By Nelson Cary and Amanda Kuehner on Posted in ElectionsAs this blog previously discussed, the NLRB resumed union elections in April of this year after taking a short COVID-19-related hiatus in March. Thereafter, the NLRB’s General Counsel provided suggested safety protocols for conducting in-person manual elections. Now, the NLRB itself has spoken in its first decision on how to determine whether an election should… Continue Reading
By Nelson Cary and Jesse Meade on Posted in Arbitration,CourtsLast week, the Ohio Supreme Court issued a decision emphasizing the power of an arbitrator to amend an employer’s disciplinary decision where the CBA lacks an express provision limiting the arbitrator’s authority to do so. At issue in the case was the termination of a police officer for the violation of several police department rules,… Continue Reading
By Nelson Cary and Natalie McLaughlin on Posted in SupervisorsDoubling down on its ruling that a tugboat captain isn’t a supervisor, the NLRB again took on a narrow view of who qualifies as a supervisor under the NLRA. In a 2-1 ruling, the NLRB in G4S Government Solutions, Inc., 363 N.L.R.B. No. 113 (Feb. 10, 2016) held that an employer did not meet its… Continue Reading
By Nelson Cary on Posted in Management,NLRBBy Nelson Cary and James Patrick In Alan Ritchey, Inc., the NLRB recently adopted a new rule that will have an immediate impact on any employer attempting to negotiate an initial contract with a newly organized bargaining unit. Specifically, after a union becomes the employees’ bargaining representative, but before the parties have agreed to their first… Continue Reading
