Ethan Picone
Ethan Picone is an associate in the Labor Department.
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On October 31, 2022, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo (“GC Abruzzo”) issued a memorandum in which she pushed for zealous enforcement and Board adoption of a “new framework” to protect employees from intrusive or abusive forms of electronic monitoring and automated management that interfere with protected Section 7 activity. GC Abruzzo asserted: it is “the … Continue Reading
For more than five decades, employers could cease deduction of dues at the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement as a legitimate economic weapon. It was only recently that, as part of the constant shifting of precedent at the Board, the decades-old rule has been disturbed. On September 30, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board … Continue Reading
Coming on the heels of the Labor Day holiday, in a long anticipated move, the National Labor Relations (“NLRB”) Board issued a draft of a new proposed joint employer standard, scheduled to be published on September 7, 2022. If ultimately implemented, the NLRB’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) would nix the most recent joint employer … Continue Reading
On February 4, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects (the “Order”), which requires the federal government to require a project labor agreement (“PLA”) before awarding any “large-scale construction contract,” defined as a contract for which the estimated cost is $35 million or more. The … Continue Reading
NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo Issues Memo on Employer Surveillance in the Modern Workplace
By Steven Porzio and Ethan Picone on Posted in NLRB
Divided NLRB Rules (Again) that Dues Deductions Survive Contract Expiration
By Mark Theodore and Ethan Picone on Posted in NLRB
National Labor Relations Board Gets Back on the Joint-Employer See-Saw – Proposes Rulemaking to Return to “Browning-Ferris” Indirect Control Standard
By Michael Lebowich, Joshua Fox and Ethan Picone on Posted in NLRB
President Biden Signs Executive Order Requiring Project Labor Agreements for Large-Scale Federal Construction Projects ($35 Million)
By Paul Salvatore, Joshua Fox and Ethan Picone on Posted in Uncategorized
