by Girish Anand | Jan 14, 2018 | NLRB
President Trump on Friday nominated business lawyer John Ring to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to fill the seat of the departed Philip Miscimarra, who left in December. If Ring is approved by the Senate, Republicans would retain a 3-2 majority on the NLRB...
by Girish Anand | Dec 23, 2017 | NLRA, NLRB
President Donald J. Trump has named board member Marvin E. Kaplan to be Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). “The president’s announcement is an honor and privilege, and I look forward to serving as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board.,”...
by Girish Anand | Dec 15, 2017 | NLRA, NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has turned back the clock on the Obama-era standard of what constitutes a joint employer and now maintains that joint employers must have “direct and immediate” control over employees, a standard that held for...
by Girish Anand | Dec 12, 2017 | NLRA, NLRB
Tomorrow, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will publish a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register, asking for public input regarding the board’s 2014 Election Rule, which modified the board’s representation-election procedures located at 29 CFR...
by Girish Anand | Dec 11, 2017 | NLRA, NLRB
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter B. Robb has appointed career NLRB attorney Mark Arbesfeld to be director of the General Counsel’s Office of Appeals. In his new position, Arbesfeld will lead the office that reviews appeals by employers,...
by Girish Anand | Dec 4, 2017 | NLRA, NLRB
In a memo issued Dec. 1, new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter Robb ordered NLRB offices across the country to refer all cases to him that are based on rulings during the eight years of President Obama. Robb wrote: “Significant legal...
