Search

At Ward and Smith's recent annual Employment Law Symposium, two attorneys from the firm's labor and employment group, Grant Osborne and Genesis Torres, interviewed Shannon Meares of the National Labor [...]

Takeaways: NLRB GC Abruzzo expanded her theory that certain restrictive covenants are unlawful by also including 'stay-or-pay' provisions Employers could soon face expanded remedies for proffering, maintaining or enforcing non-compete [...]

As employers continue to monitor the legal challenges against the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) final rule banning most non-compete agreements, they should not overlook similar efforts by other federal agencies [...]

As Florida's first significant hurricane of the season forms in the Gulf of Mexico, employers should be prepared to pivot quickly in the face of mandatory evacuations and potential loss [...]

National Labor Relations Board: Freundlich v. Methodist Hospitals (Case No.: 13-CA-316990) Case Brief: Freundlich v. Methodist Hospitals Case No.: 13-CA-316990 Applicant: Harold Stephen Freundlich Respondent: Methodist Hospitals General Counsel: Helen [...]

On August 9, 2024, the NLRB denied Pardee RAND Graduate School's ('RAND') request for review of a regional director's Decision and Direction of Election (DDE) finding that a petitioned-for unit [...]

The National Labor Relations Board will no longer accept 'consent orders' to resolve unfair labor practice cases when terms are objected to by the charging party or Board general counsel. [...]

On July 26, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board ('Board') issued its Fair Choice - Employee Voice Final Rule ('Final Rule'), which rescinds a trio of April 2020 amendments to [...]

On July 19, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) voluntarily dismissed a pending appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which sought to reverse [...]

Hard to believe, but we are fast approaching the general election campaign and election in November 2024. Welcome to the silly season, folks! Our televisions, web browsers, and social media [...]

In an opinion drafted by Justice Thomas and joined by seven other Justices, on June 13, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals' affirmation of [...]

According to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis, the percentage of construction workers who belong to a union dropped to a record low of 10.7 percent in 2023. This is [...]

Byline: Laura Brown Two Minnesota business organizations and an electrical contractor are challenging a new Minnesota law that bars employers from mandating that employees attend political or religious meetings, asserting [...]

Washington, D.C.: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued the following decision: JD(NY)-01-24 Newark, NJ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD DIVISION OF JUDGES BRIAN [...]

Washington, D.C.: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued the following decision: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD DIVISION OF JUDGES GLACIER NORTHWEST, INC. d/b/a [...]

Washington, D.C.: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued the following decision: JD-81-23 Riverwoods, IL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD DIVISION OF JUDGES ATOMIC [...]

Highlights The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a new rule on Oct. 26, 2023, that significantly expands who qualifies as a joint employer under the National Labor Relations Act. [...]

On October 26, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) once again changed its standard for when an organization constitutes a 'joint employer' of another organization's employees for purposes [...]

For nearly a century, labor unions have played a crucial role in advocating for fair employment conditions for workers. The formation and enforcement of union rights are generally overseen by [...]

I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there's gum in my hair and when I got out of bed in the morning I tripped on the [...]

On August 25, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) flipped typical election procedures on their head by issuing a new standard for circumstances where an employer has refused a [...]

On 25 August 2023, the Cemex decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board)1upended 52 years of Board law that had previously enshrined the secret-ballot election as the [...]

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo's efforts to alter the labor and employment landscape continue. The GC's latest controversial enforcement memorandum (GC Memo 23-08) asserts that [...]

On June 13, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overruled the Trump-era decision that 'entrepreneurial opportunity' is the animating principle of the test to determine whether a worker is [...]

Last week, yet another decision by a governmental agency chipped away at an employer's ability to legally classify workers as independent contractors. In Atlanta Opera, Inc. and Make-Up Artists and [...]

Executive Summary On June 13, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board ('NLRB' or the 'Board') issued its long-awaited decision in The Atlanta Opera, Inc., overturning its 2019 independent contractor standard [...]

On May 30, 2023, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board ('NLRB' or 'the Board') joined an increasing number of government authorities to cast doubt on the enforceability [...]

Introduction On 30 May 2023, the Office of the General Counsel (the General Counsel) of the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) issued a policy memo (30 May GC Memo) [...]

In the McLaren Macomb opinion issued last month, 372 NLRB No. 58 (2023), the National Labor Relations Board ('NLRB') landed a healthy punch chipping away at what had previously been [...]

Until this past year, we have enjoyed an era of relative labor stability. It's true, however, that labor unrest frequently coincides with inflationary pressure on prices, something that we are [...]

Published: New Hampshire Business Review January 12, 2023 No Pay Secrecy at Work Bans on pay secrecy in the workplace have been around for years under the federal National Labor [...]

In what has become a yearly tradition, the National Labor Relations Board published a string of precedent-shifting cases at the end of the year. These cases represent the steady march [...]

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the 'Board') has issued a series of recent decisions that will give employers concern in 2023 and beyond. First, on December 13, 2022, [...]

Over the last decade, and arguably accelerated by the pandemic, employers have increasingly relied on new technologies to monitor, manage, and hire employees. Some of these technologies include tracking devices, [...]

> Technology has revolutionized the workplace and has bolstered business operations and efficiency. Employers are increasingly using automated management systems and other electronic means to ensure that their workplaces are [...]

Our blog post on Nanny Cams in the workplace turned out to be one of our most popular posts (makes us wonder what people are putting in the search bar?). [...]

ROLLING MEADOWS, IL -- The following information was released by the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI): The National Law Review recently provided an update on what ruling the manufacturing and [...]

In Short The Situation: The National Labor Relations Board ('NLRB' or 'Board') recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to articulate the standard for determining joint-employer relationships under the National [...]

NLRB Proposes New Rulemaking On Joint Employment. The standard for determining joint employment for purposes of the National Labor Relations Act is primed to increase exposure for employers, especially employers [...]

On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) unveiled a draft notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to replace its current rule, which clearly defines when two separate entities [...]

On September 6, 2022, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board delivered employers a slightly belated Labor Day 'present' - a proposal to revise yet again its standard for determining joint-employer [...]

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. Yet they create jobs [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by Capital Research Center (CRC): by Michael Watson July 28, 2022 Labor relations nationwide were transformed by the New Deal, especially the [...]

Executive Summary: Recently, the National Labor Relations Board ('NLRB' or 'the Board') issued a press release detailing an increase in labor activity this year. Compared to this time last year, [...]

Recent social and political controversies, such as rulings from the Supreme Court of the United States, international conflicts, and mass shootings, are likely to cause more employees to voice their [...]

National Labor Relations Board ('NLRB' or 'the Board') General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo continues to push the Board to take aggressive and unprecedented pro-labor stances, seeking to overturn decades of well-settled [...]

It has become increasingly apparent that the Biden Administration's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is aggressively pushing labor-friendly positions, like those seen under the Obama Administration. Now it appears the [...]