One area of labor relations that continues to vex practitioners is the scope of the so-called Weingarten rights. NLRB v. J. Weingarten Inc., 420 U.S. 251 (1975).

By a vote of 50 to 48 the U.S. Senate confirmed Republican John Ring as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, giving the agency a full five member complement. Member Ring ...

The Board is now operating at a full complement and is issuing decisions on a fairly regular basis. Nothing earth shattering in terms of law (which is kind of a relief) ...

As we previously reported here, here and here, the NLRB's "joint employer" standard has vacillated over the last several years, and currently remains in flux.

My 16-year-old daughter, Helena, recently expressed an interest in helping veterans for a high school service project.

As we have seen, there are few things that can be counted on in labor relations. Oftentimes, several experts look at the same problem and come to vastly different conclusions ...

The past few weeks on the Labor Board front have been fairly routine, save for, of course, the high drama associated with the NLRB reversing its own decision ...

As we have noted previously, the make-up of the Board currently stands at four out of five total members, divided evenly between two warring factions making it pretty much impossible to change the law which requires a majority.

The Board currently has only four members and so law-changing decisions are less likely to occur until a new member is confirmed.

In the last few years, December has been a time of change at the NLRB.

On the eve of Chairman Miscimarra's departure, the Board has been churning out decision after decision, many of them reversing precedents from the last 8 years.

As we noted yesterday, the NLRB issued a significant decision that will have far-reaching implications for both unionized and non-unionized workplaces

Things are moving fast and furiously at the NLRB.

The new NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb has been fast at work.

By a vote of 49 to 46, the U.S. Senate confirmed Peter B. Robb as the General Counsel of the NLRB. Mr. Robb, who replaces former General Counsel Richard Griffin, is the 33rd person...