Setback to NLRB quickie election rule seen as Appeals Court halts argument set in employer challenge *

USA - February 25 2013
The National Labor Relations Board may be facing further disappointment over its 2011 rule to speed up representation elections when the federal…

Co-authors: Howard M. Bloom, Roger S. Kaplan, Philip B. Rosen.

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Recess appointments at NLRB - Front and center for 2013 *

USA - December 26 2012
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will soon decide whether National Labor Relations Board Members Sharon Black and Richard…

Co-authors: Philip B. Rosen.

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Newly organized employers must bargain with unions over employee discipline in absence of contract, NLRB rules *

USA - December 26 2012
The National Labor Relations Board has held for the first time ever that once a company is required to bargain with a union, but has yet to negotiate a…

Co-authors: Philip B. Rosen, James M. Stone.

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NLRB releases important end-of-year decisions *

USA - December 21 2012
In a flurry of activity coinciding with the end of the term of National Labor Relations Board Member Brian Hayes (whose term ended on December 16), the NLRB has issued significant decisions relating to concerted activity conducted on social media, a newly unionized employer’s ability to discipline employees, and an employer’s obligation to continue dues deductions after the expiration of a contract, among other issues

Co-authors: Howard M. Bloom, Philip B. Rosen.

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Appeals court upholds pre-recognition agreement between union and employer *

USA - November 2 2012
Even before recognition is extended, an employer and a union may enter into a letter of agreement (LOA) including general terms that are subject to further negotiation, a federal appeals has held, in agreement with the National Labor Relations Board, even though the LOA may become binding should arbitration become necessary.

Co-authors: Roger S. Kaplan, Philip B. Rosen, James M. Stone.

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