by Josh Scharff | Jun 27, 2017 | NLRB, Social Media, Union Organizing
A few months ago, the Second Circuit considered the case of a catering company server who was fired for posting this comment about his supervisor on Facebook (profanity edited): Bob is such a NASTY MOTHER F[@%#*!] don’t know how to talk to people!!!!!! F[@%#*!] his...
by Josh Scharff | Feb 3, 2017 | Athletes' Unions, Labor Law, NLRB
NLRB General Counsel Richard Griffin formally concluded earlier this week that scholarship football players at private universities and colleges are employees under the National Labor Relations Act, with the rights and protections of that Act. In a General Counsel...
by Mark Gisler | Oct 6, 2016 | Clergy Employment Issues, Labor Law, NLRB, Union Organizing
NLRB Exerts Jurisdiction over Secular Teachers in Church-Operated Schools In two recent cases involving faculty bargaining units at Catholic universities, the NLRB evolved the test for determining whether certain faculty of church-operated schools come within the...
by Jean Marc Favreau | Aug 31, 2016 | Arbitration, Labor Law, NLRB, Remedies
“From the earliest days of the [National Labor Relations] Act, a make-whole remedy for employees injured by unlawful conduct has been a fundamental element of the Board’s remedial approach.”
Goya Foods of Florida, 356 NLRB 1461, 1462 (2011)
by Josh Scharff | Aug 26, 2016 | Labor Law, NLRB, Union Organizing
On August 23, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that graduate students who work as teaching or research assistants at private universities are employees with the right to unionize and collectively bargain. Its decision in Columbia University changes the...
by Josh Scharff | Aug 21, 2014 | joint employer, Labor Law, NLRB, Supreme Court
The National Labor Relations Board has been busy this summer making bold decisions that could have far-reaching implications. The NLRB’s most publicized action this summer occurred on July 29 when the Office of the General Counsel announced that it would treat...