Tag: National Labor Relations Board

On Thursday, the National Labor Relations Board stated that a business can be held liable for workplace law violations at another company only if it has "direct control" over the second businesses' workplace. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Trump labor board nominee vows to protect right to ‘refrain’ from joining union

Sean Higgins · October 4, 2017 11:20 pm

A House panel passed legislation Wednesday that would roll back the National Labor Relations Board's expanded "joint employer" liability standard. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

House panel advances bill reining in NLRB on ‘joint employer’

Sean Higgins · October 4, 2017 5:37 pm

President Trump is close to picking Vermont lawyer Peter Robb to be the next general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, sources indicate. (Wikipedia Commons)

Conservative groups urge Congress to rein in NLRB

Sean Higgins · October 3, 2017 4:01 am

The closely watched employment case involves whether workers can be required as a condition of employment to waive their rights to engage in class-action lawsuits in favor of arbitration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court questions use of arbitration in employment contracts

Sean Higgins · October 2, 2017 10:46 pm

President Trump is close to picking Vermont lawyer Peter Robb to be the next general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, sources indicate. (Wikipedia Commons)

Senate OKs Trump pick for NLRB

Sean Higgins · September 25, 2017 10:16 pm

It is high time for clarity. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

How to keep score on labor issues

Heather Greenaway · September 25, 2017 4:01 am

The Senate has scheduled a Monday confirmation vote for William Emanuel, President Trump's nominee to fill the remaining open seat on the National Labor Relations Board. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Senate to vote on NLRB nominee Monday

Sean Higgins · September 20, 2017 5:16 pm

The hearing concerned legislation called the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, which wouldÂ limit the legal definitionÂ of a joint employer to two or more businesses that have "actual, direct andÂ immediate control" over a groupÂ of workers. (AP Photo)Â

Trump taps management lawyer for top NLRB post

Sean Higgins · September 16, 2017 12:49 am

Philip Miscimarra, chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, said he wants to clear as many cases as possible before his term expires in mid-December. (@Union_Proof /Twitter)

NLRB chief says agency to increase work

Sean Higgins · September 15, 2017 4:38 pm

The NLRB has used an "indirect control" standard to pursue a major labor rights case against McDonald's Corp., among others. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Bill opposing Obama’s ‘joint employer’ expansion slowly gaining bipartisan support

Sean Higgins · September 13, 2017 6:54 pm

Joint employer refers to when one business can be held legally liable for workplace violations at another business. Traditionally, the standard applied when one business had "direct control" of another business' workplace policies, such as a subsidiary. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

Big business attacks Obama-era ‘joint employer’ rule from every angle

Sean Higgins · September 11, 2017 4:01 am

The hearing concerned legislation called the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, which wouldÂ limit the legal definitionÂ of a joint employer to two or more businesses that have "actual, direct andÂ immediate control" over a groupÂ of workers. (AP Photo)Â

Business lawyer said to be Trump candidate to replace NLRB chairman

Sean Higgins · September 8, 2017 10:20 pm