Health Law Advisor

Our colleague Steven M. Swirsky at Epstein Becker Green has a post on the Management Memo blog that will be of interest to our readers: “NLRB Reverses Key Rulings: Returns to Pre-Obama Board Test for Deciding Joint-Employer Status and for Determining Whether Handbooks, Rules and Policies Violate the NLRA – Assessment of 2014 Expedited Election Rules and Future Changes Also Announced.”

Following is an excerpt:

It should come as no surprise that recent days have seen a stream of significant decisions and other actions from the National Labor Relations Board as Board Chairman ...

My colleagues Steven M. Swirsky and Evan J. Spelfogel published a Management Memo blog post that will be of interest to many of our readers: “Regional Directors Report Data on The NLRB’s Amended Election Rules After One Month – Court Challenges Continue.”

Following is an excerpt:

May 14th marked the one-month anniversary of the effective date of the NLRB’s Amended Representation Election Rules (“amended rules”).  That day, the Regional Directors for NLRB Regions 2 (New York, NY), 22 (Newark, NJ), and 29 (Brooklyn, NY) discussed their ...

Written by: Evan Rosen

As we have previously reported on this blog, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a highly controversial rule requiring private employers to post a notice informing employees of their right to join or form a union.  Implementation of the rule has been postponed several times, but was finally set to go into effect on April 30, 2012.

Thankfully, the courts have once again intervened to provide a respite to employers.  Today, the D.C. Circuit Court enjoined implementation of the rule pending an appeal in the underlying case brought against ...