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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: Proposed Micro-Unit of Boeing Mechanics Is Not Going to Fly

ArentFox Schiff on 9/18/2019

In a 3-1 representation case, the National Labor Relations Board recently continued its roll-back on Obama-era precedents, invalidating a 180-member “micro-unit” of Boeing mechanics. The Board held in The Boeing Company and...more

NLRB Creates New 3-Step Analysis for Unit Determinations

Littler on 9/16/2019

On September 9, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its decision in The Boeing Company, 368 NLRB No. 67 (2019), clarifying an earlier ruling and reinstating the traditional community of interest standard...more

Recent Changes From The National Labor Relations Board Favor Employers

Poyner Spruill LLP on 1/2/2018

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently issued several opinions reversing Obama-era precedent. These changes are all employer-favorable and reduce the risk an employer’s policies or activities will be deemed...more

Don’t Like that NLRB Ruling? Just Wait, it May Change!

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 12/27/2017

As 2017 and Chairman Phillip Miscimarra’s term drew to an end, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) issued a flurry of decisions overturning several Obama-era NLRB decisions. Because Board members are...more

It’s Back: NLRB Overturns Specialty Healthcare, Returns to Traditional Community-of-Interest Standard

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/27/2017

On December 15, 2017, a divided National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a significant decision in PCC Structurals, Inc., 365 NLRB No. 160, overturning the controversial “overwhelming community-of-interest” test from...more

NLRB Hands Down More Employer-Friendly Rulings

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 12/21/2017

In the spirit of the holiday season, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) has provided employers with two more “presents” in the form of two new Board decisions. Continuing their trend from last week, on...more

Christmas in July: The NLRB Delivers Another Gift to Help Unions Organize Employees

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 7/14/2016

The National Labor Relations Board has once again delivered a blow to employers by overturning a decision (and standard) that required the consent of a regular employer and the employer of temporary staff to allow both sets...more

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