NLRB, NLRB General Counsel, Policy Memorandums

Beltway Buzz - August 2024

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/12/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

Beltway Buzz - July 2024 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/22/2024

The Beltway Buzz is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

Piling On - NLRB General Counsel Joins the Crusade Against Noncompete Agreements

Lathrop GPM on 7/28/2023

In a memorandum released on May 30, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NRLB”) General Counsel opined that noncompete agreements may violate the federal National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). In doing so, the General...more

Under-Reasoned Overreach: The NLRB General Counsel’s Opinion on Employee Noncompetes

BCLP on 6/6/2023

On May 30, 2023, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum in which she opined that nearly all noncompetition agreements with employees violate the National Labor Relations...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

The General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), Jennifer Abruzzo, has recently issued two memorandums...

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 6/5/2023

Abruzzo has been busy. Within the last few months, she has issued two notable memorandums that could have significant impacts on how employers must comply with the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). It is important to...more

The Practical NLRB Advisor: Summer 2022

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/1/2022

Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Summer 2022 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. In this issue, the Advisor takes a small departure from our usual...more

NLRB General Counsel Continues Push for Extraordinary Remedies

Littler on 6/28/2022

On June 23, 2022, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo released Memorandum GC 22-06, relating to her efforts “to secure full remedies” in settlements with the Board. This follows on her prior...more

NLRB's Top Attorney Takes Aim at "Captive Audience" Meetings Amid Union Surge

Saul Ewing LLP on 4/15/2022

Earlier this month, the top attorney for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo (“Abruzzo”), issued Memorandum 22-04 urging the Board to depart from significant and longstanding...more

NLRB General Counsel Memo States Intent to Make Captive Audience Speeches Unlawful

Miller Canfield on 4/13/2022

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC), Jennifer Abruzzo, has issued a memorandum stating her intent to seek to change the NLRB's longstanding rule allowing employers to hold mandatory meetings during...more

NLRB GC Announces Initiative Seeking 10(j) Relief For Threats Or Coercive Conduct During Organizing Campaigns

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 2/3/2022

On February 1, 2022, the General Counsel (“GC”) of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced a new initiative encouraging NLRB Regions to seek injunctive relief under Section 10 of the National Labor Relations Act...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

The NLRB and Congress Move to Protect Union Organizing and Employees through Enhanced Remedies for Both and Increased Penalties...

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 9/15/2021

On September 8, 2021, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo created quite a stir when she issued a memorandum (GC 21-06) (“Memo”) bearing the subject line “Seeking Full Remedies.” The Memo...more

NLRB Chief Counsel Seeks New Penalties for Labor Law Violations

Benesch on 9/10/2021

With a newly minted Democratic majority on the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), the General Counsel of the NLRB, who directs enforcement of federal labor law, has ordered her staff to seek broad remedies - many of...more

NLRB General Counsel Releases Slew of Advice Supporting Employers on Pandemic-Related Actions

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/17/2020

On August 13, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Division of Advice released five memoranda in which the General Counsel directed NLRB regional offices to dismiss pandemic-related charges filed by unions and...more

NLRB Division of Advice Releases Deluge of Advice Memoranda Discussing COVID-Related ULP Charges, Confidentiality Rules,...

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 7/22/2020

On July 15, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) Division of Advice published 16 Advice Memoranda addressing myriad questions posed by various Regional Offices. While a majority of the Memoranda were drafted...more

Entrepreneurial Opportunity and Control - Two Sides of the Same Coin?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/11/2019

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has once again weighed in on the proverbial employee-independent contractor issue, this time by way of its General Counsel. On April 16, 2019, the General Counsel’s office issued an...more

UBER Update: NLRB Advice Memo Reaffirms the “Entrepreneurial Opportunity” Test for Independent Contractors

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 6/6/2019

The “gig economy” has prompted a nationwide debate about which workers should be deemed employees (and therefore entitled to certain rights and benefits under labor and employment laws) as opposed to independent contractors. ...more

Increase The Injunctions: NLRB Urges The Frequency Of Requesting Temporary Injunctions

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/22/2018

On June 20, 2018, Peter B. Robb, General Counsel for the NLRB, directed regional offices to continue aggressively pursue temporary injunctions to stop categories of potentially unfair labor practices....more

NLRB General Counsel Issues Much Needed Guidance on Employee Handbooks

Burr & Forman on 6/20/2018

On June 6, 2018, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board issued a memorandum providing guidance on how employer rules should be interpreted following the Board’s December 2017 holding in Boeing, which set...more

NLRB General Counsel Issues Handbook on Handbook Rules

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 6/8/2018

Following up on the NLRB’s decision in The Boeing Company, 365 NLRB No. 154 (Dec. 14, 2017), on June 6, NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb issued a new Guidance Memorandum (18-04) detailing how NLRB Regional Offices receiving...more

General Counsel Dishes Up Advice on 43 Charges, Including Google’s Decision to Terminate an Employee for Harassment and a Union’s...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/23/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: In some early spring cleaning, last week the NLRB’s Office of General Counsel released 43 memos authored by its Division of Advice meant to provide guidance to regional offices on pending charges. Here are...more

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