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06.27.2024Washington State Bans Captive Audience MeetingsUpdatesWashington state employers are now banned from holding “captive audience” meetings. So-called “captive audience” meetings are mandatory meetings held by employers during work hours to address activities protected by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act. Some employers hold these meetings to express their opposition to employees choosing to be represented by a union.
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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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02.05.2024Labor Law Today—2023 Year in ReviewPodcastsGet a preview of Perkins Coie’s Labor Law Today—Year in Review report in this latest podcast episode.
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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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11.15.2023OSHA’s Proposed Rule Would Allow Union Representatives Access to WorksitesPodcastsThis potential new rule would give a designated union representative right to accompany an OSHA inspector onto an employer worksite.
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10.16.2023Update: NLRB Returns to the Obama-Era Standard for Independent ContractorsPodcastsA recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) decision reverts to an Obama-era standard used to determine a worker’s status as an employee or an independent contractor under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or the 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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07.03.2023NLRB Returns to the Obama-Era Standard for Independent ContractorsUpdatesThe National Labor Relations Board issued a decision on June 16, 2023, returning to an Obama-era standard used to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the National Labor Relations Act. While employees have rights under the NLRA, independent contractors do not.
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06.23.2023Update: NLRB General Counsel: Workplace Discussions of Race Are Protected Under the NLRAPodcastsEmployees alleging racism in the workplace received favorable guidance from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a recent general counsel memorandum.
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05.11.2023Update: Labor Law Today—2022 Year in ReviewPodcastsPerkins Coie published the fourth edition of Labor Law Today—Year in Review, offering a summary of the past year’s most noteworthy and influential developments in traditional labor law.
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03.30.2023NLRB General Counsel: Workplace Discussions of Race Are Protected Under the NLRAUpdatesEmployees alleging racism in the workplace received favorable guidance from the National Labor Relations Board in a recent general counsel memorandum.
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02.13.2023Update: NLRB Returns to Obama-Era Microunit StandardPodcastsThe National Labor Relations Board recently issued a decision in American Steel Construction, Inc., in which a 3-2 Board majority threw out the Trump-era standard used to determine whether a microunit is appropriate and reinstated the Obama-era standard.
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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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08.02.2022NLRB and FTC Jointly Issue MOU on Information Sharing, Training, and OutreachUpdatesThe National Labor Relations Board and the Federal Trade Commission, on July 19, 2022, jointly issued a Memorandum of Understanding regarding information sharing, cross-agency training, and outreach of common regulatory interests.
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04.25.2022Florida Court Refuses to Dismiss COVID-19-Related WARN Case Based on Natural Disaster ExceptionUpdatesOn March 17, 2022, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida denied defendant Scribe Opco, Inc.’s motion to dismiss a class action alleging violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
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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.
