Category: National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
The NLRB Issues Major Class Action Waiver/Mandatory Arbitration Ruling
From Lexology, Truc Nguyen and Ronald Meisburg discuss a recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”)…
NLRB Releases Advice Memos On Gig Workers, Inflatable Critters, And More
From JDSupra, Robin E. Shea discusses several memos released by General Counsel of the National Labor Relations…
Good Step For Gig Companies: Advice Memo From NLRB’s General Counsel Concludes That Uber Drivers Are Contractors
From JDSupra, Richard Meneghello discusses the National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel advice memo that said Uber…
NLRB Reinstates Prior Test Determining Whether Workers Are Independent Contractors
From Lexology, William J. Kishman discusses the recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to adopt the…
NLRB Returns to Long-Standing Independent-Contractor Standard
On January 25, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced it was overruling a 2014 decision…
NLRB Announces Proposed Rule Changing Joint-Employer Standard
From Lexology, Zach Fashman reports that the National Labor Relations Board is proposing a new standard…
NLRB to Decide if IC Misclassification is an Unfair Labor Practice
From the April and May 2018 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update, Richard Reibstein, reports that the Nation…
SCOTUS Holds Class Action Waivers Do Not Violate the NLRA
From Lexology, Sara Hamilton & Ryan M. Bates discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the inclusion of class action…
The NLRB Once Again Makes It Easier to Be a Joint Employer
From Lexology, Edel Cuadra discusses the NLRB order to vacate its recent decision which results in returning to…
NLRB Reverts to a Broad Test for Determining Joint Employer Status At Least for Now
From JDSupra, John Alden, Randall Avram, Charles Feuss, and Chuck Rice discuss the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision to vacate…
NLRB Solicits Briefs on Independent Contractor Misclassification as ULP Issue
From The National Law Review, Howard M. Bloom and Philip B. Rosen report that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)…
National Labor Relations Board Restores Longstanding Joint Employer Rules
From JDSupra, Seth Borden discusses the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) change in rules regarding joint…
