Tag Archives: National Labor Relations Board

A Brave, New World? Recent NLRB Rulings Concerning Mail Ballot Elections May Be The Beginning Of A New Era In Board Elections

By Todd Dawson and Carlos Torrejon on August 16, 2021 Posted in NLRB

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, unions and employers alike have had to adjust to a “new normal” of mail ballot NLRB elections. Under normal circumstances, the NLRB’s preferred and standard method for conducting elections is in person, usually at the employer’s facility and – depending on the size of the … Continue Reading

NLRB Makes Up More New Rules on Joint Employment

By Todd Lebowitz on July 17, 2016 Posted in NLRB

Remember that kid in elementary school who, whenever you were winning at some made-up playground game, would change the rules in the middle? “Kids can be so unfair,” your parent might have said, trying to console you. “But when you get older, there are laws and rules, and they’re written down. Everyone knows what the rules … Continue Reading

NLRB “Quickie Election Rule” Upheld by Fifth Circuit

By M.C. Miller on June 15, 2016 Posted in NLRB

On June 11, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the National Labor Relations Board’s (the “NLRB’s” or the “Board’s”) regulations enacted last year, radically altering the traditional rules governing union elections. As we have discussed previously, the new regulations, which took effect on April 14, 2015, and are referred … Continue Reading

NLRB Blows Up Staffing Agency Model: Rewrites Joint-Employer Test

By Todd Lebowitz on August 30, 2015 Posted in NLRB, Staffing Agency

Boom! In a 3-2 decision, the National Labor Relations Board spontaneously redefined joint employment in a way that threatens to turn almost every company that works with a staffing agency into a joint employer for collective bargaining purposes. Throwing a gigantic bone to unions, the NLRB overturned 30 years of its own precedent to create … Continue Reading

Think Your Handbook Is Legally Compliant? NLRB Says, “Think Again”

By Ana Salper and Adam Seldon on April 8, 2015 Posted in NLRB

In the most recent memorandum issued by the General Counsel (“GC”) of the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) regarding workplace policies, memorandum GC 15-04, the Board offers employers new guidance on how to craft employee handbook rules that do not run afoul of the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”). The two-part memorandum first analyzes employer … Continue Reading