On January 28, 2026, the D.C. Circuit declined former National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) member Gwynne Wilcox’s request for en banc review of its prior decision upholding her termination, which we covered here.
Wilcox’s suit challenges President Donald Trump’s decision to fire her without cause, despite the…
As an update to our previous blog, on January 28, 2026, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “the Board”) issued further guidance clarifying GC 26-01, explaining that the new docketing protocol is intended only as a practical adjustment to improve efficiency and is not meant to alter the…
On January 15, 2026, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued its first published decision with a new quorum. In Satellite Healthcare, 374 N.L.R.B. No. 25, the Board held that Regional Directors (“RDs”) retain their delegated authority even when the Board lacks a quorum, and…
On December 23, 2025, in one of his final acts in the role, then National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) Acting General Counsel (“Acting GC”) William B. Cowen quietly released General Counsel Memorandum GC 26-01, modifying the procedure for processing unfair labor practice charges filed after October 1…
On December 30, 2025, a federal judge in the Southern District of New York vacated a recent Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (“FMCS”) policy that laid off a substantial number of federal mediators and sharply limited when the agency would provide mediation services.
In March 2025, FMCS – the federal…
On December 29, 2025, the Ninth Circuit upheld a district court’s refusal to grant Amazon’s request for a preliminary injunction to pause an ongoing unfair labor practice proceeding while Amazon litigates its constitutional challenge to the structure of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”).
The Ninth Circuit is…
New York construction-industry employers should be aware of a significant change to the state’s Paid Family Leave (“PFL”) law. On December 19, Governor Kathy Hochul signed Assembly Bill 4727 (“A4727”) into law, expanding PFL eligibility to many construction workers who work for multiple employers under a collective bargaining agreement each…
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