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  • NLRB Joint Employer Rule Is Struck Down

    Date:
    March 11, 2024

    The standards for determining joint employer status under federal labor law will remain unchanged after a federal district court vacated an NLRB final rule just three days before it would have taken effect.

  • 2023 Was a Boom Year for Major Strikes

    Date:
    March 4, 2024

    New federal statistics show a dramatic increase in the number of labor strikes and strike participants last year, illustrating the growing influence and positive outlook for unions.

  • NLRB's Joint Employment Rule Delayed

    Date:
    February 23, 2024

    Implementation of a rule that would significantly increase the number of employers considered joint employers under the NLRA has been pushed back two weeks by a federal district court.

  • Guidance Memo Shows Plan for NLRB Action Favoring Union Recognition

    Date:
    November 14, 2023

    Employers that are confronted with a union demand for recognition should expect a process weighted much more in favor of unions, according to new guidance issued by the NLRB General Counsel clarifying questions about the Cemex standard.

  • NLRB Issues Long-Anticipated Joint-Employer Rule

    Date:
    October 26, 2023

    The NLRB issued a long-anticipated final rule that substantially increases the number of employers who may be deemed joint employers.

  • NLRB Means Business, Issues First Cemex Bargaining Order

    Date:
    September 28, 2023

    In the nation's first application of the NLRB's Cemex standard, an administrative law judge ordered an employer to bargain with a union after the union lost a representation election, based on the employer's unlawful labor practices.

  • NLRB Issues Rulings Reshaping Labor Relations Landscape

    Date:
    September 21, 2023

    The NLRB has issued several rulings recently that change labor relations standards to be more favorable to unions and employees.

  • New York Becomes Sixth State Banning "Captive Audience" Meetings

    Date:
    September 15, 2023

    A new law makes New York the sixth state to prohibit employers from requiring employees to attend anti-union "captive audience meetings."

  • NLRB Creates New Standard for Recognizing Unions

    Date:
    August 28, 2023

    The NLRB's Cemex ruling upends the process for requesting union elections in place for more than 50 years and is expected to make it easier for unions to win recognition as employees' bargaining representatives.

  • More Work Rules May Violate NLRA in Wake of New Ruling

    Date:
    August 2, 2023

    The NLRB has returned to an old standard under which work rules that do not explicitly target workers' rights may still be found to violate federal labor law if workers would "reasonably construe" them to bar organizing.

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