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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 -

Busy Inside the Beltway: Recent Activity by the DOL, EEOC, NLRB and FTC

BCLP on 6/8/2023

Federal agencies responsible for employment-related matters have been busy in recent weeks issuing guidance, updated workplace posters, and more. Let’s get caught up...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

Senate Confirms Pair of Appointees to National Labor Relations Board

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 7/30/2020

In a package deal, the U.S. Senate confirmed the appointments of two members to the National Labor Relations Board (“Board” or “NLRB”). Lauren McFerran, who previously served as a member of the NLRB for five years until her...more

NLRB Wraps up Blockbuster Year with a Bang

Stinson LLP on 1/10/2020

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a whirlwind series of rulings to cap off 2019. The NLRB typically issues many decisions near the end of a Board member's term, so this flurry comes as no surprise...more

California Attempts to Weed Out Unfair Labor Practices at the State Level by Enacting Union-Friendly Regulation on Employers in...

FordHarrison on 11/18/2019

As the cannabis industry has rapidly progressed over the years, states such as New York, New Jersey and Illinois have begun to implement legislation that encourages employers to engage in labor peace agreements with unions....more

Seventh Circuit Issues Two Opinions Limiting Scope of State and Local Authority over Labor Law

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/10/2018

Over the course of the past two weeks, the Seventh Circuit has issued two separate opinions that limit the ability of state and local governments to craft their own labor law policy. In doing so, the court created a circuit...more

NLRB Pursues Rulemaking to Address Joint-Employer Standard

Robinson & Cole LLP on 7/16/2018

Companies attempting to determine whether they are joint employers of certain workers under the National Labor Relations Act (Act) have been confronted with a shifting landscape during the past few years as the National Labor...more

The NLRB Expands the Use of Confidentiality Rules in The Boeing Co.

Littler on 7/3/2018

As most employers are aware, the National Labor Relations Board’s decision in The Boeing Co., 365 NLRB No. 154 (2017), established a new standard that significantly broadens the scope of rules, policies, and handbook...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

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

Robinson+Cole Construction Law Zone on 1/29/2018

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 expending employee and labor union protections. In a...more

NLRB Tosses "Overwhelming Community of Interest" Standard and Returns to the "Traditional Community of Interest" Standard in...

FordHarrison on 1/9/2018

On December 15, 2017, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) overruled Specialty Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, 357 NLRB 934 (2011), which required an “overwhelming community of interest” when...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

Handbooks – NLRB Gives Some Control Back to Employers

FordHarrison on 12/21/2017

On December 14, 2017, in a 3-2 decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) overruled the “reasonably construe” standard it established in Lutheran Heritage Village-Livonia, 343 NLRB 646 (2004), to determine...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

The Winds Keep Blowing: Miscimarra’s Final Days with the NLRB Produce More Change for Employers

Franczek P.C. on 12/20/2017

Last week we issued two alerts covering the winds of change blowing at the NLRB. The strong winds continued on Friday, December 15 as the Board overruled two more decisions: one addressing an employer’s duty to bargain; the...more

An Early Holiday Gift to Employers: Newly Constituted NLRB Overturns Two Pro-Employee Decisions

Troutman Pepper on 12/20/2017

On December 14, the Republican-majority National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued two employer-friendly decisions that reversed pro-employee rulings. In each 3-2 decision, the two Democratic members of the NLRB — Mark...more

Ahhhhhh – NLRB Rips Off Series of Pro-Employer Decisions

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 12/19/2017

That sound you just heard was employers everywhere breathing a sigh of relief, and maybe even high-fiving. That’s because the newly constituted National Labor Relations Board fired off several pro-employer decisions in the...more

The Way We Were: The NLRB’s Time Machine Resets the Clock on Employer Work Rules and Joint Employer Status

Dickinson Wright on 12/19/2017

With the end of 2017 right around the corner, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) issued a duo of pro-employer decisions that continue to chip away at and erase its jurisprudence during the Obama...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

Agency Heads Discuss Changes in Regulatory Direction During Federalist Society Panel

Littler on 11/17/2017

The current leaders of the Department of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and National Labor Relations Board addressed transitions and regulatory plans at their respective agencies at a November 16 forum. ...more

Who is Neil Gorsuch and Where Does He Stand on Labor and Employment Issues?

Littler on 2/1/2017

President Donald Trump has promptly nominated a potential successor—Judge Neil M. Gorsuch—to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by Justice Scalia’s unexpected death nearly a year ago. Since Scalia’s death, the High Court...more

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