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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.

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.

NLRB Returns to Earlier, Tougher Independent Contractor Test

Date:: June 13, 2023

The NLRB reversed its business-friendly test for determining if a worker is an independent contractor or an employee under the NLRA and restored a more worker-friendly test established by the Obama-era NLRB in 2014.

NLRB Restricts Discipline for Employee Misconduct During Protected Activities

Date:: May 3, 2023

Disciplining an employee for misconduct committed while the employee is participating in protected concerted activities may violate the NLRA, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled.

NLRB Nixes Confidentiality, Nondisparagement Clauses in Separation Agreements

Date:: February 28, 2023

The NLRB put the brakes on the use of nondisparagement and confidentiality clauses in separation agreements if they require employees to waive their rights under the National Labor Relations Act.

Employers Face Stronger Unfair Labor Practice Penalties After NLRB Ruling

Date:: December 14, 2022

The NLRB will now require employers to compensate employees for all monetary harm resulting from a National Labor Relations Act violation.

Dues Checkoff Can Continue After Contract Ends, NLRB Rules

Date:: October 5, 2022

Employers must continue withholding union dues from employees' wages and remitting them to the union after a collective bargaining agreement expires, the NLRB has ruled, reversing a major Trump-era Board ruling.

NLRB's Proposed Joint Employment Rule Could Raise Liability Risks

Date:: September 8, 2022

An employer may be deemed a joint employer if it has indirect and unexercised control over the employment terms and conditions of a shared employee, under a rule proposed by the NLRB.

NLRB Reverses Course, Bars Rules Banning Wearing of Union Insignia

Date:: September 2, 2022

In the first reversal of a precedent set during the Trump administration, the NLRB ruled that wearing union insignia is a critical form of protected communication and any attempt to restrict it is presumptively unlawful.

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All Items: National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

NLRB Issues Rulings Reshaping Labor Relations Landscape

NLRB Creates New Standard for Recognizing Unions

More Work Rules May Violate NLRA in Wake of New Ruling

NLRB Returns to Earlier, Tougher Independent Contractor Test

NLRB Restricts Discipline for Employee Misconduct During Protected Activities

NLRB Nixes Confidentiality, Nondisparagement Clauses in Separation Agreements

Employers Face Stronger Unfair Labor Practice Penalties After NLRB Ruling

Dues Checkoff Can Continue After Contract Ends, NLRB Rules

NLRB's Proposed Joint Employment Rule Could Raise Liability Risks

NLRB Reverses Course, Bars Rules Banning Wearing of Union Insignia

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