Labor

  • March 05, 2026

    College Athletes Balk At Exclusion From White House Panel

    The White House's apparent failure to invite any active student-athletes to this week's college sports policy roundtable drew fire on Thursday from a college athletes' advocacy group, which reiterated its demand for a broad collective bargaining agreement covering amateur athletics.

  • March 05, 2026

    Nursing Home Can't Curb Union Agents' Access, NLRB Says

    A New York nursing home violated federal labor law by restricting Service Employees International Union agents' access to its property and firing a worker three hours after he was elected a steward, the National Labor Relations Board ruled, upholding an administrative law judge's decision.

  • March 05, 2026

    Pfizer Arbitration Confidentiality Rule Is Lawful, NLRB Says

    An agreement Pfizer required employees to sign committing them to keeping details about arbitration proceedings secret does not violate federal labor law, the National Labor Relations Board ruled, though the board's Democratic member said the agency should reconsider its precedent for upholding such confidentiality agreements.

  • March 04, 2026

    NLRB May Make Changes Despite Vacancies, Member Says

    A National Labor Relations Board member suggested at an American Bar Association conference Wednesday that the new majority may depart from a practice of withholding precedent changes without three votes and the new top prosecutor rebuffed calls from union attorneys to set out her legal priorities.

  • March 04, 2026

    Union Wins Right To Defend Colorado's County Union Law

    A judge in Colorado federal court granted Wednesday a motion from a union group seeking to intervene to defend a Colorado statute challenged by a county that claims the law, which expands county employees' right to unionize, is unconstitutional.

  • March 04, 2026

    State Captive Audience Bans Live On Despite Uncertainty

    Recent decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court and a Connecticut federal judge have left state-level bans on so-called captive audience meetings intact for now, leaving employers needing to change tactics despite uncertainty about the policy at the state and federal levels.

  • March 04, 2026

    NJ Panel Reinstates Award In Firefighter Dental Benefits Fight

    A New Jersey state appeals panel has reinstated an arbitration award ordering the city of Paterson to pay the dental health insurance plan costs for members of a firefighters union, ruling that the city must cover the costs under the terms of its contract with the union.

  • March 04, 2026

    Unions Sue Trump Over Moves To Ease Civil Servants' Firing

    The Trump administration cannot strip tens of thousands of federal workers of their job protections without violating their right to due process and treading on Congress' territory, a coalition of labor groups argued Wednesday, filing their latest challenge to the administration's quest to make federal workers easier to fire.

  • March 04, 2026

    Radiology Co.'s Severance Agreement Unlawful, NLRB Says

    A North Carolina radiology company violated federal labor law by offering a former employee a severance agreement that contained overly broad nondisparagement and confidentiality clauses, a National Labor Relations Board judge has ruled.

  • March 04, 2026

    US Filmmakers Can't Cash In On Dutch Broadcasts

    A Dutch court blocked filmmakers in the U.S. from claiming payment for broadcasts of their work in the Netherlands, ruling Wednesday that the writers and directors routinely assign their copyrights to film studios under U.S. law.

  • March 04, 2026

    FLRA Sends Dispute Over CBP Discipline Back To Arbitrator

    An arbitrator should have acknowledged U.S. Customs and Border Protection's argument that a union's policy-change grievance was untimely before sustaining the grievance, the Federal Labor Relations Authority determined Tuesday, remanding the grievance to the arbitrator with instructions to respond to the argument.

  • March 04, 2026

    More DLA Piper Employment Attorneys Join Vartabedian Katz

    Vartabedian Katz Hester & Haynes LLP has continued to expand a labor and employment practice the firm launched last month with two former DLA Piper partners, adding another partner and two senior associates from DLA Piper.

  • March 03, 2026

    NLRB GC Aims For Narrower Approach To Work Rule Probes

    Changes that National Labor Relations Board general counsel Crystal Carey laid out to case handling processes last week could ease the path to settlement and rein in the investigation of alleged rules violations, attorneys said, the latest move from the agency's new top prosecutor turning away from Biden-era practices.

