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The National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued two decisions in recent days that substantially deviate from its prior decisions in Babcock & Wilcox Co., 77 NLRB 577 (1948) and Tri-Cast, Inc., 274 NLRB 377 (1985)...more
A split National Labor Relations Board recently issued its decision in Amazon.com Services LLC, ruling an employer violates the National Labor Relations Act by mandating employees attend a meeting in which the employer...more
The National Labor Relations Board just banned mandatory employee meetings for purposes of discussing the subject of union representation – so-called “captive audience” meetings – and placed new restrictions on an employer’s...more
Following a landmark NLRB ruling last year, the answer is yes. For the last several decades, the process for union recognition of an employer’s workforce was largely unchanged....more
The National Labor Relations Board’s Fair Choice-Employee Voice Final Rule, codified at 29 C.F.R. 103.20-21, became effective on Sept. 30, 2024. The Biden Board’s final rule rescinded portions of a Trump-era 2020 rule...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued another union-friendly final rule. The Fair Choice-Employee Voice Final Rule (Final Rule), scheduled to become effective September 30, 2024, resurrects three procedural...more
In its continuing repudiation of policies developed under the Trump Administration, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) has published its Fair Choice-Employee Voice Final Rule....more
July is the best month of the year. It’s warm everywhere, even in Chicago. I look forward to the al fresco dining, outdoor concerts, neighborhood block parties, cookouts with family, and the beach. And sharks. July seems to...more
Illinois just became the latest state to ban employers from holding mandatory meetings with employees concerning religious or political matters, including discussions on union representation. Such employer-sponsored meetings,...more
As anticipated, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rescinded its April 1, 2020 Election Protection Rule, replacing it with the so-called “Fair Choice-Employee Voice Final Rule” on July 26, 2024....more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued its “Fair Choice-Employee Voice” Final Rule, rescinding portions of its April 2020 union representation procedures on blocking charges, the voluntary recognition bar, and...more
2024 continues to be a busy year for the National Labor Relations Board, unions, and management. Nearly six months into the year, we have sufficient data to analyze the impact NLRB decisions such as Cemex Construction...more
For decades, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has found that secret ballot elections are the best method for determining whether workers want to be represented by a union. A recent memo from the NLRB General...more
Husch Blackwell partners Tom O’Day and Tyler Paetkau join Labor Law Insider host Tom Godar in Part II of this discussion of the impact of new Cemex decision by the NLRB. Suddenly, minor violations of the National Labor...more
On September 6, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Senate Bill 4982 and Assembly Bill 6604, which amends Section 201-D of the New York Labor Law to prohibit most employers from requiring non-managerial and...more
The NLRB has reversed decades of precedent and made it far easier for unions to represent employees, including construction employers, without a secret ballot election. Initially, it is important to understand that this new...more
For over fifty years, the general process for determining employee support (or opposition) to collective bargaining remained fairly constant: the union gathers signed authorization cards to evidence a sufficient showing of...more
It has been a decision-packed summer at the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”), and the last weeks of summer were especially active, with a number of significant decisions released at the end of August that...more
On August 25, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) decided that employers must either recognize a new union or promptly file for an election when a union asks for recognition based on a majority of...more
As you may know, the NLRB’s top prosecutor issued a memo last year seeking to bar employers from convening employee meetings on working time to address union representation unless they provide employees specific assurances...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has proposed rescinding portions of its 2020 union representation procedures on blocking charges, voluntary recognition bar, and construction industry collective bargaining...more
Employers, it seems, can't catch a break these days. They build businesses. They take risks. They face increasing supply costs, supply-chain problems, interest rates, and staff-shortages...more
On July 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board published its decision in Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters, 371 NLRB No. 112, adopting the administrative law judge’s (ALJ) decision that a carpenters’ union did not...more
This week, we update you on two major developments from the National Labor Relations Board and this year's abridged timeline to submit EEO-1 data. Union Activity Surges The NLRB recently released data on the increase in...more
The NLRB’s top prosecutor just issued a memo which seeks to bar employers from convening employee meetings on working time to address union representation unless they provide employees specific assurances that participation...more