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Hard Times Ahead for Employers Under New NLRB

The NLRB in July ruled that Scabby the Rat can be displayed at union boycotts or protests. Employers can expect more labor-friendly decisions from the labor board, which has a Democratic majority as of Aug. 27.

Employers Pondering Layoffs Have Tough Choices, New Options

Nearly 17 million Americans have filed for unemployment since mid-March. With COVID-19 likely to keep much of the U.S. economy shut down through at...

When It Comes to Pandemics, Don’t Panic —Plan for It

In the two months since COVID-19 first appeared in central China, the novel coronavirus has made more than 100,000 ill, rattled markets and led...

Fractional and Flexible

Sometimes inspiration hits when you’re inching through traffic during a snowstorm.  A few years ago, Bill Berger was driving through a blizzard to his job...

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...

Unions May Continue Pushing Smaller Bargaining Units

The NLRB’s new stance on so-called “micro units” might not discourage unions from proposing smaller bargaining groups to win elections. On May 31, a small...

Avoiding a Stalemate

Mediators might have one of the toughest jobs of them all — getting two entrenched sides of a dispute to come to the table...

Feeding the Beast

Every lawyer’s website is supposed to have a blog. Or at least that’s been the conventional wisdom since the mid-’2000s when the medium first...