On December 27, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“the Third Circuit” or “the court”) vacated a portion of an NLRB (“the Board”) order requiring Starbucks to compensate two allegedly wrongfully terminated employees for “all direct or foreseeable pecuniary harms” resulting from Starbucks’ alleged unfair
Consent Orders Are Gone But Board Consent Remains…For Now
On November 26, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB” or the “Board”) General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, released GC Memorandum 25-02 to all Regional Directors, Officers-in-Charge, and Resident Officers, seeking to ensure that settlement agreements based on unfair labor practice allegations adequately address the public rights implicated by potential violations