Tag: National Labor Relations Board

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

Labor board expands contractors’ liability for subcontractors’ actions

Sean Higgins · August 27, 2015 7:17 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

NLRB not looking out for workers’ rights

Hector Barreto · August 20, 2015 4:01 am

This May 7, 2014 file photo shows Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Kline applauds labor board rejecting student athlete case

Sean Higgins · August 17, 2015 8:14 pm

Northwestern football players are reflected in a helmet during drills at practice at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, in Kenosha, Wi. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

NCAA applauds rejection of Northwestern players’ union bid

Sean Higgins · August 17, 2015 7:47 pm

Lamar Alexander said the NLRB should have been more definitive in defining the college athletes as students, not workers. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Top labor Republican says NLRB ruling fell short

Susan Ferrechio · August 17, 2015 6:27 pm

The National Labor Relations Board rejected a bid by football players at Northwestern University to form a union. (AP Photo)Â

College players’ bid for labor union rejected

Sean Higgins · August 17, 2015 4:34 pm

The issue arose when a complaint last year named the McDonald's Corp. as a "joint employer" with its local franchises, a new and unusual interpretation of ownership. (AP)

Hotels, restaurants seek cover from Congress on NLRB ruling

Sean Higgins · August 15, 2015 4:01 am

People listen during a get out the vote rally put on by local unions and Democratic politicians on the grounds of the Jackson Memorial hospital on October 18, 2010 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Business struggles against ‘quickie’ union election rule

Sean Higgins · August 12, 2015 10:47 pm

Lafe Solomon, the acting general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, testifies during a U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform field hearing on an NLRB complaint against Boeing Co. on Friday, June 17, 2011, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

Courts keep ruling Obama labor officials serve illegally

Sean Higgins · August 11, 2015 4:01 am

McConnell recommends for the lead counsel in the Supreme Court case against Obama's recess appointments.Â (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Will critic of labor board get appointment to serve on it?

Sean Higgins · August 7, 2015 4:01 am

Lauren McGarity McFerran was approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Tuesday to be the newest member of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency that enforces labor law. (AP Photo)

Labor board: Employer cannot say union could hurt business

Sean Higgins · August 6, 2015 4:01 am

Chicago school teachers picket outside Wells High School on September 10, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Court backs labor board on speedy election rule

Sean Higgins · July 30, 2015 6:45 pm