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Yet Another New NLRB Joint-Employer Test

HRWatchdog

Over the last decade, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has a pattern of overruling itself in how it determines whether an entity can be considered a joint employer of a worker and, thus, be subject to National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) claims from the worker.

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California Company Appeals NLRB Decision on Joint-Employer Standard

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BFI) has filed a legal challenge to the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) expansive decision redefining the joint employer standard. The NLRB decision was concerning to businesses that outsource, contract for labor, use temp workers, have franchise relationships or have other alternative work arrangements.

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Wearing “Black Lives Matter” On Uniform Can Be Protected Activity Under NLRA

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On February 21, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision that an employer violated federal law when it directed an employee to remove the hand-drawn acronym for Black Lives Matter — “BLM” — from their work apron to comply with the company’s dress code. What Happened in this Case?

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Latest NLRB Decision Spotlights Employer Handbook Rules

HRWatchdog

On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) adopted a new legal standard for evaluating employer handbook rules — raising the level of scrutiny these rules will face when challenged as violating the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) ( Stericycle, Inc. 372 NLRB No.

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NLRB Changes the Joint-Employer Standard, Increased Bargaining Power for Temp Workers

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NLRB issues new joint-employer decision. In a 3-2 decision involving a California employer, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) “refined” the standard it will use for determining joint-employer status. The NLRB concluded that BFI was a joint employer with Leadpoint.

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Supreme Court Rules Employer Can Sue Union for Intentional Damage During Strike

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Supreme Court ruled — in a near unanimous 8-1 opinion — that the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) doesn’t preempt an employer’s state law claim that a union intentionally destroyed the employer’s property during a strike. For Glacier’s truck drivers, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No.

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NLRB: Employees Can Use Employer Email for Unionization

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A split National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently held that employees can use employer email systems during non-working times to communicate about wages, working conditions and other protected concerted activity, including union organizing. Purple Communications , 361 NLRB No. 126 (2014) ).