Summer is winding down but the NLRB continues to be a source of vigorous activity. The Board recently issued a sweeping decision regarding the lawfulness of arbitration agreements
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Joshua Fox,
Laura Franks,
Michael Lebowich,
Steven Porzio
Cordúa required all employees to sign the new agreement.
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Joshua Fox,
Meika Freeman
The National Labor Relations Board published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") on Monday, August 12, 2019
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Joshua Fox,
Jacob L. Hirsch
This summer has been punctuated by walkouts. We have seen walkouts in support of a $15 minimum wage and walkouts to protest the sale of goods to the government.
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Joshua Fox
On the eve of Independence Day, the NLRB, in a 3-1 decision (Member McFerran dissented), clarified the law concerning withdrawal and enunciated a new framework for determining whether a union has retained majority...
Employers No Longer Have To Allow Union Representatives Use Of Public Areas, NLRB Majority Rules
Employers with union-represented employees also always have non-union employees, whether working in the office or at another worksite.
The NLRB currently is churning out cases and Advice Memoranda at a fairly regular pace. We recently discussed NLRB decisions addressing information requests, handbook statements, and confidential informants.
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Joshua Fox,
Jacob P. Tucker
In an Advice Memorandum dated April 16, 2019, but released on May 14, 2019, the NLRB's General Counsel staked out a position in one of the most contentious and influential questions in labor and employment law today:
Information requests in the realm of labor relations are simple in theory but can be complicated in practice.
During the last decade, a number of NLRB decisions faulted employers for written policies that were considered to be overbroad in violation of the National Labor Relations Act.
An employer's duty to provide information to the union representing its employees is a frequent of topic of interest to labor relations practitioners because it is very easy to violate the law.
How the NLRB treats employer statements made to employees in the context of union organizing or other protected activity has been a frequent topic of discussion.
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Joshua Fox,
Austin McLeod
On February 4, the NLRB granted United Federation of Teachers, Local 2, AFT, AFL-CIO's (the "Union") request for review of the Regional Director's Decision and Direction of Election
The right of employees to band together for purposes of bringing grievances to their employer is at the very core of the National Labor Relations Act, as embodied in Section 7.
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