Labor Law » Employment Law Information Network https://www.elinfonet.com All Things Labor and Employment Law Mon, 25 May 2026 19:59:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.elinfonet.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-elin-icon-32x32.jpg Labor Law » Employment Law Information Network https://www.elinfonet.com 32 32 Policy Week in Review – May 22, 2026 https://www.elinfonet.com/policy-week-in-review-may-22-2026/ Mon, 25 May 2026 19:14:16 +0000 https://www.elinfonet.com/?p=173334 Policy Week in Review – May 22, 2026 House Discharge Petition on “Faster Labor Contracts Act” Reaches 218-Signature Threshold  tgelbman@littler.com Fri, 05/22/2026 – 14:14

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]]> Sixth Circuit Raises Standard for NLRB Injunctions and Rejects Presumed Irreparable Harm https://www.elinfonet.com/sixth-circuit-raises-standard-for-nlrb-injunctions-and-rejects-presumed-irreparable-harm/ Wed, 20 May 2026 17:50:00 +0000 https://www.elinfonet.com/?p=172784 TakeawaysThe Sixth Circuit confirmed that the National Labor Relations Board must satisfy the full four-factor test under SCOTUS’s decision in Winter v. Nat. Res. Def. Council, rejecting any lower standard for 10(j) injunctions.A likelihood of success on the merits alone does not justify injunctive relief. Even where the Board is likely to prevail, failure to […]

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]]> Top Five Labor Law Developments for April 2026 https://www.elinfonet.com/top-five-labor-law-developments-for-april-2026/ Wed, 20 May 2026 14:28:09 +0000 https://www.elinfonet.com/?p=172691 President Donald Trump nominated James Macy to serve as the third Republican Member of the National Labor Relations Board. Macy is a longtime management-side labor attorney and the current director of the Department of Labor’s Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs. If confirmed, Macy would give Republicans a 3-1 majority to revisit Biden-era precedent on key […]

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]]> Labor Law Update Spring 2026 https://www.elinfonet.com/labor-law-update-spring-2026/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:41:59 +0000 https://www.elinfonet.com/?p=167852 Goldberg Segalla’s Spring 2026 Labor Law Update keeps clients informed about significant changes and cases involving New York’s Labor Law.

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]]> Ninth Circuit Weighs In on Cemex – But Ultimately Sidesteps the Real Fight | CDF Labor Law LLP https://www.elinfonet.com/ninth-circuit-weighs-in-on-cemex-but-ultimately-sidesteps-the-real-fight-cdf-labor-law-llp/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.elinfonet.com/?p=167904 Ninth Circuit Weighs In on Cemex – But Ultimately Sidesteps the Real Fight

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]]> Top Five Labor Law Developments for March 2026 https://www.elinfonet.com/top-five-labor-law-developments-for-march-2026/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:04:49 +0000 https://www.elinfonet.com/?p=167678 President Donald Trump appointed current Member James Murphy as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. In this role, Murphy will oversee the Board’s adjudicative and administrative functions, including hiring administrative law judges and serving as the Board’s representative to Congress. Chairman Murphy, who previously spent 47 years serving the Board before retiring, returned from […]

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]]> Sixth Circuit Points Out Limits of NLRB Adjudicatory Rulemaking https://www.elinfonet.com/sixth-circuit-points-out-limits-of-nlrb-adjudicatory-rulemaking/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:41:30 +0000 https://www.elinfonet.com/?p=166982 Sixth Circuit Points Out Limits of NLRB Adjudicatory Rulemaking In Brown-Forman v. NLRB, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit became the first federal circuit court to review the National Labor Relations Board’s recent Cemex decision. The court found the Board engaged in improper rulemaking when it altered

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]]> James Murphy Named NLRB Chair — But Key Issues Remain https://www.elinfonet.com/james-murphy-named-nlrb-chair-but-key-issues-remain/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.elinfonet.com/?p=163666 James Murphy Named NLRB Chair — But Key Issues Remain

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]]> Labor Law Solutions, The Podcast: A New NLRB Board Takes Shape (Podcast) https://www.elinfonet.com/labor-law-solutions-the-podcast-a-new-nlrb-board-takes-shape-podcast/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:50:00 +0000 https://www.elinfonet.com/?p=163580 In this inaugural episode of our Labor Law Solutions podcast, shareholders Tom Davis (Nashville) and Tom Stanek (Phoenix), who co-chair the firm’s Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group sit down with co-chair and former NLRB member Brian Hayes (Washington) to discuss recent developments in labor law. The speakers discuss the new

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]]> Top Five Labor Law Developments for February 2026 https://www.elinfonet.com/top-five-labor-law-developments-for-february-2026/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:22:40 +0000 https://www.elinfonet.com/?p=161966 National Labor Relations Board General Counsel (GC) Crystal Carey issued a new directive calling for less aggressive enforcement of workplace rule violations. Memorandum GC 26-03. The memo reaffirms guidance issued by former Acting GC William Cowen and the rescission of several memoranda issued under Biden-era GC Jennifer Abruzzo. It encourages settlement but discourages the routine […]

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]]> Cases That Could Shift NLRB Precedent In 2023 Mar 6, 2023 https://www.elinfonet.com/cases-that-could-shift-nlrb-precedent-in-2023-mar-6-2023/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:53:13 +0000 https://www.elinfonet.com/?p=161640 CDF Partner Mark S. Spring was recently quoted in the Law360 article “Cases That Could Shift NLRB Precedent In 2023.”

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]]> The Practical NLRB Advisor: Winter 2026 https://www.elinfonet.com/the-practical-nlrb-advisor-winter-2026/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 21:05:56 +0000 https://www.elinfonet.com/?p=161369 Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Winter 2026 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor . This issue discusses the host of problems the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is facing this year.

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]]> NLRB Declines to Overrule Ex‑Cell‑O: What Employers Should Know https://www.elinfonet.com/nlrb-declines-to-overrule-ex-cell-o-what-employers-should-know/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:33:26 +0000 https://www.elinfonet.com/?p=161136 NLRB Declines to Overrule Ex‑Cell‑O: What Employers Should Know In a closely watched development, the National Labor Relations Board has declined to overrule Ex‑Cell‑O Corp., 185 NLRB 107 (1970), preserving a 56‑year‑old framework that limits remedies when an employer refuses to bargain to test a union’s certification and an appeals

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]]> NLRB’s Aggressive Bargaining Order Framework Rejected by Sixth Circuit as Agency Overreach https://www.elinfonet.com/nlrbs-aggressive-bargaining-order-framework-rejected-by-sixth-circuit-as-agency-overreach/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:47:43 +0000 https://www.elinfonet.com/?p=160997 On March 6, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) controversial Biden-era framework—known as the Cemex standard—that empowered the Board to order employers to bargain with unions whenever the Board determined that employer misconduct undermined the election process, regardless of

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]]> New Report Illustrates Complications With College Athlete Unionization https://www.elinfonet.com/new-report-illustrates-complications-with-college-athlete-unionization/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:56:14 +0000 https://www.elinfonet.com/?p=160668 As debate surrounding Name, Image, and Likeness-related issues swirls, one common refrain is that unionization/collective bargaining would solve many of the current problems at hand. However, a report…

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