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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... more +
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 -
Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

NLRB Rejects Opportunity

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On September 30, 2014, the NLRB rejected the opinion of the District of Columbia Circuit in FedEx Home Delivery v. NLRB, 563 F.3d 492 (D.C. Cir. 2009) and found that an individual’s entrepreneurial opportunity for gain or...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Is the NLRB’s Brown University Decision on Its Last Leg?

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The National Labor Relations Board’s treatment of college and university students as “employees” covered by the National Labor Relations Act has been the subject of a tortured history. In the Fall of 2000, in a case...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Northwestern University's Football Team Is Scheduled To Vote On Union Representation

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At the end of March, in a landmark decision, the Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Chicago held that Northwestern University’s scholarship football players are “employees” who can vote to be...more

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