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Ogletree Deakins Insights
Overlapping Jurisdictions: California Enacts Law Allowing State to Resolve Labor Disputes When NLRB Cannot
By By: Thomas M. Stanek, Charles L. Thompson IV, Publisher, Zachary V. Zagger
Quick Hits California’s Assembly Bill 288 empowers California’s state public sector labor agency to oversee private sector union elections and handle unfair labor practice cases if the NLRB is stripped…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Captive Audience Meetings: Prohibitions Remain on Hold
By Swaja Khanna, Keahn Morris, John Bolesta, James Hays
Last year, we reported that Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 399, codified as California Labor Code section 1137, into law. This statute bans employers from holding captive audience meetings, which…
Labor and Employment Law Insights
Challenge to Minnesota Captive Audience Law Dismissed
By Tina Syring, Jonathon Duffy, Jon Anderson
Captive audience meetings are employer sponsored meetings where the employer requires employees to attend and listen to the employer position concerning a union organizing effort. The meeting is intended to…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Hold the Salt: Key Takeaways from the NLRB’s New Guidance on Union Salting
By Alexis Cherry, Keahn Morris, John Bolesta, James Hays
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is sharpening its focus on “salting”—the practice of union organizers seeking employment with non-union employers to facilitate organizing campaigns. On July 24, 2025, the…
Labor Relations Update
Hold the Salt: Essential Takeaways from NLRB Acting GC’s Guidance On Union Salting Investigations
On July 24, 2025, William B. Cowen, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”), issued GC Memorandum 25-08 to the Board’s 26 regional offices…
Law Times News
FCA halts vote count in election that may see Air Canada workers parting with longstanding union
The union challenged a labour board decision that let 2,250 workers break off from a bargaining unit
Labor Relations Update
Fifth Circuit Bites into NLRB: Apple’s Union Campaign Conduct Lawful
In the latest (of many) U.S. Court of Appeals’ decisions reviewing National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) orders, the Fifth Circuit has tackled employer actions during organizing campaigns. In Apple Inc.…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Apple takes a bite of the NLRB in 5th Circuit ruling
In the workplace, not all questions are coercive and not all policy enforcements are discriminatory. Case in point: Apple v. NLRB, in which the 5th Circuit just handed the tech…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
You want to avoid a labor union in your business? Then don’t do this.
Two pediatricians at Cleveland's University Hospitals used an internal physician directory to contact colleagues about forming a union. In response, they say that UH disciplined them for trying to unionize.…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
The North Carolina General Assembly’s 2025 Session: Employment-Related Bills to Watch
Quick Hits The 2025 session of the North Carolina General Assembly is considering employment-related bills related to union organizing and collective bargaining, nondiscrimination in the workplace, noncompete and nonpoaching agreements,…