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Labor Relations / Unions

McDonald’s win in NLRB joint-employer case

12/17/2019
McDonald’s must pay $250,000 to be split between hundreds of workers who claim they were assigned harder work and inconvenient shifts after they joined a 2014 protest organized by the Fight for $15 worker advocacy group.

Proposed rule could end push for graduate student unions

11/25/2019
On Sept. 23, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that addresses the longstanding issue of whether undergraduate and graduate students who perform services for compensation (including teaching or research) at private colleges and universities can form a union under the National Labor Relations Act.

NLRB staffers accuse agency of ‘management abuses’

11/21/2019
Career employees of the National Labor Relations Board on Nov. 18 rallied outside the board’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., to protest what they call “management abuses” by NLRB Chair John Ring and General Counsel Peter Robb.

DOL sets record for back pay recovered through enforcement

10/29/2019
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recovered a record $322 million in wages owed to workers in fiscal year 2019.

New NLRB standard on changes favors employers

10/24/2019
The National Labor Relations Board has issued a favorable decision that makes it easier for employers to demonstrate that a unilateral change in terms and conditions of employment was permitted by the collective bargaining agreement.

Prepare for OSHA visit when labor is unhappy

10/21/2019
Pay extra attention to safety when your company is going through labor unrest. Federal safety inspections tend to rise when employers are facing a strike, claims of unfair labor practices, union organizing or other labor problems.

Snapshot: Strikes spiked in 2018

10/10/2019
Labor unions staged 20 major strikes in 2018, involving 485,000 workers.

Scalia confirmed as secretary of labor

10/01/2019
Scalia takes over a Department of Labor facing several important employment law issues.

Scalia wins committee nod to become secretary of labor

09/24/2019
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted Sept. 24 to approve the nomination of Eugene Scalia to succeed Alexander Acosta as secretary of labor.

Google settles NLRB ‘free speech’ policy case

09/24/2019
The settlement agreement calls for the company to revise its policies to clarify that employees are not prohibited from discussing workplace issues.