by Girish Anand | Nov 14, 2017 | NLRA, NLRB
Peter Robb has been confirmed as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), becoming the gatekeeper who decides which cases the board hears. Pro-business attorney Robb replaces Richard Griffith, a pro-labor Obama appointee whose term expired with...
by Girish Anand | Sep 26, 2017 | NLRB
The Senate on Monday, Sept. 25, confirmed business lawyer William Emanuel, President Trump’s pick to fill an open seat on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), by a vote of 49-47. The vote puts the board, the nation’s top labor law enforcement agency,...
by Girish Anand | Sep 12, 2017 | NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is in various stages of assimilating and evaluation public comments received on its plan to close offices in five cities across the country. According to a press release, “This proposal is being considered in connection...
by Girish Anand | Aug 9, 2017 | NLRA, NLRB
With President Trump’s nomination of two pro-business attorneys to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), giving Republicans majority control, 3-2, observers are speculating that the board will revisit some Obama-era decisions and modify or reverse them. Marvin...
by Girish Anand | Jul 6, 2017 | NLRB
President Trump has nominated William J. Emanuel to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to fill the expiring post of Vice Chair Kent Yoshiho Hirozawa. If confirmed by the Senate, Emanuel would serve a term of five years, expiring on Aug. 21, 2021. Emanuel has...
by Girish Anand | Jun 23, 2017 | NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in a unanimous decision, has expanded oral harassment to include smartphone text-based harassment, which board watchers immediately dubbed “textual harassment.” The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) prohibits...