10/21/2024 4:21:08 PM Unionization activity continues to surge in the U.S. By James Holt Brianna Schmid Recent years have shown a continued increase in unionization and organization activities within the American workforce, as measured by...
3/11/2024 3:49:29 PM Employers take notice: Union representation petitions are spiking in 2024 By James Holt Brianna Schmid Employers in all industries should take notice that efforts to unionize appear to be spiking in 2024. Indeed, data made available by the...
2/12/2024 2:45:35 PM NLRB’s recognition of Dartmouth College men’s basketball team as employees could change collegiate sports forever By James Holt Cori Smith In an exceptional development that could dramatically change collegiate sports in the United States, the Regional Director for Region 1...
12/20/2022 6:35:17 PM NLRB makes it easier for unions to organize micro-units By Emily Harbison Eduardo Vargas Among a flurry of recent pro-union decisions, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) issued a decision on December 14, 2022 restoring...
11/12/2021 7:09:06 PM Complying with OSHA’s ETS? Don’t forget about your duty to bargain, says NLRB By James Holt Brenda Rosales-Carrillo Since its publication on November 5, 2021, employers have been reviewing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA)...
3/8/2021 4:14:00 PM Labor law under the Biden administration: A preview of the PRO Act By Amy Harwath Michael Correll At a union event on Labor Day in 2020, President Biden vowed to be “the strongest labor president you have ever had.” Although he has...
10/16/2020 7:11:05 PM Executive Order 13950 on diversity training: Hidden traps for employers By Michael Correll Adam Weiner **Please note this blog has been updated as of January 25, 2021. Read our update here. Beginning November 20, 2020, President Trump’s...
7/22/2020 11:28:21 PM NLRB ends long-time standard which protected obscene, racist and sexually harassing speech in connection with Section 7 activity By Halber Armstrong Raenn Burgo The National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a decision on July 21, 2020, which will aid employers in their ability to...
7/21/2020 9:50:34 PM Responding to employee advocacy and workplace walkouts during times of protest By Michael Correll Michele Gehrke Brenda Rosales-Carrillo Several labor organizations, along with racial and social justice organizations, conducted a mass walkout on July 20, 2020 to protest...
7/8/2020 8:34:43 PM NLRB greenlights company policy allowing searches of workers’ personal property on company premises and company devices and networks By Michele Gehrke Amanda Brown In another victory for employers and a further retreat from Obama-era policy, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”)...
6/3/2020 3:04:40 PM Judge denies implementation of portions of major union election rule changes By Michele Gehrke Amy Harwath On May 30, 2020, a U.S. district court judge issued an order that prevents certain provisions of a new rule governing election procedures...
4/2/2020 6:56:45 PM Responding to COVID-19 in a unionized workplace By Halber Armstrong Thomas Posey Brenda Rosales-Carrillo While all employers are facing an unprecedented whirlwind of rapidly changing circumstances as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
1/21/2020 4:48:21 PM The Board reinstates traditional deferral standard By Michele Gehrke Brenda Rosales-Carrillo On December 23, 2019, in United Parcel Service, Inc., 369 NLRB 1 (2019), the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) gave employers...