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Labor Board’s General Counsel Imposes Additional Burdens on Employers Responding to Union Recognition Demands: 6 Takeaways for...

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In the aftermath of a game-changing NLRB decision that drastically changed how employers can respond to union recognition demands, the Board’s General Counsel recently issued a guidance memorandum offering important insight...more

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[Podcast] Vigorous Enforcement Ahead: Understanding and Preparing for the NLRB's Expanded View of Protected Concerted Activity

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Jeremy Hart, an attorney in BakerHostetler’s Labor and Employment Group, discusses what employers need to know about the National Labor Relations Board’s expanded view of protected concerted activity. How does the NLRB’s...more

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A Bias against Neutrality Agreements: NLRB Regional Director Issues Complaint against Hotel for Supporting Organizing Union

On November 30, 2020, the NLRB Regional Director issued a Complaint against the Yotel Boston hotel and Unite Here Local 26, alleging the Hotel unlawfully recognized and provided improper assistance to the Union....more

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Keep It Neutral: Proposed Guidance Calls For Stricter Test When Evaluating Employer Support Of Union Activity

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The NLRB’s General Counsel recently released a guidance memorandum advising the Board to apply a stricter standard when evaluating if an employer’s support for union organizing activities violates the National Labor Relations...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - May 2019

This edition of Employment Flash looks at developments in labor and employment law, including regarding a DOJ appeal of the EEOC's heightened pay reporting requirements, the NLRB's decision narrowing the circumstances under...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Employer Handbooks in the NLRB’s Post-Boeing World

Employers rejoiced in December 2017 when the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued its decision in The Boeing Company, 365 NLRB No. 154 (Dec. 14, 2017), overthrowing its precedent regarding employers' handbooks. The...more

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NLRB Counsel Returns Common Sense To Workplace Rules

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The National Labor Relations Board General Counsel, Peter Robb, recently outlined the agency’s plan of action for evaluating workplace rules in his latest memorandum to regional offices—and the message is welcome news for...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

NLRB GC Boldly Defines Direction of Board Prosecution in New GC Memo

The new NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb has been fast at work. A short two weeks after being sworn in on November 17, 2017, the new General Counsel issued a memorandum making clear his intention to re-examine much of the...more

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Memo From Labor Board’s Top Attorney Signals Change Is On Its Way

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The newly installed General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board published a memorandum late last week indicating that the General Counsel is preparing to push to reverse many of the controversial positions taken...more

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OCR Guidance Could Alter Scope of Pending and Future Civil Rights Investigations

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A memorandum obtained by ProPublica, if authentic, sets forth substantially revised guidance for civil rights investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The memorandum,...more

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Don’t Believe Everything You Read: Labor Board Has Not Ruled College Athletes Are Employees (Yet)

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ESPN recently reported that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) had “ruled” that Northwestern University’s football players were actually “employees,” and that the University’s policing of its football players’ social...more

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Click to Agree? NLRB Will Accept Electronic Signatures in Union Organizing Efforts

When was the last time you scrolled through an online statement of Terms and Conditions, just wanting to get to the bottom so that you can click “Agree” and move on with your day? By doing so, you legally committed to...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations

The National Labor Relations Board says “Happy Labor Day” with Flurry of Late Summer Pro-Union Moves

While some people may have been on vacation at the end of August, the past few weeks have been extremely busy at the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”), with a series of decisions that will continue to make it...more

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NLRB’s New “Ambush Election Rules” Go Into Effect

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The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) “ambush election rules,” which make sweeping changes to the procedures applicable in union representation cases, took effect on April 14, 2015....more

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