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John W. Alden, Randall D. Avram, Jill S. Cox, Robert G. Hensley; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 27, 2012, previously published on March 26, 2012 The United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has announced a comprehensive update to its 1983 Hazard Communication Standard that will affect employers and workers in more than five million workplaces where hazardous chemicals are...
| | The NLRB Further Paves the Way for Mini-Bargaining Units
John W. Alden, Randall D. Avram, Richard D. Haygood, Corena A. Norris-McCluney, Susan W. Pangborn, Michael T. Rosenberg; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 2, 2012, previously published on February 1, 2012 The National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) continues to pave the way for unions to organize relatively small, narrowly defined groups of employees (“mini-bargaining units”) within an employer’s workforce. When a union requests an election to establish its status...
| | NLRB Decision Finding Arbitration Agreement Unlawful Affects Unionized and Non-Unionized Employers Alike
John W. Alden, Jill S. Cox, Richard D. Haygood, Robert G. Hensley; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 13, 2012, previously published on January 11, 2012 The National Labor Relations Board (the "NLRB" or the “Board”) has ruled that a mandatory arbitration agreement preventing employees from pursuing class or collective claims against their employer is unlawful under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or the...
| | NLRB Authorizes Final Rule Changing Some Union Election Procedures
John W. Alden, Richard D. Haygood, Corena A. Norris-McCluney, Chuck Rice; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 6, 2011, previously published on December 2, 2011 In a Legal Alert dated June 29, 2011, we discussed proposed changes to the National Labor Relations Board's rules regarding union representation elections that would have the likely effect of giving unions certain tactical advantages in the election process. The proposed rule changes met with...
| | NLRB Issues Final Rules Requiring Employers to Inform Employees of Their Right to Form and Join Labor Unions
John W. Alden, Randall D. Avram, Corena A. Norris-McCluney; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 27, 2011, previously published on September 12, 2011 New final regulations issued by the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) will require most private employers to post in the workplace by November 14, 2011 a notice informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act...
| | NLRB Sets a Heightened Standard for Employers Challenging Narrow Bargaining Units
John W. Alden, Jill S. Cox, Richard D. Haygood, Robert G. Hensley; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 27, 2011, previously published on September 21, 2011 When a union petitions the National Labor Relations Board to be certified as the bargaining representative for a group of employees, it identifies the group - or "bargaining unit" - that it seeks to represent. The employer of the affected employees can challenge the petition on the ground...
| | NLRB Seeks to Streamline Union Election Process
John W. Alden, Randall D. Avram, Corena A. Norris-McCluney, Michael T. Rosenberg; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 19, 2011, previously published on June 29, 2011 In recent years, efforts to revise federal labor law in ways that would favor unions have focused on the highly controversial Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). That legislation would have eliminated an employer's right to insist on a secret-ballot election to establish union representation and...
| | Individual Griping by Employees on Facebook Not Protected Concerted Activity Says NLRB Advice Division
John W. Alden, Randall D. Avram, Jill S. Cox; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 19, 2011, previously published on August 12, 2011 Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) grants employees, in unionized and non-unionized workplaces alike, the right to engage in “concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.” 29 U.S.C. § 157.
| | Oh Rats! The NLRB Further Deflates Secondary Activity Limitations
John W. Alden, Randall D. Avram, Jill S. Cox, Michael T. Rosenberg; Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 18, 2011, previously published on June 1, 2011 In a series of recent decisions, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) has considered the legality of certain union activities directed at a “secondary employer” - an employer that does business with the employer with which the union has a...
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