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NLRB Waters Down Management Rights In Latest Union-Friendly Board Decision, But Potential Republican Board Majority In Early 2025...

Since 2019, employers have relied heavily on the management rights clauses in collective bargaining agreements to make unilateral workplace changes involving operational decisions.  They did so with the protection of the...more

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NLRB Vastly Expands Joint Employer Definition

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On October 26, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) announced a new Final Rule that changes the test for determining who is a joint employer. The rule drastically expands the scope of joint employment,...more

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NLRB Issues Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status

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On October 27, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published its final rule on the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act, effective December 26, 2023. The new rule...more

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Labor Law Today—2022 Year in Review

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2022 Proposed Rules and Legislation - Joint Employer Status: Proposed Rulemaking - On September 6, 2022, the Board released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish a new “joint employer” legal standard under the...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Update: NLRB Delays Implementation of Final Election Rule Changes to July 31, 2020

As we reported here, on April 1, 2020, the NLRB published its final rule making three amendments to its rules and regulations governing union elections (relating to the Board’s blocking charge policy; timing and notice...more

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The Practical NLRB Advisor: Winter 2020

Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the winter 2020 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. This special double issue offers readers a thorough year in review of...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

New NLRB Rule Clarifies Joint Employer Doctrine

Reduces Joint Employer Liability, Brings Clarity for Employers - The National Labor Relations Board recently published a new rule clarifying the "joint employer" definition. Employers should welcome the NLRB’s new rule, as...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

NLRB Joint Employer Saga Comes to an End (for now) with New Final Rule

On February 26, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule governing joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. ...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

NLRB Issues Joint Employer Final Rule

Right on the heels of the Department of Labor (DOL) issuing a new joint employer liability test under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued its own employer-friendly final rule for...more

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Seyfarth Policy Matters Newsletter - February 2020 #3

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NLRB Issues Final Joint Employer Rule. On February 26, the NLRB published its final rule governing joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. ...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

The National Labor Relations Board 2019 Year End Review: An Overview of Major Developments in Labor Law

If 2018 was a year of elevator music at the National Labor Relations Board, 2019 was symphony of sound.  The Board’s initiatives were varied, high-profile and in the vast majority of cases, the developments were positives for...more

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NLRB Joint-Employer Rule Restores “Substantial Direct and Immediate Control” Test

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On February 25, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board released its long-awaited final rule regarding joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).  The final rule is scheduled to be published in the...more

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NLRB Issues New Rule Narrowing Joint-Employer Standard

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The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced that it is releasing a final rule (the “Rule”) on February 26, 2020 revising the prior joint-employer standard used to hold franchisors or businesses that use employees...more

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NLRB issues new final rule on joint employer status

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On February 25, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a final rule returning to a tighter standard for determining when workers are considered to be jointly employed by two or more employers under the...more

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NLRB Issues Final Rule on Joint Employer

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The National Labor and Review Board (NLRB) issued a final rule on February 25, 2020, that codifies a majority of the changes it proposed to its joint employer test in September 2018. These changes will take effect on April...more

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NLRB Wraps up Blockbuster Year with a Bang

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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

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Provisional Measure #905 – A New Mini Labor Reform in Brazil

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Provisional Measure # 905 (“PM”), published on November 12, 2019, establishes a new type of labor relationship in Brazil. The PM aims to reduce the alarmingly high unemployment rate affecting younger workers in the country,...more

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DOL Provides More Insight into FMLA Leave Designation

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Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), eligible employees of covered employers are entitled to up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave (26 weeks, if for care of a covered service member) with job protection benefits in...more

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National Labor Relations Board Proposes Three Amendments To Protect Employee Free Choice

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On August 9, 2019 the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that it would be proposing three amendments to its regulations which govern the filing and processing of representation petitions. The first amendment...more

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NLRB Creates New 3-Step Analysis for Unit Determinations

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On September 9, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its decision in The Boeing Company, 368 NLRB No. 67 (2019), clarifying an earlier ruling and reinstating the traditional community of interest standard...more

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NLRB Issues Notices Of Proposed Rule Making To Codify Certain Union Election Procedures

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The NLRB recently published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making regarding three proposed amendments to its current rules and regulations for union elections. These amendments consist of: (1) a change from the...more

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Round 1: NLRB Issues First Set of Proposed Rule Changes to Election Procedures

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On August 12, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making, which seeks to amend the NLRB’s current regulations regarding union election procedures. The proposed rules are the first...more

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NLRB Proposes Amendments Promoting Employee Free Choice in Representation Matters

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Aug. 12, 2019, published proposed amendments to its rules and regulations in representation matters. Comments on the proposed amendments are due by Oct. 11, 2019, and reply...more

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NLRB’s Proposed Rule Change Expands Employee Free Choice in the Construction Industry

Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), employees have the right to determine whether union representation is in their best interests. The freedom of employees to make this critical choice in an atmosphere free of...more

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NLRB Proposed Election Rule Presents Significant Changes to Election Procedures

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On August 12, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to modify three parts of its election procedures. This rulemaking would amend the Board’s blocking charge policy,...more

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