  • March 03, 2026

    NLRB Ops Chief Details Streamlining Plan As Backlog Mounts

    The National Labor Relations Board is taking steps to clear through its more than 16,000 pending cases, including bolstering its staff and spreading the pile across its operation, the official who oversees the agency's regional offices told an American Bar Association conference Tuesday.

  • March 03, 2026

    Judge Says Accounts Of DOJ And FEMA 'Completely Different'

    A California federal judge overseeing a lawsuit by federal worker unions, local governments and nonprofits challenging Trump administration layoffs expressed deep frustration Tuesday after a U.S. Department of Justice attorney contradicted a senior Federal Emergency Management Agency official's sworn declaration in the case.

  • March 03, 2026

    NLRB Attys Say Car Co. Can't Ax Ruling With Label Quibble

    The Second Circuit should enforce the National Labor Relations Board's finding that a New York City car service company retaliated against its workers for joining a wage suit, board attorneys argued, urging the court to reject the company's contention that the drivers are independent contractors exempt from NLRB oversight.

  • March 03, 2026

    NLRB Urges DC Circ. To Nix Joint Employer Rule Challenge

    The National Labor Relations Board has urged the D.C. Circuit to reject the Service Employees International Union's challenge to the board's 2020 rule limiting the criteria for determining whether a business is a joint employer, arguing that the rule was adopted to help encourage stability and "meaningful collective bargaining."

  • March 03, 2026

    Ex-Raven Says NFL Players Union Abandoned His Injury Case

    The NFL Players Association delayed and then dropped an injury grievance against the Baltimore Ravens without the permission of the player filing the grievance, according to a lawsuit against the union in Texas state court.

  • March 03, 2026

    4th Circ. Won't Revive Retired Miners' Health Fight

    The Fourth Circuit refused Tuesday to reopen a dispute over lifetime retirement health and life insurance benefits from a proposed class of retired coal miners, keeping in place a West Virginia federal court's judgment that broadly favored the company following a seven-day bench trial.

  • March 03, 2026

    3rd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of $800K Union Pension Suit

    A split Third Circuit panel said Tuesday it won't revive allegations that two companies owe about $800,000 to a union pension fund, ruling that a New Jersey federal judge properly tossed the claim because the fund waited eight years to tell the companies they owed the money.

  • March 03, 2026

    Union Fund Drops Boston Globe Pension Dispute

    A union pension fund has dropped its lawsuit alleging that the Boston Globe failed to pay monthly contributions and provide records of the hours its employees worked, according to a filing in D.C. federal court.

  • March 02, 2026

    Labor Bar Ponders Dangers Of More Vulnerable NLRB

    Members of the labor bar shared fears about the expected loss of the National Labor Relations Board's job protections Monday at an American Bar Association conference but struggled to offer viable solutions to the looming crisis.

  • March 02, 2026

    5th Circ. Presses McDermott Shareholders On Direct Claim

    A Fifth Circuit panel wanted to know why investors should get another shot at a direct class action alleging that McDermott International Inc. made misrepresentations about a $6 billion merger, asking Monday if the case before the court was "analogous" to a case alleging the company overpaid for the merger.

  • March 02, 2026

    D.C. Judge Pauses Challenge To Federal Worker Layoffs

    A D.C. federal judge has paused a challenge to the Trump administration's mass layoff of federal employees, telling a group of unions that he'll resume processing their lawsuit once rulings come down that clarify whether the case belongs before the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

  • March 02, 2026

    5th Circ. Judge Flags 'Pretty Extreme' Timing Of Barista Firing

    A Fifth Circuit judge said on Monday that the timing of Starbucks' firing of a California barista was "pretty extreme" and that management's words about benefits "do matter" as the court weighed the coffee giant's bid to overturn two unfavorable rulings by the National Labor Relations Board.

