NLRB seeks feedback on backpay award questions *

USA - August 1 2012
The National Labor Relations Board is inviting interested parties to provide input on two issues related to an award of backpay.

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Federal court rejects NLRB's attempt to reverse ruling on election rule *

USA - July 30 2012
On Friday the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied the National Labor Relations Board’s motion to reconsider the court’s May 14 finding that that the Board’s expedited representation election rule was invalid due to lack of a statutorily-mandated quorum when the Board approved the rule in December 2011.

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New interactive NLRB webpage provides examples of employee section 7 rights under NLRA *

USA - June 19 2012
The National Labor Relations Board has created a new webpage that explains an employee’s section 7 rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and allows the user to click on various Board cases that address protected concerted activity.

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NLRB suspends implementation of new representation election rule *

USA - May 15 2012
In light of yesterday’s federal court decision finding that the NLRB lacked a quorum necessary to issue the controversial new representation election rule, the Board has decided to suspend the rule’s implementation.

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D.C. federal court finds NLRB election rule invalid for lack of a quorum *

USA - May 14 2012
In a long-awaited ruling, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has found the National Labor Relations Board’s expedited representation election rule invalid because the Board lacked a quorum when it issued the rule in December 2011.

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