Jennifer Abruzzo, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), has called for non-compete agreements to be curtailed on a nationwide basis for a large swath of employees.
Continue Reading NLRB General Counsel on Non-Competes: Most Violate the NLRA, Should Be AvoidedWhile commentators debate whether or not the economy is in a recession, one area where business is booming is at the National Labor Relations Board, which recently announced a significant
Continue Reading Employers Watch Warily as Case Filings at NLRB SoarFor a second time in recent weeks, the National Labor Relations Board has chosen to bolster unions’ rights at employers’ expense. On September 30, 2022, in Valley Hospital Medical Center
Continue Reading NLRB Hands Unions Another Win; Requires Employers to Maintain Dues Checkoff Following Contract ExpirationA National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) recently dismissed a complaint against Home Depot USA, Inc., in which the NLRB General Counsel (GC) alleged the company violated the
Continue Reading NLRB Administrative Law Judge Rules NLRA Does Not Protect BLM Messaging at WorkplaceOn April 6, the National Labor Relations Board announced that union representation petitions filed with the agency during the first six months of the fiscal year had increased 57% from
Continue Reading NLRB GC Seeks to Curtail Employers’ Defenses to Union Organizing Amidst Huge Increase in Union Election Petitions
Last week, the American Bar Association’s Section on Labor and Employment Law, Committee on the Developing Labor Law, gathered in Kauai for its annual mid-winter meeting, featuring presentations from top
Continue Reading NLRB GC’s Extreme Agenda on Display at ABA Mid-Winter Meeting
NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo announced, in a February 1 memorandum, that the Board will consider seeking interim injunctive relief – heretofore an extraordinary remedy reserved for particularly serious
Continue Reading More Sound and Fury from the NLRB GC – Signifying What, Exactly?
On December 3, Region 20 of the National Labor Relations Board issued a sweeping, consolidated complaint alleging that Whole Foods Market, Inc. violated federal labor law by maintaining and enforcing
Continue Reading NLRB Complaint Suggests Employers Cannot Prohibit BLM Messaging in the Workplace
The John Deere Co. Strike – Sign of the Times?
In case you missed it, a major battle between labor and management is playing out in the heartland. On October
Continue Reading Lessons for Management from the John Deere Strike
NLRB Acting General Counsel Peter Ohr is moving swiftly to put his stamp on national labor policy. Last week, my partner Andrew MacDonald blogged about Ohr’s withdrawal of a complaint
Continue Reading WATCH THE PENDULUM SWING – NLRB’S ACTING GC ROLLS BACK PREDECESSOR’S GUIDANCE MEMORANDA