Labor Law Articles (Traditional)

COURT STRIKES DOWN NLRB�S NEW UNION ELECTION RULES

webmaster@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 EST

In previous Compliance Matters, we discussed the NLRB's new election rules, which took effect April 30, 2012, and the Memorandum issued by the NLRB's General Counsel to advise the Board's Regional Offices on implementing them. Those rules are now on hold because a federal judge in Washington, D.C. ruled on May 14 that the Board did not have the three-member quorum required to adopt the rules because one member did not participate in the vote.

Federal Judge Invalidates NLRB Union Election Rule

webmaster@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 EST

At our Annual Employment Law Seminar, we discussed the NLRB's adoption of its so-called "quickie-election" rules, which were adopted in December 2011, following the Obama Administration's failure to obtain passage of the "Employee Free Choice Act," a statute designed to promote union organizing by providing for fast elections when a union files a petition for certification.

Hold On, Mr. President! Not So Fast With Those Quickie Elections

webmaster@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 EST

The "quickie elections" rule of the National Labor Relations Board, which took effect on April 30, is on hold after a federal court ruled Monday that the Board lacked a quorum and had not effectively promulgated the rule.

Second Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Starbucks� �One Union Button� Policy

webmaster@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 EST

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has taken some high profile hits in the federal courts in the past few weeks. As we reported recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit put the NLRB�s notice posting rule on hold. Earlier this week, a federal judge also halted, for now, the NLRB�s �quickie election� rule. Late last week, the NLRB suffered another defeat when the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit refused to enforce an NLRB decision that found Starbucks had violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by prohibiting its employees from wearing more than one pro-union button on their uniforms.

NLRB�s �Quickie Elections� Rule Struck Down � But For How Long?

webmaster@elinfonet.com (Employment Law Information Network) — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 EST

The National Labor Relations Board is not having much luck in court lately. Less than a month after a federal court blocked implementation of the NLRB�s mandatory workplace posting rule, Judge James E. Boasberg (an Obama appointee) of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the �quickie elections� rule is invalid because it was promulgated without a quorum of NLRB members.

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