On February 7, 2022, the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment issued a report recommending, among other things, increased coordination among agencies working on labor and employment matters. In a memorandum circulated on February 10, 2022, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo announced her
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NLRB Plans to Revise Joint Employer Standard Once Again
By Mark Theodore, Joshua Fox & Timothy Kelly on
On Friday, December 10, 2021, the Board announced in its regulatory agenda that it plans to engage in rulemaking on the standard for determining whether two employers are “joint employers” under the NLRA. It remains to be seen exactly what the contours of the new joint-employer rule would be, although…
BREAKING: Senate Committee Proposes Bill to Add Civil Penalties to NLRA
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Here We Go Again: NLRB Foreshadows A Potential Return To Micro-Units
By Joshua Fox, Mark Theodore & Timothy Kelly on
The ability to form smaller bargaining units by breaking up larger aspects of an employer’s organization—sometimes called “micro-units”—is generally seen as an effort to enhance the ability of unions to gain entry into an employer by making it easier to organize. Those opposed to the practice, including both employers and…