The Department of Labor has proposed rescinding the Obama Administration’s changes to the so-called “persuader rule.” The proposal is supported by the employer community and opposed by organized labor, and represents another step that the Trump Administration is taking to peel back some of the Obama Administration’s labor initiatives.
06-19-2017 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently revised the so-called “joint employer” standard significantly to expand the scope of determining “co-employment” under the National Labor Relations Act. Specifically, the NLRB […]
02-01-2016 The legal challenge over the 2010 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regulation requiring most private-sector employers to post notices of an employee’s right to unionize could be headed to the Supreme Court after the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the NLRB’s recent bid for a rehearing on the matter. The court denied the request without issuing a written decision or explaining the rejection.
08-16-2013 The legal challenge over the 2010 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regulation requiring most private-sector employers to post notices of an employee’s right to unionize could be headed to the Supreme Court after the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision and struck down the regulation.
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