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USA - July 11 2012
On 2 July 2012, a National Labor Relations Board (the NLRB or “Board”) Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) found unlawful under Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (the NLRA) an employer’s mandatory arbitration procedure that prohibited class or collective actions against the employer unless all parties agreed otherwise.
USA - May 17 2012
On May 14, 2012 a federal district court in the District of Columbia struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s (the “NLRB” or “Board”) so-called “quickie” or “ambush” elections rule, on the basis that the Board lacked a quorum when voting to approve the final rule.
USA - April 17 2012
On April 17, 2012 the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted an emergency motion for an injunction against the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), thus delaying implementation of the NLRB’s controversial notice-posting rule until the D.C. Circuit can rule on its validity.
USA - March 6 2012
On March 2, 2012, a federal court in the District of Columbia upheld in part and struck down in part the controversial notice posting rule promulgated by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in August 2011.
USA - December 27 2011
On Friday, 23 December 2011 the National Labor Relations Board announced that it would postpone the effective date of its employee rights posting rule from 31 January 2012 until 30 April 2012.
