Tag:National Labor Relations Board
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NLRB Upholds Restrictions on Employees’ Speech to Media
The federal government’s labor watchdog is using a more employer-friendly test to determine whether employers unlawfully bar their workers from talking to the press.
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Misclassification Per Se Doesn’t Violate Labor Law, NLRB Rules
Employers face a litany of liabilities if they misclassify employees as independent contractors. But at least worker misclassification isn’t by itself a labor law...
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Littler Mendelson Survey Tracks Top Employer Concerns for 2019
The Department of Labor is working to put regulatory changes in place before the 2020 election. At the same time, state and local employment...
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NLRB Issues Wide-Ranging Summer Decisions
Labor standard revisions — many of them favorable to employers — continue to trickle out of the National Labor Relations Board under the Trump administration....
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Gig Economy Gets Backing From NLRB
Uber and other gig economy companies are getting encouraging opinions from federal agencies on the use of independent contractors.
In an advice memo released this...
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DOL Proposes ‘Other’ Rules After Overtime
While employers are reviewing their pay practices for the overtime overhaul that the U.S. Department of Labor recently revealed, the DOL has followed up...
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Ahead of New Rule, D.C. Circuit Upholds Obama-era Joint Employer Test
While the National Labor Relations Board is finalizing its employer-friendly joint employer rule, an appeals court has complicated the issue with a ruling that...
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NLRB Takes Another Shot at Browning-Ferris
The National Labor Relations Board is looking to restore its traditional joint employer standard — and with a method that might make it last.
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