Michigan Poised To Become A “Right-To-Work” State
Yesterday, the Michigan House and Senate each passed right-to-work legislation amid tumultuous protest by union supporters. Governor Snyder (R) has said that he will sign the bills, which could occur...
View ArticleIt’s Official: Michigan Is A “Right-To-Work” State
As we reported last week, in a surprising move last Thursday, the Michigan House and Senate both passed right-to-work legislation and sent the legislation to Michigan Governor Rick Snyder for his...
View ArticleNLRB Changes Course Again, Invalidates 50 Years Of Precedent On Expired...
Yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board announced a major reversal of policy, invalidating 50 years of precedent on an employer’s obligation to honor dues checkoff arrangements after the...
View ArticleThe NLRB’s Year In Numbers: FY 2012
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently released its casehandling summary for fiscal year 2012, which ended September 30, 2012. Given the NLRB’s recent penchant for overturning precedent and...
View ArticleWhich of These Things Is Not Like the Other? NLRB Finds Micro-Unit of Shoe...
On Monday, a unanimous National Labor Relations Board dismissed a union petition seeking to represent 46 shoe sales associates at a Bergdorf Goodman store in New York. This decision comes on the heels...
View ArticleUnder the Same Golden Arches: NLRB General Counsel Authorizes Complaints...
Last week, the NLRB General Counsel’s Office authorized 43 complaints of unfair labor practices brought by McDonald’s workers, naming both the McDonald’s Corporation and its franchisees as joint...
View ArticleAmendment to IPLRA Would Make Minimum Firefighter Staffing a Mandatory...
Last week, the Illinois Senate passed House Bill 5485, and the bill now awaits action by Governor Quinn. If signed by Governor Quinn, the bill would immediately go into effect and amend the Illinois...
View ArticleLegislation That Makes Minimum Manning for Firefighters a Mandatory Subject...
Last week, the Illinois Senate passed House Bill 5485, and the bill now awaits action by Governor Quinn. If signed by Governor Quinn, the bill would immediately go into effect and amend the Illinois...
View ArticleNRLB Significantly Alters Framework for Analyzing Jurisdiction over Private...
Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its decision in Pacific Lutheran University and Services Employees International Union (Pacific Lutheran). In a ruling that could expand union...
View ArticlePersistence Pays Off: Federal Appeals Court Rejects NLRB’s Bid for...
Last week, in Ozark Auto. Distribs., Inc. v. NLRB, the D.C. Circuit rejected the National Labor Relations Board’s attempt to enforce a bargaining order against an employer who had refused to bargain...
View ArticleNLRB Punishes Employer for Past Unlawful Handbook Policies Despite Employer’s...
In Boch Imports, Inc., the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found that the employer, a car dealership, violated the National Labor Relations Act because the dealership’s social media and dress...
View ArticleJawbone Cries Foul – Fitbit’s Success Due To Stolen Trade Secrets
Fitbit better watch its step because Jawbone has a serious bone to pick with its competitor. On May 27, 2015, Jawbone, a maker of wearable fitness and activity tracker devices, filed suit in California...
View ArticleNLRB’s New Election Rules Are Here to Stay
The NLRB’s “ambush” or “quickie” election rules are definitely here to stay. A federal judge in a Washington, D.C. district court rejected the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups’...
View ArticleEverything Old is New Again: NLRB’s Decision “Restates” Joint Employer Standard
In a landmark ruling yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) dramatically revised its standard for determining when two businesses constitute “joint employers” for purposes of...
View ArticleContract Expired So You Want To Stop Deducting Dues From Employee Paychecks?...
On August 27, 2015, the National Labor Relations Board overturned 53 years of precedent under Bethlehem Steel, and found that going forward an employer could no longer unilaterally stop deducting union...
View ArticleNLRB Poised to Reconsider Brown After Granting Review of UAW’s Petition to...
In what some are characterizing as a final effort to shape the landscape of unionization at private colleges and universities during the Obama administration, the NLRB granted the United Auto Workers’...
View ArticleNLRB Election Rules Update: Employers must exercise due diligence in...
In April of this year, the National Labor Relations Board’s new expedited election rules went into effect. Under the new rules, employers are required to provide unions with “available” personal e-mail...
View ArticleThe mountain that is Specialty Healthcare: Volkswagen case typifies...
In its 2011 Specialty Healthcare decision, the National Labor Relations Board revised the test it applies in determining whether a union’s petitioned-for unit is appropriate. In Specialty Healthcare,...
View ArticleA Break From The Trend? NLRB Regional Director Finds Carroll College Exempt...
Union organizing directed at religious college and university faculties has gained momentum since the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) issued its decision in Pacific Lutheran University (“PLU”)...
View ArticleEEOC Argues Adverse Employment Action Irrelevant in Racial Segregation Cases
Recently, the EEOC filed an appeal in EEOC v. AutoZone, Inc. et al., arguing that the lower court erred in dismissing the case against AutoZone Inc. by improperly requiring the EEOC to show that the...
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