National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

New and Updated

• Date:

  March 11, 2024

  Type:

  News

  NLRB Joint Employer Rule Is Struck Down

  The standards for determining joint employer status under federal labor law will remain unchanged after a federal district court vacated an NLRB final rule just three days before it would have taken effect.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  NLRB Rule Establishes New Joint Employer Standard

  Updated to reflect a federal district court order vacating the rule.

• Date:

  February 23, 2024

  Type:

  News

  NLRB's Joint Employment Rule Delayed

  Implementation of a rule that would significantly increase the number of employers considered joint employers under the NLRA has been pushed back two weeks by a federal district court.

• Type:

  Handbook Templates

  Social Media Handbook Statement

  Updated statement to enhance content and clarify scope of the policy; and updated guidance to reflect the National Labor Relations Board's Stericycle ruling. 

• Date:

  November 14, 2023

  Type:

  News

  Guidance Memo Shows Plan for NLRB Action Favoring Union Recognition

  Employers that are confronted with a union demand for recognition should expect a process weighted much more in favor of unions, according to new guidance issued by the NLRB General Counsel clarifying questions about the Cemex standard.

• Date:

  October 26, 2023

  Type:

  News

  NLRB Issues Long-Anticipated Joint-Employer Rule

  Updated to add a note informing about a change in the effective date.

• Date:

  September 28, 2023

  Type:

  News

  NLRB Means Business, Issues First Cemex Bargaining Order

  In the nation's first application of the NLRB's Cemex standard, an administrative law judge ordered an employer to bargain with a union after the union lost a representation election, based on the employer's unlawful labor practices.

• Type:

  FAQs

  What types of social media policies have been found unlawful?

  Updated with respect to the National Labor Relations Board’s August 2023 Stericycle ruling, which adopted a new legal standard for evaluating the validity of workplace rules under the National Labor Relations Act.

• Type:

  How To

  How to Draft and Enforce a Social Media Policy in the Workplace

  Updated with respect to the National Labor Relations Board’s August 2023 Stericycle ruling, which adopted a new legal standard for evaluating the validity of workplace rules under the National Labor Relations Act.

• Date:

  September 21, 2023

  Type:

  News

  NLRB Issues Rulings Reshaping Labor Relations Landscape

  The NLRB has issued several rulings recently that change labor relations standards to be more favorable to unions and employees.