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3 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | Joshua Fox |Michael J Lebowich |Raymond Arroyo
President Trump has nominated Crystal Carey to serve as the nextNational Labor Relations Board General Counsel. The appointment issubject to Senate confirmation. If confirmed, Ms. Carey wouldreplace the current Acting General Counsel William B. Cowen, formerRegional Director in the NLRB's Los Angeles RegionalOffice. The position of General Counsel at the NLRB comes with broaddiscretion to shape the policy of the agency.
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4 weeks ago | 
jdsupra.com | Raymond Arroyo |Joshua Fox |Michael J Lebowich
President Trump has nominated Crystal Carey to serve as the next National Labor Relations Board General Counsel. The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation. If confirmed, Ms. Carey would replace the current Acting General Counsel William B. Cowen, former Regional Director in the NLRB’s Los Angeles Regional Office. The position of General Counsel at the NLRB comes with broad discretion to shape the policy of the agency.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Michael J Lebowich
On December 27, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (“the Third Circuit” or “the court”) vacated a portion of an NLRB (“the Board”) order requiring Starbucks to compensate two allegedly wrongfully terminated employees for “all direct or foreseeable pecuniary harms” resulting from Starbucks’ alleged unfair labor practices (“ULPs”). The Third Circuit held that such a remedy exceeded the Board’s authority under the NLRA.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Michael J Lebowich
On December 11, 2024, the U.S. Senate voted 49-50 against invoking cloture on President Biden’s nomination of Lauren McFerran (Democrat appointee) for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”). As reported here, President Biden also nominated Seyfarth Shaw partner, Joshua Ditelberg (Republican appointee), when he nominated McFerran in May 2024.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Joshua Fox |Delia Karamouzis |Michael J Lebowich
Throwing out 75 Years of precedent in a single decision, on November 13, 2024, in Amazon.com Services LLC, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) the Board overruled the seminal case of Babcock & Wilcox Co., 77 NLRB 577 (1948) and held that, going forward, employers violate the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”) if they require employees “to attend a meeting at which the employer expresses its views on unionization,” commonly known as “captive-audience meetings.” The Board’s...
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Joshua Fox |Michael J Lebowich
[co-author: Delia Karamouzis, Law Clerk]On November 8, 2024, in Siren Retail Corp d/b/a Starbucks, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) ruled that employers may violate the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”) by making statements to workers regarding the impact that unionization would have on the relationship between employees and management, overruling nearly 40 years of NLRB precedent.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Michael J Lebowich
On November 8, 2024, in Siren Retail Corp d/b/a Starbucks, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) ruled that employers may violate the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”) by making statements to workers regarding the impact that unionization would have on the relationship between employees and management, overruling nearly 40 years of NLRB precedent.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Joshua Fox |Jeffrey Horwitz |Michael J Lebowich
On November 4, 2024, Mayor Eric Adams Int. No. 991-C (the “Act”), which establishes a new licensure requirement for hotels to operate in New York City, requiring new staffing, safety, cleanliness and direct employment standards. The stated purpose of the Act, referred to as the “Safe Hotels Act,” is to ensure safety and security at hotels within the City. The Act faced fierce opposition by industry stakeholders and vociferous support by employees and labor unions.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Joshua Fox |Michael J Lebowich |Austin McLeod
On September 6, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law (A6604 / S4982) a bill banning businesses from requiring employees to attend meetings or listen to communications where the “primary purpose” of such meetings or communications is for management to voice its views on certain religious or political matters, including joining a labor organization (“captive audience meetings”). This law goes into effect immediately.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Paul Salvatore |Michael J Lebowich |Joshua Fox |Austin McLeod
On September 6, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul signed into
law (A6604 / S4982) a bill banning businesses from
requiring employees to attend meetings or listen to communications
where the "primary purpose" of such meetings or
communications is for management to voice its views on certain
religious or political matters, including joining a labor
organization ("captive audience meetings"). This
law goes into effect immediately.
