According to a recent poll by the Gallup Group, public approval for labor unions and organized labor activities is on the upswing. Historically, support of organized labor has been dropping from its peak of 75 percent approval reached back in 1957 to a low of 48 percent recorded just over a decade ago in 2009.…
Read More »The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) this week proposed yet another change to the legal parameters governing union elections, continuing to refine that process. The major change published in the Federal Register this week would eliminate the requirement that employers provide available personal email addresses and telephone numbers of all eligible voters during a union…
Read More »Two weeks ago, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final ruling reversing the decision of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) in the case of Colt Beverage where the ALJ found that a company prohibition on the use or possession of a personal cell phone in the work area violated the employee’s rights under…
Read More »There seems to be a steady stream of interim and final rules being promulgated by various agencies of the federal government recently and the Department of Labor joined the parade this week as well. DOL issued a final rule allowing employers to offer those workers with “flexible workweeks” bonuses and/or hazard pay without jeopardizing how…
Read More »The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) last week finalized changes to union representation election rules that will prevent unions from blocking decertification elections indefinitely as they have been able to do for the past 8 or so years. Under the Obama administration, the NLRB allowed unions to file unfair labor practice charges to create doubt…
Read More »Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its final rule for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. The final rule reinstates the “direct and immediate control” standard, whereby a company must have substantial direct control over the essential terms and conditions of employment of another employer’s workers in order…
Read More »As we anticipated – and reported to you last week – the US House of Representatives last night approved the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) on a vote of 224-194 and sent it to the Senate. The PRO Act (H.R. 2474) would strengthen collective bargaining rights for workers in private companies, and…
Read More »The US House is making good on another promise next week with the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) being brought to the House floor for final passage. The PRO Act (H.R. 2474), which would strengthen collective bargaining rights for workers in private companies, was passed on a straight party-line vote by the…
Read More »The National Law Relations Board (NLRB) earlier this month announced that it had won the largest settlement in history for unfair labor practices – $76 million – and the culprit was none other than CNN! The case began back in 2003 after CNN terminated a contract with a union company (Team Video Services) and replaced…
Read More »Two federal agencies this week again extended the public comment period on pending regulations. The comment period on the proposed DOL amended tip-pooling rule, which was scheduled to end this past Monday was extended by the Wage and Hour Division due to an outage on the federal website, www.Regulations.gov. After the outage was resolved, the…
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