NLRB, New Guidance, NLRB General Counsel

Cementing a Path Forward: NLRB Denies Employer’s Motion for Reconsideration of Cemex, While General Counsel Provides Guidance on...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/22/2023

Earlier this week, by denying the employer’s motion to reconsider in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC, 372 NLRB No. 157 (2023), the National Labor Relations Board not only validated the applicability of its new Cemex...more

A New Front in the Noncompete Wars: NLRB’s General Counsel Claims Noncompete Agreements Violate the Labor Act

BakerHostetler on 6/6/2023

The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), Jennifer A. Abruzzo, recently issued a memorandum stating that “the proffer, maintenance, and enforcement” of noncompete provisions in employment...more

Tales from the NLRB: General Counsel to Treat Most Non-Compete Agreements as Unfair Labor Practices

Williams Mullen on 6/2/2023

On May 30, 2023, Jennifer Abruzzo, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (Board), issued a guidance memo (the “Memo”) stating that non-compete agreements or similar restrictive covenants in settlement...more

McLaren Macomb Follow-up: NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidance for Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Clauses in Severance...

Venable LLP on 4/19/2023

Two months ago, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) changed the rules for confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements. In McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB No. 58 (2023), which we previously wrote...more

NLRB’s General Counsel Offers More Guidance on Non-Disparagement Decision

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 3/29/2023

The NLRB’s decision last month in McLaren Macomb, holding that the mere proffer of a severance agreement containing a broad confidentiality or non-disparagement clause violates federal law, left many employers questioning...more

Michigan Rolls Back its “Right-To-Work” Law; NLRB’s Top Lawyer Provides Post-McLaren Macomb Guidance

Benesch on 3/28/2023

As of today, so-called “right-to-work” (“RTW”) laws are effective in 27 states. These laws ensure that no worker can be required, as a condition of employment, to join or not join, nor pay dues to, a labor union, as permitted...more

I Always Feel Like… My Boss is Watching Me!

DarrowEverett LLP on 11/4/2022

Following similar movement by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), which recently released guidance on the use of artificial intelligence by employers, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel...more

NLRB GC Abruzzo Ordered Up ‘New Make-Whole Remedies’ for Victims of Unfair Labor Practices – and the Regional Offices Are...

Amundsen Davis LLC on 7/6/2022

A discussed in a previous article, on September 8, 2021, the National Labor Relations Board General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued a memorandum to all NLRB Regional Directors notifying them (and the rest of us) of her...more

NLRB General Counsel Issues Memo on Securing Full Remedies in Settlements

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/24/2022

On June 23, 2022, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo issued Memorandum GC 22-06 advising Regions that they may seek a judgment to force employers to comply with the specific terms of settlement...more

OFCCP Week In Review: April 2022 #2

DirectEmployers Association on 4/11/2022

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 Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

NLRB’s General Counsel’s Office Issues Guidance on the Obligation to Bargain Over Implementing OSHA’s COVID-19 ETS

ArentFox Schiff on 11/17/2021

We have reported on OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”), published on November 5th, that mandates that covered employers require their employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or obtain weekly COVID-19 tests...more

OFCCP Week In Review: October 2021

DirectEmployers Association on 10/4/2021

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

Seven Things To Know About The Biden NLRB’s New “Road Map”

Woods Rogers on 9/24/2021

The NLRB General Counsel’s Office is not wasting any time making changes to national labor law policy. General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo recently issued her third memorandum in just two months. Abruzzo’s first memo,...more

Beltway Buzz - February 2021

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/8/2021

Congress Sees Its Shadow. It was Groundhog Day this past week, and it sure feels like we have been living the same day over and over again with the way that the parties in Congress can’t agree on an economic stimulus package....more

NLRB General Counsel Makes it Easier to Attack Neutrality Agreements

ArentFox Schiff on 9/11/2020

A “neutrality agreement” is generally one in which an employer agrees neither to assist nor oppose a union organizing campaign. In practice, though, some agreements require the employer’s active support. Not only that, but...more

NLRB General Counsel Issues Memo on Notice-Posting Requirement

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/23/2020

On May 20, 2020, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb issued new guidance in Memorandum G.C. 20-06 regarding the NLRB’s remedial notice posting requirements. Effective immediately, the 60-day...more

Fresh NLRB Guidance Eases Workplace Policy Restrictions

Poyner Spruill LLP on 6/21/2018

Over the past several years, we have written about National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) decisions invalidating various policies in employee handbooks, even though the employers in those situations did not have unionized...more

NLRB GC Memo Provides Updated Guidance on Common Employer Work Rules In Light of Boeing

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/13/2018

On June 6, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) general counsel (GC) issued a new guidance memorandum (GC Memo 18-04) that contains updated guidance on how the regional offices should be reviewing and...more

Change is Coming: New NLRB General Counsel Issues Memorandum Rescinding Controversial Policies and Signaling Change

Benesch on 12/7/2017

The National Labor Relations Board’s new General Counsel, Peter Robb, has made the most of his first month in office. Robb, who was nominated by President Trump to replace controversial predecessor Richard Griffin, was sworn...more

NLRB General Counsel Seeks to Prohibit Employers from Unilateral Withdrawal of Union Recognition

Genova Burns LLC on 7/6/2016

The National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel recently released Memorandum GC 16-03 (May 9, 2016), proposing to make it more difficult for an employer to withdraw recognition of an incumbent union. This memorandum...more

The National Labor Relations Board says “Happy Labor Day” with Flurry of Late Summer Pro-Union Moves

Proskauer - Labor Relations on 9/10/2015

While some people may have been on vacation at the end of August, the past few weeks have been extremely busy at the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”), with a series of decisions that will continue to make it...more

NLRB’s Do’s and Don’ts of Employer Handbooks: Part 3 Trademarks and Logos, Photography and Workplace Recording, Leaving Work,...

McGuireWoods LLP on 4/15/2015

On March 18, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Office of the General Counsel released a 30-page memorandum providing guidance on employer rules and handbooks....more

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