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Posted on Mar 1, 2019 on Discrimination and Harassment, News, Retaliation, Union Issues by Brody and Alexander Friedman
Colin Kaepernick, a famous athlete, just settled one of the most high-profile legal actions in the sports world. Kaepernick, a star National Football League (“NFL”) quarterback, at one point took his team – the storied …
Posted on Oct 19, 2018 on Immigration Related Issues, Legal Updates, NLRB, Union Issues by Bruce E. Buchanan
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found, in Ruprecht Co., 366 NLRB No. 179 (Aug. 27, 2018), an employer cannot unilaterally implement E-Verify if its employees are represented by a union; rather, it must give …
Posted on Sep 27, 2018 on Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, Legislative Updates, NLRB, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently ruled that an employer’s video surveillance of its employees in the process of distributing Union materials and literature (and thereby breaking Company rules) was illegal under the National …
Posted on Sep 18, 2017 on Discrimination and Harassment, Legal Updates, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody and Lindsay M. Rinehart
On February 1, 2017, Congressmen Steve King (Republican-Iowa) and Joe Wilson (Republican-South Carolina) introduced the National Right to Work Act (H.R. 785) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would prevent employers and unions …
Posted on Nov 9, 2016 on Legal Updates, News, Tips of the Month, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody and Katherine M. Bogard
We previously wrote about Gregory Linhoff, an employee at the University of Connecticut Health Center, who was caught smoking marijuana in his employer issued van while at work. Not surprisingly, the Health Center terminated his …
Posted on May 19, 2016 on Legal Updates, News, NLRB, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody and Abby M. Warren
We previously wrote that the Chicago Regional Office of the National Labor Relations Board (“Region”) determined scholarship football players at Northwestern University (“Northwestern”) were employees and could unionize. In a huge win for Northwestern, the …
Posted on Mar 1, 2016 on Legal Updates, NLRB, Published Articles, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody and Alexander Friedman
Connecticut Law Tribune January 25, 2016 If two entities are deemed joint employers, they each can be held liable for the employment related acts of the other. In August 2015, the National Labor Relations Board …
Posted on Feb 27, 2015 on Labor Management Issues, Legal Updates, NLRB, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody
In December, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) overturned a 2007 decision and held that employee use of company email for union and other protected communications on non-working time must be permitted by employers who …
Posted on Dec 30, 2014 on Legal Updates, NLRB, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody
In a recent Arizona District Court case, the National Labor Relations Board’s (“Board”) Regional Director tried to require an employer to forego using the E-verify system to verify employment eligibility of several employees, in violation …
Posted on Nov 25, 2014 on Legal Updates, NLRB, Union Issues by Robert G. Brody
In a move that would radically change the world of franchises, the General Counsel’s Office (“GC”) of the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) announced it intends to allege McDonald’s is a joint employer with its …