Topic
Bargaining Units
55 published works
Employer Labor Relations
Pepsi Beverage Co. Bargaining Unit Clarified To Exclude Home-Based Delivery and Install Employees
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By: Kenneth R. Dolin, Esq. The Board recently reversed a Regional Director and found that four disputed home-based delivery and install employees did not belong in the contractual unit at…
Health Care and Life Sciences
NLRB Extends “Specialty Healthcare” to Acute Care Hospitals: Carves Unit into Multiple Smaller Pieces
Ever since 1974, when the NLRB (“Board”) first took jurisdiction over health care institutions, the Board has paid particular attention to the impact of union organizing on the delivery of…
Labor Relations Law Insider
THANK YOU HARRY
By Terry Potter
After reviewing the most recent decisions by the NLRB with respect to the retail industry and the application of Specialty Healthcare to that industry, all I can say is –…
Employer Labor Relations
Sixth Circuit Upholds Specialty Healthcare, Finding That The NLRB Properly Exercised its Wide Discretion
By Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By: David L. Streck, Esq. The scope of a bargaining unit is often a significant factor impacting unions’ success or failure in organizing campaigns. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
Labor Relations Update
Sixth Circuit Upholds Board’s Decision in Specialty Healthcare
In the first judicial challenge to the NLRB’s Specialty Healthcare decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has upheld the Board. In Specialty Healthcare the Board held that it will…
Employer Labor Relations
Retailers Rally Against Micro-Units
By Bryan R. Bienias, Esq. Several of the country’s largest business groups have joined forces to stop the proliferation of “micro-units” in the retail industry. Last week, the National Labor…
Employer Labor Relations
D.C. Circuit Rebuffs Hospital’s Challenge To NLRB Health Care Rule
By Seyfarth Shaw, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
By Ashley S. Kircher. Last Friday, the D.C. Circuit held that the NLRB properly certified the NUHHCE District 1199 NM as the representative of a “wall-to-wall” bargaining unit that included…
Employment Law Watch
Watch for Unions At Your Doorstep!
Employers must remain watchful for increased union organizing at their workplaces. Those that dismiss the possibility that their employees would consider unionizing are often left disappointed and unionized when last minute…
Workforce Bulletin
NLRB v. Specialty Healthcare: The Hot Debate Rages On
By Kara M. Maciel, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
By: Paul Rosenberg Last week the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to uphold its controversial Specialty Healthcare decision. The NLRB’s 3-1…
Labor & Employment Report
Specialty Healthcare Watch: Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (Part II)
Editors Note: This is the latest installment in the Labor & Employment Report's regular feature "Specialty Healthcare Watch." In Speciality Healthcare, the NLRB redefined the test for what constitutes an…