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Employers Beware: NLRB Remedies Likely to Be More Expansive Moving Forward
For the first time in over three decades, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has ordered an employer to reimburse employees for wages they lost while attending negotiation sessions on behalf of the union. Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. d/b/a
Joint Employer Test Must Consider ‘Reserved or Indirect Control,’ D.C. Circuit Rules
In 2009, the James Brown compilation album The Godfather’s Smackdown, Live! was released.It’sa two-disc compilation of live shows from 1980. I never saw James Brown live, but I did see James Brown’s Celebrity Hot Tub.
On Friday, the D.C. Circuit Court
Third Circuit Tells the NLRB to Lighten Up and Take a Joke
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has found that Ben Domenech, executive officer and publisher of the right-leaning media company The Federalist, did not threaten employees when he tweeted that he would send them “back to the
Stacking the Deck: NLRB General Counsel Seeks Union-Friendly Labor Law Reform in Card Check Recognition Procedure
In what can only be viewed as tilting the odds in favor of organized labor, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo recently filed a brief with the five-member, Democratic-controlled Board in a case pending on appeal –
NLRB General Counsel Seeks to Outlaw Employer Use of Captive Audience Meetings
On April 7, 2022, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued what may be her most pro-union directive to date – and that’s saying something.
In GC Memorandum 22-04, Abruzzo announced her intention to seek a ban
The Times Are A-Changing for Employer Handbooks … Soon
As we previously reported, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) invited public comment in January on whether it should overrule its current standard for determining the lawfulness of employee handbook policies and work rules. That standard – which
Staying the Course … for Now
National Labor Relations Board Confirms Presumption that Single-Store Units Are Appropriate
The National Labor Relations Board (Board) recently confirmed that single-store bargaining units are presumed to be appropriate. Starbucks Corp., 371 N.L.R.B. No. 71 (Feb. 23, 2022). The union involved
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NLRB Orders Employer To Grant Undetermined Wage Increase
These days, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) just gets curiouser and curiouser.
In one of its latest adventures on the other side of the looking glass, the Board held
The NLRB Signals It Is Time To Review Employee Handbooks – Again
“I’ll be back,” as famously stated by Arnold Schwarzenegger in “The Terminator,” likely applies to the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) prior, less-employer-friendly test for examining workplace policies and procedures. Earlier this month, the NLRB invited public briefing on whether