The National Labor Relations Board expanded its pilot E-Filing Project so parties in cases before it can file more documents online, including all documents in union representation cases, via the website www.nlrb.gov. Parties must complete a one-page form and attach documents that go to the ...
IMPACT ON BUSINESS The employees of any business may seek representation by filing a petition with the NLRB requesting an election. The NLRA requires that representation must be by a "labor organization," as defined by the NLRA. The definition of a labor organization is fairly liberal, and ...
The filing comes after Actors’ Equity says the production assistants did not gain voluntary recognition from the Broadway League. There are about 100 production assistants who either currently work as part of stage management teams on about 10 productions on Broadway, or have within ...
The Board will also seek to review a tactic long used by unions opposing efforts to decertify a union by filing frivolous unfair labor practice charges in order to block a decertification election, the so-called “blocking charge” rule. Former Board Chairman Miscimarra, while sitting ...
b. False Bargaining Impasses Bargaining impasses is when two negotiating parties find it difficult to achieve a mutual agreement on certain terms in the bargaining. In the private sector, the employees union call-out for a strike during impasses. There are two types o...
In a decision issued on September 29, 2007, the NLRB ruled that filing a reasonably based lawsuit does not violate the National Labor Relations Act, even if the suit could be viewed as retaliatory. Associated Builders and Contractors, of which BE&K is a member, hailed the decision as a ...
It states that the NLRB determined that the U.S. National Labor Relations Act protects workers seeking colleagues' assistance in filing sexual harassment complaints. Individual rights under Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 are also examined....