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Class Actions Filed in Ohio Challenging Public Sector Employee Agency Fees and Union Dues

The landmark Supreme Court decision in Janus has now precipitated the filing of two new class actions, right here in Central...


Tags: Courts, agency fees

NLRB Publishes Proposed Joint Employer Rule

On Friday last week, the NLRB (in a 3-1 decision) carried through on its previous announcement and published a notice of proposed...


Tags: Browning-Ferris

Will Employers Get Their Email Systems Back? NLRB Invites Briefs on Purple Communications

By Nelson Cary and Eric Leist

Last Wednesday, the NLRB issued a notice and invitation for parties to file briefs to address how...


Tags: Employee Handbooks, 'Purple Communications'

DOL Formally Withdraws Persuader Rule

As previously anticipated on this blog, the Department of Labor (DOL) has formally rescinded the so-called “Persuader Rule.”...


Tags: Department of Labor, advice, advice exemption

Judge Kavanaugh and the NLRA: A Sampling of Opinions

Last week, as I’m sure everyone has now heard, President Trump announced his pick for the U.S. Supreme Court. For those of you...


Tags: Courts, Brett Kavanaugh

Supreme Court Decision Strikes Down Mandatory Agency Fee Payments to Public Sector Unions

By Nelson Cary and Eric Leist

Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the closely watched case of Janus v. AFSCME.  In a...


Tags: Courts, agency fees, Abood

New NLRB Guidance Gives The Green Light On Common Sense Employee Work Rules

By Nelson Cary and Ashley Manfull

Last December, the NLRB recently established a new standard for determining the lawfulness of...


Tags: Employee Handbooks, balancing, apparel rules,

New Developments on the Joint Employer Standard

The NLRB intends to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking on the joint employer issue sometime this summer. The NLRB had...


Tags: Bernard Sanders

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