National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

New and Updated

• Date:

  February 16, 2021

  Type:

  News

  NLRB Rejects Amazon Challenge to Mail Ballot Union Election

  The NLRB has denied Amazon's request to block a regional director's order to conduct a union election using mail-in ballots.

• Date:

  December 9, 2020

  Type:

  News

  NLRB Files Complaint Against Google for Illegally Spying On, Firing Employees

  An NLRB complaint claims Google violated the National Labor Relations Act by illegally spying on and terminating some of its employees.

• Date:

  November 12, 2020

  Type:

  Podcasts and Webinars

  Podcast: What the Biden Presidency Could Mean for Employers

  Proskauer employment attorneys Anthony Oncidi and Laura Fant join XpertHR Legal Editor David Weisenfeld to discuss the changes employers should expect with the new administration.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Labor Rights and Enforcement: Federal

  Updated to include information on an NLRB decision regarding moonlighting.

• Date:

  August 10, 2020

  Type:

  News

  Employers May Restrict Employees' Moonlighting, NLRB Rules

  Employers may lawfully maintain a rule or policy against moonlighting under a recent ruling by the NLRB, provided they do not use the rule to prohibit or discipline employees for engaging in protected activity.

• Date:

  July 27, 2020

  Type:

  News

  NLRB Allows Discipline for Offensive Language Used During Protected Activities

  The NLRB has ruled that employers no longer need overlook the use of obscene, racist or abusive language in the workplace by employees who are engaged in activity protected by the National Labor Relations Act.

• Date:

  July 2, 2020

  Type:

  News

  Employees Must Affirmatively Request Weingarten Rights, DC Circuit Rules

  The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an employee must affirmatively request union representation to invoke their Weingarten rights under the National Labor Relations Act.

• Date:

  June 2, 2020

  Type:

  News

  Federal Court Blocks Key Parts of New Union Election Rules

  A federal district court has blocked five key provisions of final rules that modify procedures for union representation elections, while allowing other parts of the final rules to take effect.

• Type:

  Liveflo

  Respond to a Union Representation Petition

  Under review in relation to forthcoming rules regarding representation elections.

• Type:

  Employment Law Manual

  Unfair Labor Practices: Federal

  Updated to reflect the final rule revising and clarifying the standard for joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), effective April 27, 2020.