NLRB Rules against Employee Arbitration Agreements with Class or Collective...
Despite criticism from some United States Courts of Appeals, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has reasserted its position in D.R. Horton in which it held that class-action lawsuits are...
View ArticleNLRA Protection Accorded Class or “Collective” Action Brought By Single-Employee
The National Labor Relations Board has decided that “a single employee who files a lawsuit ostensibly on behalf of himself and other employees is engaged in protected concerted activity.” (Emphasis...
View ArticleSupreme Court to Review Validity of Class Action Waivers in Employment...
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements violate the National Labor Relations Act. The Supreme Court’s action promises the...
View ArticleNLRB GC Instructs Regions to Hold on Class Action Waiver Cases Until Supreme...
The General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board has instructed Regional Offices to hold in abeyance cases involving mandatory arbitration agreements with opt in or opt out clauses. Regions...
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Miscimarra Named Acting NLRB Chairman, Replacing Pearce
Republican Philip A. Miscimarra has been appointed acting chairman of the National Labor Relations Board by President Donald J. Trump, according to Law360. Miscimarra replaces Mark Gaston Pearce,...
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Puzder Hearing Delayed to February 7
The confirmation hearing for Secretary of Labor nominee Andrew Puzder before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee has been rescheduled from February 2 to February 7. No...
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Public Sector Employees in Three States Sue to Nix Fair Share Fees
Four Pennsylvania school teachers, two Santa Clara Valley Medical Center pharmacists, and three New York school workers have filed separate suits challenging the constitutionality of state requirements...
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DOL Chief Nominee Puzder’s Hearing Postponed Again
For the fourth time, Secretary of Labor nominee Andrew Puzder’s hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has been postponed, this time indefinitely, according to...
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NLRB General Counsel Concludes Division I Scholarship Football Players are...
Scholarship football players in Division I FBS private sector colleges and universities are employees under the National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Richard F....
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Supreme Court Delays Oral Argument in Class Action Waiver Cases
The United States Supreme Court has notified the parties in National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA, Case No. 16-307; Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, Case No. 16-285; and Ernst & Young LLP v....
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DOL Nominee’s Confirmation Hearing To Take Place Next Week
The confirmation hearing for Secretary of Labor-nominee Andrew Puzder before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee will take place on February 16, according to Politico. The...
View ArticleDOL Chief Nominee Puzder Withdraws
According to reports, Andrew Puzder, President Donald J. Trump’s nominee for Department of Labor Secretary, has withdrawn his name from consideration. This comes on the heels of a Washington Post...
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R. Alexander Acosta Picked to Head Department of Labor
President Donald Trump has nominated R. Alexander Acosta to be Secretary of Labor. His nomination comes one day after Andrew Puzder, Trump’s first pick to lead the Department of Labor, withdrew his...
View ArticleNLRB Rules against Employee Arbitration Agreements with Class or Collective...
Despite criticism from some United States Courts of Appeals, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has reasserted its position in D.R. Horton in which it held that class-action lawsuits are...
View ArticleNLRA Protection Accorded Class or “Collective” Action Brought By Single-Employee
The National Labor Relations Board has decided that “a single employee who files a lawsuit ostensibly on behalf of himself and other employees is engaged in protected concerted activity.” (Emphasis...
View ArticleSupreme Court to Review Validity of Class Action Waivers in Employment...
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements violate the National Labor Relations Act. The Supreme Court’s action promises the...
View ArticleSolicitor General Reviewing Government’s Position in Class Action Waivers Cases
Last week, the Supreme Court extended the deadline for initial briefs from April 28, 2017 to June 9, 2017 in three consolidated cases raising the issue whether arbitration agreements between individual...
View ArticleNLRB Rules against Employee Arbitration Agreements with Class or Collective...
Despite criticism from some United States Courts of Appeals, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has reasserted its position in D.R. Horton in which it held that class-action lawsuits are...
View ArticleNLRA Protection Accorded Class or “Collective” Action Brought By Single-Employee
The National Labor Relations Board has decided that “a single employee who files a lawsuit ostensibly on behalf of himself and other employees is engaged in protected concerted activity.” (Emphasis...
View ArticleSupreme Court to Review Validity of Class Action Waivers in Employment...
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements violate the National Labor Relations Act. The Supreme Court’s action promises the...
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