Tag:NLRB

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...

NLRB Floats New Election Rules

A set of labor rule changes could give workers more say in whether they want a union to represent them. The National Labor Relations Board...

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....

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...

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...

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.  On...

NLRB Rethinking Stance on Employee Email Use

The National Labor Relations Board now has another Obama-era decision in its crosshairs — this one dealing with restrictions that employers may lawfully impose...

The New NLRB (So Far)

The Trump administration’s push to roll back regulations on the corporate world has spanned across various agencies. But in the labor and employment realm,...