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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 Finds that Advocacy of Non-Employees is Protected Under the National Labor Relations Act

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/12/2023

As we have observed several times this year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the “Board”), under the majority appointed by President Biden, has taken a number of actions to widely expand workers’ rights under...more

Board Rules No NLRA Protection for Advocating for Unpaid Interns

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 12/23/2019

Advocating for nonemployees does not qualify for protection under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), a three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently determined....more

Employee Advocacy For Nonemployee, Unpaid Interns Is Not Protected By National Labor Relations Act

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/4/2019

Unpaid interns are not “employees” as defined by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), and employee advocacy on their behalf is not protected concerted activity under Section 7 of the NLRA, the National Labor Relations...more

Unpaid Interns are Not Statutory Employees, NLRB Concludes

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 11/15/2019

The National Labor Relations Board recently held that a group of employees who were advocating on behalf of unpaid interns were not engaged in protected activity because the interns were not “employees” as that term is...more

The Employment Law Authority - September/October 2015

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/29/2015

On October 16, 2015, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) concerning new rules for extending the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program for international students...more

Employment Law - October 2015 #2

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/19/2015

Take the Cure: New California Law Permits Corrections of Wage Statement Violations - Why it matters: Employers may want to review their wage statements after Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law that permits them...more

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