NLRB, Regulatory Standards, Regulatory Oversight

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

NLRB’s Position on Unions’ Right to Use Employers’ Email Could Change

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 8/3/2018

Another Obama-era National Labor Relations Board policy may be on the ropes. Four years ago, the Board issued its controversial Purple Communications decision. In that case, it determined that employees have the right to...more

Coming Soon: NLRB Promises Rulemaking on Joint-Employer Standard by End of Summer

Polsinelli on 6/15/2018

By letter dated June 5, 2018, National Labor Relations Board Chairman John Ring announced that the Board will issue a proposed regulation to determine when employers may be considered joint employers under the National Labor...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

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

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

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