Category: National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

burgandy-tractor-trailer
Posted in California National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Judge Sides With Port Truckers in Misclassification Fight

  From Trucks.com, Clarissa Hawes discusses a case in which an administrative law judge found that the company misclassified…

National Labor Relations Board logo
Posted in Arbitration National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

New NLRB General Counsel Signals Major Shift Away From Obama-Era Board Policies

  From JDSupra, Mary Cate Gordon, Daniel V. Johns, Denise Keyser, and Brian D. Pedrow report that the new General Counsel, Peter…

United States Supreme Court
Posted in Arbitration National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

NLRB About-Face Highlights Lack of Reasoning on the Class Action “Right” It Seeks to Assert

From JDSupra, David Baffa, Noah Finkel, and Andrew Scroggins discuss the NLRB’s position in the case before the Supreme Court….

news director production booth
Posted in National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

NLRB Finds Sports Team’s Electronic-Content Workers As Employees Eligible To Unionize

  From The National Law Review, Patrick Egan discusses a recent case in which producers of electronic…

Fedex Van
Posted in National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

The D.C. Circuit Vacates NLRB Ruling on Driver Status in FedEx Case

  From JDSupra, Harris Freier discusses the recent ruling by the D.C. Circuit which said that FedEx drivers were…

postmates-features
Posted in National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

NLRB complaint against Postmates raises specter of fight over employee classification 

  From the Chicago Tribune, Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz reports that a regional office of the National Labor Relations…

landscape-worker
Posted in California National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Browning-Ferris Industries of California (#32-RC-109684): Fundamentally Altering the Employee / Employer Relationship between Community Associations and their Management Companies and Independent Contractors 

  From The Michigan Community Association Law Blog, William Kolobaric discusses the impact of Browning-Ferris Industries of…

Posted in Misclassification National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

NLRB General Counsel Creates a “Misclassification-Plus” Unfair Labor Practice 

From JDSupra, Richard J. Reibstein provides an excellent analysis and discussion of the recent NLRB Advice Memorandum…

nlrb advice memorandum
Posted in Misclassification National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

NLRB General Counsel Seeks To Regulate and Target Employers with Independent Contractors

  From JDSupra, Adam Smiley discusses the Advice Memorandum on how misclassification of workers as independent contractors may…

National Labor Relations Board
Posted in Misclassification National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Court Enforces NLRB Investigatory Subpoena Seeking Employment Policies In Unfair Labor Practice Charge Filed by Purported Independent Contractor 

  From Lexology, Brennan W. Bolt discusses a case in which a worker classified who was classified as…

theater orchestra
Posted in Misclassification National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Sour Note – Musicians Are Employees, Not Independent Contractors, NLRB Tells Theater Company 

From the National Law Review, Chad P. Richter, Howard M. Bloom and Philip B. Rosen discuss a National…

18 wheeler tractor trailer
Posted in National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

NLRB Targets Independent Contractor Classification of Truck Drivers 

  From JDSupra, Christopher Kelleher discusses the complaint by a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regional direction that…