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- February 9, 2018
Employers Take Note: Labor Board Poised to Reverse Additional Obama-Era Work Rule Interpretations
February 9, 2018The National Labor Relations Board has taken another giant step toward repudiating the Obama-era Board’s highly restrictive interpretations of work rules, set forth in Lutheran Heritage-Livonia, 343 NLRB 646 (2004). In Grill Concepts Services, Inc. v. NLRB, Nos. 16-1238, 1287, at the Board’s request, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the... Read More
- February 2, 2017
NLRB General Counsel Concludes Division I Scholarship Football Players are Employees under Labor Law
February 2, 2017Scholarship football players in Division I FBS private sector colleges and universities are employees under the National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Richard F. Griffin has concluded. Accordingly, he explained, the players have all of the rights and protections available to employees under the Act... Read More
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Union Membership Remains Low Despite Administration’s Call on Workers to Join
February 6, 2015 According to Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez, a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report is evidence “that belonging to a union makes a powerful difference in people’s lives, providing greater economic security and helping them punch their ticket to the middle class” but data indicates union membership remains low. Read More
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NLRB’s Johnson and Griffin Review Pitfalls Associated With Employer Monitoring of Social Media
November 24, 2014 Officials of the National Labor Relations Board recently weighed in on the legal risks employers bear under the National Labor Relations Act when monitoring employee/applicant use of social media. Read More