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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 Reaffirms Regional Directors’ Discretion to Dismiss Election Petitions Absent a Hearing

Littler on 7/11/2022

On June 15, 2022, in Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc., 371 NLRB No. 109, the National Labor Relations Board reaffirmed that regional directors have authority to dismiss representation and decertification petitions if the...more

This Week at the Ninth: Sports, Drugs, and Pensions

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals on 8/14/2020

This week, we take a look at two Ninth Circuit decisions concerning the employer-employee relationship. In the first, the Court let the lawsuit against the NFL for its negligent handling of drug distribution to its injured...more

Eleventh Circuit Reverses NLRB Order, Enforcing Individualized Arbitration Clause In Employee Agreement

Carlton Fields on 8/1/2018

A pizza delivery driver employed by Domino’s Pizza franchisee Cowabunga Inc. filed a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act with the National Labor Relations Board. ...more

NLRB Asks D.C. Circuit to Revive Review of Joint Employer Standard Under BFI; Hy-Brand Decision Vacated Following NLRB Ethics...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/5/2018

On March 1, 2018, the Deputy Associate General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) asked the D.C. Circuit to revive its review of the Obama-era Browning-Ferris Industries, 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015) (“BFI”)...more

D.C. Circuit Upholds NLRB Finding that Employment Agreement’s Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions Violated the NLRA

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/9/2016

Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently denied Quicken Loans, Inc.’s petition for review of an NLRB decision finding that confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in the company’s...more

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