Expert Analysis

  • What The NLRB Wants Employers To Know Post-Cemex

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    Recent guidance from the National Labor Relations Board illuminates prosecutorial goals following Cemex Construction Materials, a decision that upended decades of precedent, and includes several notable points to which employers should pay close attention, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.

  • Top 10 Employer Resolutions For 2024

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    From technological leaps to sea changes in labor policy to literal sea changes, 2024 provides opportunities for employers to face big-picture questions that will shape their business for years to come, say Allegra Lawrence-Hardy and Lisa Haldar at Lawrence & Bundy.

  • Cos. Should Be On Guard After Boom In Unfair Labor Claims

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    The National Labor Relations Board's recent expansion of protected activity and imposition of case-by-case policies led to a historic boom in unfair labor practice charges in 2023, so companies should prepare for labor complaints to increase in 2024 by conducting risk assessments and implementing compliance plans, say Daniel Schudroff and Lorien Schoenstedt at Jackson Lewis.

  • 3 Developments That Will Affect Hospitality Companies In 2024

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    As the hospitality industry continues its post-pandemic recovery, it faces both challenges and opportunities to thrive in 2024, including navigating new labor rules, developing branded residential living spaces and cautiously embracing artificial intelligence, says Lauren Stewart at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events Of 2023

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and federal and state courts made 2023 another groundbreaking year for whistleblower litigation and retaliation developments, including the SEC’s massive whistleblower awards, which are likely to continue into 2024 and further incentivize individuals to submit tips, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • Starbucks Raise Ruling Highlights Labor Law Catch-22

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    A National Labor Relations Board judge recently ruled that Starbucks violated federal labor law when it gave raises to nonunion employees only, demonstrating that conflicts present in workforces with both union and nonunion employees can put employers in no-win situations if they don't consider how their actions will be interpreted, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

  • Del. Ruling Shows Tension Between 363 Sale And Labor Law

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    The Delaware federal court's ruling in the Braeburn Alloy Steel case highlights the often overlooked collision between an unstayed order authorizing an asset sale free and clear of successor liability under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code and federal labor law imposing successor liability on the buyer, say attorneys at Proskauer.

  • How AI Executive Order Aims To Compete For Foreign Talent

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    Immigration provisions within the Biden administration's executive order on artificial intelligence take a strategic approach to promoting the U.S. as a destination for AI and STEM talent by streamlining visa processing, enhancing educational and exchange programs, and improving current visa programs and pathways to permanent residency, says Eric Bord at Morgan Lewis.

  • A Gov't Contractor's Guide To Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wages

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    In light of shifting federal infrastructure priorities and recent updates to U.S. Department of Labor regulations, employers should take the time to revisit the basics of prevailing wage requirements for federal contractors under the Davis-Bacon Act and similar laws, says Timothy Taylor at Holland & Knight.

  • Business Takeaways From Biden's Global Labor Rights Memo

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    President Joe Biden's recent memorandum on protecting worker rights is one of the most expansive statements the administration has made regarding international labor rights policy, and reflects several points of which businesses should take note, including the government’s interest in working with the private sector on these issues and a notable focus on the transition to clean energy, say Tom Plotkin and Pegah Nabili at Covington.

  • How Employers Should Prep For NLRB, OSHA Collaboration

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    The National Labor Relations Board and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s recent announcement of increased interagency cooperation may suggest that each agency will be expanding its scope of inquiry moving forward, and signals that employers need to be prepared for inspections that implicate both OSHA and NLRB issues, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.

  • 3 Evolving Issues Shaping The College Sports Legal Playbook

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    Conference realignment will seem tame compared to the regulatory and policy developments likely to transform college sports in the near future, addressing questions surrounding the employment status of student-athletes, athlete compensation and transgender athletes, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

  • Employer Lessons After 2023's Successful Labor Strikes

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    Following recent historic strikes in the automotive, entertainment and health care industries, employers of all types can learn key insights about how unions may approach negotiations and strikes going forward, and nonunionized workplaces should anticipate a drive for increased union membership, say Lenny Feigel and Mark Neuberger at Foley & Lardner.

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