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03.19.2024Court Vacates National Labor Relations Board’s Joint Employer RuleUpdatesThe United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s final rule addressing the standard under which two entities may be considered joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act, on March 8, 2024. Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. v. National Labor Relations Board, et al., Case No. 6:23-CV-00553, 2024 WL 1045231 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 8, 2024).
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11.22.2023NLRB General Counsel Issues Cemex GuidanceUpdatesThis summer, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC that upended decades of precedent regarding the representation election process.
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10.31.2023National Labor Relations Board Addresses Joint Employer StandardUpdatesThe National Labor Relations Board released a final rule on October 26, 2023, which addresses the standard under which two entities may be considered joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act.
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09.05.2023National Labor Relations Board Announces New Requirements for Union Representation CasesUpdatesThe U.S. National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC on August 25, 2023, upending decades of precedent regarding the representation election process.
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12.20.2022NLRB Returns to Obama-Era Microunit StandardUpdates
The National Labor Relations Board has thrown out the Trump-era standard used to determine whether a microunit is appropriate and reinstated the Obama-era standard.
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11.08.2022National Labor Relations Board Updates Considerations for Directing Mail Ballot ElectionsUpdates
The National Labor Relations Board issued a decision on September 29, 2022, in Starbucks Corporation, updating the considerations that guide regional directors when deciding whether union elections should be conducted by mail-ballot due to COVID-19 concerns.
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04.22.2022NLRB GC Abruzzo Signals Significant Changes for Employers in Cemex BriefUpdatesThe general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, Jennifer Abruzzo, on April 11, 2022, filed a brief in a case pending before the NLRB asking the Board to overturn decades-old precedent and make several significant changes to employers’ rights during unionization campaigns.
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02.03.2021What to Expect in 2021?ArticlesPresident Biden has long been allied with the labor movement, and during his tenure as vice president, the administration pursued policies favorable to organized labor.
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02.01.2021COVID-19 & the NLRBArticlesOn March 12, 2020, the Board announced the closure of its headquarters in Washington, D.C., after learning an employee who was exhibiting cold-like symptoms potentially had been exposed to COVID-19.
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01.13.2021Labor Law Today—2020 Year in ReviewUpdatesPerkins Coie is pleased to present the second edition of Labor Law Today —Year in Review, highlighting the past year’s most noteworthy developments.
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12.02.2020Labor Law Developments to Expect During a Biden AdministrationUpdatesPresident-elect Biden has long been allied with the labor movement, and during his tenure as vice president, the administration pursued policies favorable to organized labor.
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01.15.2020Labor Law Today—2019 Year in ReviewUpdates
Perkins Coie is pleased to present the first edition of Labor Law Today —Year in Review, offering a summary of the past year’s most noteworthy developments.
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12.23.2019NLRB Board Scales Back Rules for Fast-Tracking Union Representation ElectionsUpdatesThe National Labor Relations Board announced a number of changes to its representation election rules on December 13, 2019, many of which, to some degree or another, restored elements of the Board’s procedures prior to the 2014 overhaul of these rules.
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08.2015A Midyear Summary of Labor Law Developments: Part 1 and Part 2Articles
Law360
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2012The Developing Labor Law: The Board, the Courts, and the National Labor Relations ActArticles
Bloomberg BNA
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Presentations
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06.15.20222022 Annual Labor & Employment Law Workshop (Virtual)WebinarsA half-day, virtual employment law workshop, which covered a variety of topics, including an update on seminal federal and state employment law developments including in the areas of wage-and-hour law and the gig economy, family and medical leave and accommodations, arbitration and confidentiality in employment agreements, and other trends employers should watch in 2022.
