Last Friday – the day the Star Wars movie Episode VIII hit theaters and the last working day of National Labor Relations Board Chairman Philip A. Miscimarra’s term – the Board continued its efforts to undo some of the most
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NLRB Reverses Key Rulings: New Test for Determining Whether Handbooks, Rules and Policies Violate the NLRA and Return to Pre-Obama Board Test for Deciding Joint-Employer Status and – Assessment of 2014 Expedited Election Rules and Future Changes Also Announced
It should come as no surprise that recent days have seen a stream of significant decisions and other actions from the National Labor Relations Board as Board Chairman Philip A. Miscimarra’s term moves towards its December 16, 2017 conclusion and as
NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb Issues “Mandatory Submissions to Advice Memo,” Outlining His Approach and Identifying Direction to Come
Peter B. Robb, the newly sworn in General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board has issued a memorandum, Mandatory Submissions to Advice, GC Memo 18-02 (the “Mandatory Submissions Memo”), that offers clear information as to how he is likely
Trump Nominee Peter Robb Confirmed as NLRB General Counsel
The Senate has confirmed Peter B. Robb as the next General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”). Mr. Robb, a management side labor lawyer perhaps best known for his representation of the FAA during the 1981
Lawmakers Get One Step Closer To Reversing The NLRB’s Controversial Joint Employer Standard
The House of Representatives recently passed the Save Local Business Act (H.R. 3441), which marks an important step in the campaign to reverse the Board’s controversial loosening in Browning Ferris Industries of the long standing tests for determining whether
9th Circuit Grants a Temporary Reprieve from Seattle’s Ridesharing Union Ordinance
As we have previously reported, Unions currently face a serious existential threat as the unionized workforce in America continuously declines and the looming threat of a National Right to Work law steadily grows. Recognizing that when employees have a choice,
NLRB Acknowledges Employers’ Rights to Maintain the Confidentiality of Customer Information
In what may be a harbinger of good things to come, the NLRB recently reversed an Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) finding that Macy’s, Inc.’s confidentiality policies unlawfully interfered with employees’ Section 7 rights. Unlike many employer policy decisions issued by
D.C. Circuit Court Quashes the NLRB’s Extraordinary Expansion of Weingarten Rights
In Midwest Division-MMC, LLC, d/b/a/ Menorah Medical Center v. NLRB, the D.C. Circuit rejected the Board’s unprecedented application of Weingarten rights to voluntary meetings, by reversing the Board’s Decision that would have extended the right of employees to have
DC Circuit Rejects Challenge to NLRB Specialty Healthcare “Micro Bargaining Unit” Holdings
The DC Circuit Court, in its August 11th decision in Rhino Northwest, LLC v NLRB has found that the NLRB’s 2011 Specialty Healthcare decision revisiting the Board’s standards for determining whether a bargaining unit a union seeks to represent is
Managing Workforce Compliance in an Unpredictable World – Attend Our Annual Briefing (NYC, Sept. 14)
When: Thursday, September 14, 2017 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Where: New York Hilton Midtown, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
Epstein Becker Green’s Annual Workforce Management Briefing will focus on the latest developments in labor and