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In Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, 357 N.L.R.B. No. 83, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) addressed whether a petitioned-for unit consisting only of certified nursing assistants (CNAs) was an appropriate collective bargaining unit under the law.

The NLRB has once again taken steps to issue new rules to speed up the union election process. In a press release circulated early today, the Board announced that a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) will appear in the Federal Register on Feb. 6, 2014 setting forth the Board’s latest effort to amend its rules to speed up the Board election process and to eliminate defenses and procedures previously available to employers targeted for union elections.

The Ohio House has proposed a bill designed to protect the privacy of employment applicants, but the bill also could making hiring more cumbersome for employers

Employees returning to work following a hospitalization or illness can present legally nuanced issues, particularly if an employer is considering terminating an employee in close proximity to such a leave.

One of President Biden's first moves when he took office was to fire Peter Robb, then-National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) general counsel. It is still up in the air as to whether the president exceeded his authority, ...

As noted in our previous alert, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals was set to decide whether the 2024 amendment to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act...

I previously wrote about how 13 states have their own mini-WARN Acts that require employers to provide advance notification to employees who will be impacted by a facility closure or mass layoff.

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a long-awaited decision in Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.

The year 2025 marked significant growth in the adoption of "mini-WARN" acts — state statutes that expand upon the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN act).

As of July 31, 2025, Massachusetts will enforce a new pay transparency law, and New Jersey's pay transparency law went into effect on June 1, 2025...

Having a sick newborn in intensive care is a terrifying experience. However, states historically granted no special leave for parents who were experiencing such an ordeal.

Employers have cited several reasons why they might wish to prohibit certain employee off-duty activities. Some employers seek to prohibit off-duty use of tobacco...

There is no federal law requiring paid jury duty leave – in fact, there is no federal law protecting jury duty leave at all. While most states require employers to excuse employees for jury duty, they usually do not require employers to pay employees for this time spent out of work.

Since the end of 2021, we've seen a historic explosion in union election petitions and unfair labor practice (ULP) charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Notwithstanding this further delay of DOJ's title III web accessibility NRPM, the agency continues to enforce requirements for web site accessibility on entities subject to title III, as well as those subject to title II.

A new U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that individuals can waive the right to be members of class actions in arbitration agreements has the potential to dramatically change the balance of power in large scale employment litigation.

In a July 27 opinion that National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Chairman Philip Miscimarra characterized as "absurd," a majority of NLRB members overturned an employee's discharge...