During the past few years, employers have seen efforts to restrict the use of confidentiality and nondisparagement provisions in severance agreements at both the state and federal levels. The NLRB has now joined the party.
DHS has announced a centralized process whereby undocumented workers who are victims of, or witnesses to, violations of labor rights can access a streamlined and expedited deferred action request process.
In RAV Truck & Trailer Repairs, Inc., the NLRB issued a supplemental decision in a case that will have implications for employers seeking to close shop, especially those operating in multiple locations.
This Littler Lightbulb highlights some of the more significant employment and labor law developments at the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeal in the last month.
After the past two years, following the impact of Covid-19 and the cost-of-living crisis, you would be forgiven for hoping, even if just for a moment, that 2023 might be calmer and less eventful than the previous two years.
On January 17, 2023, a divided D.C. Circuit panel struck down three provisions of the National Labor Relations Board’s 2019 final rule on representation case procedures related to union elections, while upholding two challenged provisions.
On December 13, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board made another move to expand relief available to workers who allege unfair labor practices by their employers.
After a year of consideration including amicus briefs on the matter, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) revived another Obama-era precedent in a decision issued December 14, 2022.
