NLRB, NLRB General Counsel, Regulatory Oversight

NLRB General Counsel Issues Memorandum on Increased Inter-Agency Coordination, Collaboration

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/14/2022

The National Labor Relations Board is pushing forward with its plan to cooperate more closely with other Federal agencies tasked with overseeing employment law. This follows an announcement in November 2021 that the National...more

Labor Update: What Got Our Attention in the Past Three Months

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 8/12/2021

There has been a lot of labor activity in the past three months. President Biden announced the two appointees who would join National Labor Relations Board Chair Lauren McFerran to create a majority of Democrats on the Board....more

NLRB General Counsel Office Moves to Decidedly Pro-Labor Perspective

CDF Labor Law LLP on 7/27/2021

Last Wednesday, President Joe Biden needed a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris to confirm his nomination of Jennifer Abruzzo for General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board....more

New NLRB General Counsel Peter Song Ohr Makes First Significant Move

CDF Labor Law LLP on 2/1/2021

Following up on our earlier post about all the moves President Biden was making at the NLRB General Counsel’s office, we now know that our temporary NLRB GC is Peter Song Ohr. Ohr is known as a straight shooting, publicity...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

Gridlock Broken: Senate Confirms John Ring as Newest Member of NLRB

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 4/13/2018

By a vote of 50 to 48 the U.S. Senate confirmed Republican John Ring as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, giving the agency a full five member complement. Member Ring, whose term expires December 16, 2022, takes...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

Out With the Old, In With the New: Is This the “New” NLRB?

Burr & Forman on 1/18/2018

As you have likely seen by now, December was quite a busy month for the National Labor Relations Board (“the Board”). The Board issued major decisions affecting employers, and Peter Robb, the new General Counsel for the Board...more

NLRB Overrules Four Key Cases to End 2017 with a Bang

Stinson LLP on 12/28/2017

The National Labor Relations Board isn't waiting for the ball to drop in Times Square. It's ushering in a new era, now. The new and short-lived Republican-appointed majority wasted little time reversing the course the Board...more

The Trump N.L.R.B. Gift Giving Season

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 12/22/2017

Acting just days before the term of Chairman Phillip Miscimarra ended on December 16, the National Labor Relations Board issued four decisions overturning landmark cases that expanded employee and labor union protections. In...more

Collyer Deferral: GC Memorandum 18-02 Upholds Parties’ Agreed Upon Method of Grieving and Arbitrating Certain Unfair Labor...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/22/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: On Friday, December 1, 2017, newly appointed NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb issued a memorandum containing a broad overview of his initial agenda as General Counsel. It previews many anticipated...more

Busy Week at the NLRB | Labor and Employment Law

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 12/21/2017

Last week, the NLRB issued 14 decisions and the General Counsel (a/k/a Peter Robb, our former partner) initiated rule-making procedures to revise the “quickie election” rule. Here is a summary of the most important changes...more

NLRB’s New General Counsel Signals Major Policy Changes Are On The Way

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,... on 12/21/2017

In November 2017, the United States Senate confirmed Peter Robb as the new General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”). On December 1, 2017, Mr. Robb issued Memorandum GC 18-02 (“Memorandum”) in which he...more

A Few (More) of Employers’ Favorite Things From GC 18-02: The End of Alan Ritchey And Preservation of the Levitz and Tri-Cast...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/21/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: On Friday, December 1, 2017, newly appointed NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb issued a memorandum containing a broad overview of his initial agenda as General Counsel. It previews many anticipated...more

GC Memorandum 18-02 “Remedies” – Board’s Approach To Remedies

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/21/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: On Friday, December 1, 2017, newly appointed NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb issued a memorandum containing a broad overview of his initial agenda as General Counsel. It previews many anticipated...more

Trump Board Trashes “Biggest Idiot” Test

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 12/18/2017

The Trump Board quickly jumped on the Obama Board’s seeming obsession with otherwise innocuous employee policies and handbook provisions. The Boeing Company. We have repeatedly blogged about the Obama Board’s “biggest idiot”...more

NLRB General Counsel Rescinds Controversial Memo Regarding Section 7 Rights of University Faculty, Student Assistants, and...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/15/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 1, 2017, the newly-confirmed General Counsel of the National Relations Board, Peter Robb, issued a memorandum to the NLRB regional offices listing legal issues that should be submitted for...more

Recent NLRB Actions Signal the Winds of Change Are Blowing: The NLRB Requests Information on Controversial “Quickie Election”...

Franczek P.C. on 12/14/2017

Because the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is made up of members appointed by the President, Board law shifts as administrations change. Recently, the U.S. Senate confirmed two Republicans to the Board, resulting in a...more

National Labor Relations Board › NLRB General Counsel › Regulatory Oversight

NLRB General Counsel Issues Memorandum on Increased Inter-Agency Coordination, Collaboration

Labor Update: What Got Our Attention in the Past Three Months

NLRB General Counsel Office Moves to Decidedly Pro-Labor Perspective

New NLRB General Counsel Peter Song Ohr Makes First Significant Move

NLRB General Counsel Issues Much Needed Guidance on Employee Handbooks

NLRB General Counsel Issues Handbook on Handbook Rules

Gridlock Broken: Senate Confirms John Ring as Newest Member of NLRB

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

Out With the Old, In With the New: Is This the “New” NLRB?

NLRB Overrules Four Key Cases to End 2017 with a Bang

The Trump N.L.R.B. Gift Giving Season

Collyer Deferral: GC Memorandum 18-02 Upholds Parties’ Agreed Upon Method of Grieving and Arbitrating Certain Unfair Labor...

Busy Week at the NLRB | Labor and Employment Law

NLRB’s New General Counsel Signals Major Policy Changes Are On The Way

A Few (More) of Employers’ Favorite Things From GC 18-02: The End of Alan Ritchey And Preservation of the Levitz and Tri-Cast...

GC Memorandum 18-02 “Remedies” – Board’s Approach To Remedies

Trump Board Trashes “Biggest Idiot” Test

NLRB General Counsel Rescinds Controversial Memo Regarding Section 7 Rights of University Faculty, Student Assistants, and...

Recent NLRB Actions Signal the Winds of Change Are Blowing: The NLRB Requests Information on Controversial “Quickie Election”...

Successor General Counsel Robb Signals Potential Successorship Retrenchment

No Winter Blues Here: GC Memorandum 18-02 Brings Handbook Cheer to Employers

No Winter Blues Here: GC Memorandum 18-02 Brings Handbook Cheer to Employers

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