by PC Editorial Staff | Dec 28, 2022 | Federal Labor Law, Labor-Management Relations, NLRA, NLRB
This month, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision allowing employees of contractors to engage in protected concerted activity in the workplace. Specifically, the NLRB’s decision overturns Bexar County I, 368 NLRB No. 46 (2019) and reestablishes...
by Editorial Staff | Nov 8, 2022 | Labor-Management Relations, NLRA, NLRB, social media
Late last month, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB’s) General Counsel announced her intention to protect employees from electronic surveillance. Accordingly, on October 31st, 2022, General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo on unlawful electronic...
by PC Editorial Staff | Sep 20, 2022 | Labor-Management Relations, NLRA, NLRB, Small Business Administration
Earlier this month, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), in collaboration with three other federal agencies, launched a new digital toolkit to promote workers’ right to unionize and facilitate healthy labor-management relations. Agencies joining the SBA...
by Editorial Staff | Sep 7, 2022 | NLRA, NLRB
This week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) addressing the joint employer rule. Overall, the NPRM proposes to rescind and replace the joint employer rule that took effect on April 27th, 2020. In effect, the...
by PC Editorial Staff | Aug 23, 2022 | Labor-Management Relations, NLRA, NLRB, retaliation
On August 18th, 2022, a U.S. District Judge for the District Court of Western Tennessee (the Court) issued an injunction against a Memphis, Tennessee Starbucks in a retaliation and wrongful termination case involving employees engaged in union activities. The National...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jul 26, 2022 | FTC, Gig Economy, NLRA, NLRB
On July 19th, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) partnered to protect workers against unfair labor practices and promote fair competition. The bi-agency Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) involves shared information,...
