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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 -
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Federal Government Continues Initiatives to Limit Employer Opposition to Union Organizing

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The United Stated Department of Labor Office of Labor-Management Standards (“OLMS”) recently signaled an alarming willingness to use its broad subpoena powers under Section 601 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure...more

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The Protecting the Right to Organize PRO Act of 2019: An Outline of its Proposed Labor Reforms

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On February 6, 2020, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2474, The Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019 (PRO Act). The PRO Act would fundamentally alter federal labor law by dramatically tilting the playing field...more

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Department of Labor Formally Kills Obama-Era Persuader Rule and Joint-Employer News

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Obama-Era Persuader Rule is Finally Dead - On July 17, 2018, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) formally announced what has appeared inevitable since President Trump’s election – the Obama-era “Persuader Rule” is officially...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Sen. Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Pocan (D-WI) Introduce Bill To Facilitate Union Organizing — Includes Card Check And A Lot More

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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), joined by a number of union leaders and Democratic lawmakers, yesterday announced introduction of the “Workplace Democracy Act” in the Senate. The bill recycles a number of the failed...more

Littler

WPI Insider Briefing: Workplace Policy under the Trump Administration Begins to Take Shape as "Repeal and Replace" of the ACA...

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Five months into President Trump's term, his administration's workplace policy is beginning to take shape. From notable developments at the Department of Labor (DOL), to long-awaited nominations to the National Labor...more

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Here We Go Again! DOL Proposes to Rescind the Permanently Enjoined “Persuader” Rule (and Perhaps Revise It)

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) moved one step closer to undoing President Obama's permanently enjoined “persuader activity” regulation when, on June 12, the agency issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for reverse...more

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Labor Law 2016: A Year In Review

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Introduction - In the final year of his two term tenure, President Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board and Department of Labor continued their double barrelled efforts to remake labor law to benefit labor...more

Roetzel & Andress

NLRB's Persuader Rule Permanently Dead

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Labor lawyers at Roetzel have warned clients about the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) controversial “Persuader Rules” for five years. However, thanks to a court in Texas that permanently enjoined the rule, we no...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

The Latest in Labor: NLRB Update, Part Two

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Most employers know that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been on a years-long tear to make it easier for workers to unionize and harder for employers to resist those efforts. This post in two parts is the latest...more

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Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Bars Implementation of Department of Labor's "Persuader Rule"

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On June 27, a federal court in Texas enjoined the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) from implementing its new interpretation of the “Persuader Rule.” In a sweeping 86-page rebuff to the DOL, the court opined that the...more

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Persuader Rule Is Enjoined, but What Does That Mean?

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Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently opened an opinion with this sentence: “Common sense sometimes matters in resolving legal disputes.” While it is...more

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Executive Labor Summary - March / April 2016

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NEWS & ANALYSIS - DOL’s “Persuader Rule”: Fight on! – As we have previously reported, the U.S. Department of Labor on March 24 issued new regulations that adopt a new interpretation of the "persuader" reporting...more

Littler

Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report — April 2016

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This month's edition of Littler's Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report includes articles on the Administration's push to finalize rules before the November elections, legislative and litigation steps to thwart those...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Two Additional Lawsuits Filed Challenging the DOL’s Final Persuader Rule

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In follow-up to our earlier blog post about the first lawsuit to challenge the U.S. Department of Labor’s Final Persuader Rule that was promulgated in late March, two additional lawsuits have been filed challenging the Final...more

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Not So Fast! Business Groups Sue to Block DOL "Persuader" Rule

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On March 30, 2016, one week after the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its final “Persuader” Rule, the National Association of Manufacturers and other national, state and local business groups sued the DOL to block...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

What Employers Need to Know Before the USDOL’s New “Persuader Rules” Take Effect on July 1

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New guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor creates a barrier for employers seeking confidential advice about dealing with union organizing campaigns. Under the revised “persuader” rules, currently set to take effect on...more

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Summer Blockbuster: DOL’s Divisive Union “Persuader” Rule Coming to Employers Near You on July 1, 2016

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“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. The great Oz has spoken.” Invoking the Wizard of Oz, US Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez and the US Department of Labor unveiled last week the finished product of its...more

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The Final Persuader Rule: What You Need to Know About the New Reporting Requirements

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On March 23, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued final regulations revising the “advice exemption” and requiring employers and consultants (including lawyers) to report labor relations advice and services under...more

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Labor Law 2015: A Year In Review

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National Labor Relations Board spends Most of 2015 With a Full Complement of Members; Down to Four at Year’s End. For about two-thirds of the year, the National Labor Relations Board operated with a full complement of...more

Burr & Forman

Burr Alert: The Board is Going to do What? A Look at the National Labor Relations Board: Could 2016 Bring Even More Change?

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The National Labor Relations Board ("the Board") had quite an eventful year in 2015. Just think, the Board has recently broken decades-old precedent in five different ways: 1) On December 11, 2014, the Board decided...more

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Revised “Persuader” Reporting Requirements Are Back

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Don't look now, but the U.S. Department of Labor’s latest Fall 2015 Semiannual Regulatory Agenda advances the controversial proposed revisions to the "persuader activity" reporting requirements under the Labor-Management...more

Franczek P.C.

Labor Issues Staying at the Forefront of Political, Legal Discussions with NLRB, DOL Activity

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As we have discussed over the past few weeks, the NLRB was busy as 2014 drew to a close. On December 11, 2014, the Board overruled its Register Guard decision in Purple Communications, establishing a new standard that...more

Morgan Lewis

The Second Obama Term: NLRB Outlook

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Employers should expect a continuation of the policies from the last four years as the NLRB seeks to extend the reach of the NLRA to nonunion workplaces and promotes increased unionization and collective bargaining....more

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