NLRB, Terms and Conditions, Collective Bargaining

Labor Board’s Finalized Joint Employer Rule Ensures More Workers Will Seek Union Membership: Your 10-Step Plan

Fisher Phillips on 10/26/2023

The National Labor Relations Board just released its final joint employer rule that makes it easier for workers to be considered employees of more than one entity for labor relations purposes – a move that will result in...more

NLRB Restricts Employers’ Right to Change Working Conditions Without Bargaining

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 9/15/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued companion decisions last month that significantly limit an employer’s ability to change the working conditions of their unionized staff without bargaining with the union....more

NLRB Limits Employers’ Right to Make Unilateral Changes Based on Past Practice

Littler on 9/12/2023

In two recent decisions the National Labor Relations Board overruled precedent that had allowed unionized employers to lawfully change terms and condition of employment if the changes were consistent with past practice or an...more

NLRB Overturns Two Major Trump-Era Precedents

Benesch on 9/5/2023

This week, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a series of decisions overturning two major Trump-era precedents. On August 30, 2023, the NLRB overturned Raytheon Network Centric Systems with its decisions in...more

NLRB General Counsel Makes it Easier to Attack Neutrality Agreements

ArentFox Schiff on 9/11/2020

A “neutrality agreement” is generally one in which an employer agrees neither to assist nor oppose a union organizing campaign. In practice, though, some agreements require the employer’s active support. Not only that, but...more

6 Key Takeaways | National Labor Relations Board Issues New Final Rule on Joint Employers

Kilpatrick on 3/2/2020

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB/Board) recently issued a new rule effectively overturning an Obama-era precedent on joint employer status and making it harder to show that two companies are joint employers. In doing...more

NLRB Issues Pro-Employer Joint Employment Rule

ArentFox Schiff on 2/28/2020

On February 26, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (the NLRB) issued its final rule governing joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (the NLRA). The final rule replaces the Obama administration’s...more

NLRB Upholds Employer’s Bargaining And Demotions Post-Impasse As Lawful

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 2/15/2020

In its January 31, 2020 decision in Phillips 66, 369 NLRB No. 13 (January 31, 2020) the Board reversed a number of findings of unfair labor practices found by an Administrative Law Judge related to the employer’s conduct...more

In Adopting “Contract Coverage” Standard, NLRB Gives Employers Greater Flexibility to Act Unilaterally on Subjects Encompassed by...

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/9/2019

As summer turned to fall, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a steady stream of decisions with significant and favorable implications for employers. In the flurry of recent decisions, the Board...more

NLRB Adopts “Contract Coverage” Standard to Apply to an Employer’s Unilateral Changes to Terms and Conditions of Employment

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 9/13/2019

A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB” or “Board”) makes it easier for employers to change workplace rules without discussing the change with the union representing their employees. As...more

NLRB Abandons Long-Standing Precedent Regarding Management’s Ability to Unilaterally Change Terms and Conditions of Employment

Benesch on 9/12/2019

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) continued its recent wave of significant decisions on September 10, 2019, when it adopted a new standard for analyzing whether an employer’s unilateral change to terms of employment...more

New Joint-Employer Standard Properly Developed But Improperly Applied, Rules Federal Appeals Court

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 1/16/2019

There have been many precedent changing decisions coming from the NLRB in the last few years. Few of these changes were more hotly contested, or farther reaching, than the Board’s decision in Browning-Ferris where it altered...more

Union Not Entitled to Information About How Employer Spends Money From Tax Cut, NLRB General Counsel Rules

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 12/11/2018

In prior posts, we have discussed how information requests made in the context of a bargaining relationship can be vexing. The standard of the employer’s obligation to provide information can be a moving target, depending on...more

Employer’s Representation Petition Not Barred By Existence of Signed Contract, Divided NLRB Rules

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 12/3/2018

As we have noted at times, the human element in labor relations makes for interesting situations. One of the more interesting issues is the timeliness of representation petitions, which, despite the existence of clear rules,...more

Employer Cannot Join E-Verify Without Bargaining With Union

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 9/19/2018

Under the National Labor Relations Act, unionized employers cannot make material changes to terms and conditions of employment without entering into bargaining with the union. Last month, 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

National Labor Relations Board › Terms and Conditions › Collective Bargaining

Labor Board’s Finalized Joint Employer Rule Ensures More Workers Will Seek Union Membership: Your 10-Step Plan

NLRB Restricts Employers’ Right to Change Working Conditions Without Bargaining

NLRB Limits Employers’ Right to Make Unilateral Changes Based on Past Practice

NLRB Overturns Two Major Trump-Era Precedents

NLRB General Counsel Makes it Easier to Attack Neutrality Agreements

6 Key Takeaways | National Labor Relations Board Issues New Final Rule on Joint Employers

NLRB Issues Pro-Employer Joint Employment Rule

NLRB Upholds Employer’s Bargaining And Demotions Post-Impasse As Lawful

In Adopting “Contract Coverage” Standard, NLRB Gives Employers Greater Flexibility to Act Unilaterally on Subjects Encompassed by...

NLRB Adopts “Contract Coverage” Standard to Apply to an Employer’s Unilateral Changes to Terms and Conditions of Employment

NLRB Abandons Long-Standing Precedent Regarding Management’s Ability to Unilaterally Change Terms and Conditions of Employment

New Joint-Employer Standard Properly Developed But Improperly Applied, Rules Federal Appeals Court

Union Not Entitled to Information About How Employer Spends Money From Tax Cut, NLRB General Counsel Rules

Employer’s Representation Petition Not Barred By Existence of Signed Contract, Divided NLRB Rules

Employer Cannot Join E-Verify Without Bargaining With Union

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

What’s Past is Prologue - NLRB Restores the Common Sense Meaning of Past Practice

A Return to Clarity: Traditional Joint Employer Test Reinstated

Proposed Joint Employment Law Clears Important Hurdle, Passes House

Auto Manufacturer Pays Over $20 Million To Settle Union Dispute

NLRB Majority, Management Rights Clause Must Be Specific To Enable Employer To Make Unilateral Changes

NLRB Discusses Joint Employment for the First Time Since Browning-Ferris

Employment Law Commentary - Volume 27, Issue 8, September 2015

NLRB’s Joint Employer Ruling Threatens to Reorder Employment Relations in the Health Care Industry

NLRB’s New Joint Employer Standard Creates Enormous Uncertainty

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