Labor Law Archives - Rediger Labor Law

21 Jul NLRB Affords Employers Greater Leeway in Addressing Abusive Conduct By Employees

Posted at 14:46h in Labor Law

On July 21, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board in General Motors LLC, established a new standard for determining whether employees have been lawfully disciplined or discharged when making abusive or offensive statements, including profane, racist, and sexually unacceptable remarks, while also engaged in protected...

02 Jun NLRB Revised Election Rules Blocked by District Court

Posted at 12:25h in Labor Law

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has blocked the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from implementing five provisions of the rule changes it announced in December 2019. On June 1, 2020, the NLRB published a news release stating that "it will...

02 Mar NLRB and DOL Issue New Rules For Determining “Joint Employer” Status

Posted at 10:23h in Labor Law

On February 26, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule regarding whether two entities will be considered a joint employer, restoring its pre-2015 standard, and providing greater precision, clarity, and detail by using its rulemaking power. The Board’s new rule becomes effective...

23 Dec NLRB Issues Several Rulings Favorable to Employers

Posted at 06:00h in Labor Law

The National Labor Relations Board is a federal agency that protects the rights of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve their wages, hours and working conditions. In December 2019, the Board issued several decisions, and announced a rule...

03 Sep NLRB Permits Employer to Implement Arbitration Agreement in Response to Class Action Lawsuit

Posted at 05:01h in Labor Law

On August 14, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board in Cordúa Restaurants, Inc. held that employers are not prohibited by the National Labor Relations Act from informing employees that their failing or refusing to sign a mandatory arbitration agreement will result in their discharge, and...

24 Jun Employer May Bar Union Organizers From Public Areas on its Property

Posted at 08:59h in Labor Law

On June 14, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board in UPMC Presbyterian held that an employer may bar nonemployees from soliciting its employees on behalf of a union on company property that is open to the public, provided the employer applies its policy in a...

01 Mar Employer’s Attempt to Send Potential Class Action Lawsuit to Arbitration under CBA Rejected, but Court Gives Employers a Glimmer of Hope for the Future

Posted at 15:07h in Labor Law

by Candice K. Rediger, Esq.
May an employer force an employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) to arbitrate their wage and hour claims instead of suing in court? Maybe, answered one California Court of Appeal in Vasserman v. Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. Employers...