/3/2018

As we discussed last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been working hard during the holiday season to reverse landmark decisions issued by the Obama-era Board. The Board’s efforts to reshape federal labor...more

NLRB Overrules Four Key Cases to End 2017 with a Bang

Stinson LLP on 12/28/2017

The National Labor Relations Board isn't waiting for the ball to drop in Times Square. It's ushering in a new era, now. The new and short-lived Republican-appointed majority wasted little time reversing the course the Board...more

Employment Flash - December 2017

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/22/2017

Recent NLRB Developments - This December 2017 special edition of the Employment Flash summarizes recent decisions issued by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on December 14 and 15, 2017. These decisions are...more

Busy Week at the NLRB | Labor and Employment Law

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 12/21/2017

Last week, the NLRB issued 14 decisions and the General Counsel (a/k/a Peter Robb, our former partner) initiated rule-making procedures to revise the “quickie election” rule. Here is a summary of the most important changes...more

NLRB Reverses Several Obama-Era Decisions; Loosens Grip on Employers

Hogan Lovells on 12/20/2017

In a flurry of decisions late last week, the newly-constituted majority of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) issued a number of decisions that signal a less interventionist approach with respect to the...more

NLRB Overturns Three Obama-Era Decisions on Labor-Management Relations

McGuireWoods LLP on 12/20/2017

In the closing days of outgoing Chairman Phil Miscimarra’s term, the National Labor Relations Board issued three major decisions reversing field on significant issues of labor-management relations and requested public comment...more

‘Tis the Season for Employers: NLRB Reverses Course with Four Key Rulings

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC on 12/20/2017

For employers, the tide is making its long awaited turn in our nation’s capital at the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”). Last week, the NLRB reversed precedent on four significant rules that were widely viewed as...more

The End of Union-Dictated Micro-Units: NLRB Overturns Specialty Healthcare

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/19/2017

On the eve of Chairman Phillip Miscimarra’s departure from the NLRB, he gave one final gift to employers: the overturning of Specialty Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, 357 NLRB 934 (2011), an Obama-Era Board...more

Unwrapping Late Year NLRB Decisions – Next Steps For Your Organization To Consider

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/18/2017

Two weeks after newly appointed National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Peter Robb signaled his intent to ask the Board to consider overruling many union-friendly precedents of the Obama-era Board, the Board has beaten...more

Busy Board Overrules Specialty Healthcare; Restores Traditional Community of Interest Standards Disfavoring Micro-Units

McGuireWoods LLP on 12/17/2017

National Labor Relations Board Chairman Phil Miscimarra’s term expired today, but he did not coast into “retirement.” In addition to the late flurry of decisions which include the Board’s overruling of the Browning-Ferris...more

Labor Relations Update: New NLRB General Counsel Poised to Undo Obama-Era Precedents

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/12/2017

Senate Republicans recently confirmed William Emanuel, the second Trump nominee to the five-member National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”), giving the Board a Republican majority for the first time since 2007. Mr....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

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