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June 28, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overrule a decades-old judicial deference doctrine may cause the "eternal fog of uncertainty" surrounding federal agency actions to dissipate and level the playing field in challenges of government policies, but lawyers warn it raises new questions over what rules courts must follow and how judges will implement them.
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June 28, 2024
A clause in a firefighters union's collective bargaining agreement that permits taking paid leave for negotiations does not violate the Lone Star state's constitution, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday while reversing an award of attorney fees and sanctions against some of the plaintiffs.
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June 28, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court's opinion Friday ending its practice of deferring to agencies' legal interpretations cuts back on but doesn't curb the deference courts have historically given the National Labor Relations Board, though just how much the courts will second-guess the board's policy choices remains to be seen.
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June 28, 2024
A U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's reliance on in-house courts spares the National Labor Relations Board's similar administrative system for now, but leaves the door open to future challenges to how the board operates, experts said.
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June 28, 2024
Claims that an oil pipeline operator wrongfully fired an employee should go before a jury, not the National Labor Relations Board, the company argued in a new lawsuit in Texas federal court, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's rebuke of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house court.
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June 28, 2024
U.S. Marshals should take the owner of a construction company into custody for his noncompliance with court orders over subpoenas, the National Labor Relations Board told a Delaware federal judge, calling for more stringent measures and thousands of dollars in fines.
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June 28, 2024
Tesla Inc. laid off approximately 14,000 employees without giving them a fair warning required under both federal and California law, a former parts advisor alleges in a putative class action seeking back pay and penalties on the automotive company.
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June 28, 2024
An Illinois sprinkler installer that faked its shutdown to avoid working with employees' new union should have to pay workers for the lost opportunity to bargain, the union told the National Labor Relations Board, urging it to impose stronger remedies after ruling in the union's favor.
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June 28, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned a decades-old precedent that instructed judges about when they could defer to federal agencies' interpretations of law in rulemaking, depriving courts of a commonly used analytic tool and leaving lots of questions about what comes next.
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June 27, 2024
Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. on Thursday agreed to pay a combined $175 million and provide drivers with a suite of benefits to settle an employee classification lawsuit brought by the state of Massachusetts.
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June 27, 2024
Starbucks violated federal labor law when it suspended employees who presented demands for a raise to their manager at a South Carolina cafe, National Labor Relations Board prosecutors told an agency judge, but the coffee chain claims the manager "was targeted by partners in a workplace violence event."
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June 27, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board's first application of a restored standard shielding workers from punishment when they mouth off to bosses during workplace protests demonstrates the strength of the so-called loss-of-protection standards, particularly in the hands of worker-friendly decision-makers, experts say.
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June 27, 2024
A D.C. Circuit panel's holding that the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act could compel a letter carriers union to publish a union officer candidate's advertisement in its magazine sets a dangerous precedent, the union argued Thursday, urging the full D.C. Circuit to undo the panel's ruling.
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June 27, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor told a Texas federal court it included a minimum salary aspect in executive, administrative or professional rules since the Fair Labor Standards Act's inception, arguing a marketing firm doesn't have the basis to halt a final overtime rule.
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June 27, 2024
Workers have formed a staff union at 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, with the National Labor Relations Board certifying the bargaining unit after a campaign that included unfair labor practice claims accusing the union employer of illegally firing an organizer.
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June 27, 2024
A Pennsylvania federal judge has rejected former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 business manager John Dougherty's request to postpone his sentencing for his bribery and embezzlement convictions ahead of the government possibly retrying him on extortion charges following an April mistrial.
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June 27, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board correctly ordered a Cincinnati painting contractor to comply with a union contract despite its claims it had withdrawn from the employer association involved before union members ratified the pact, the AFL-CIO argued, urging the agency to stick by its decision after an appeal.
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June 26, 2024
A retail telecommunications company violated federal labor law by having severance agreements with overly broad provisions that bar employees from making negative comments about the business or discussing the accords, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled Wednesday.
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June 26, 2024
Lieutenants and captains employed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's contracted security firm cannot vote on union representation, a National Labor Relations Board official held Wednesday, saying the workers are union-ineligible supervisors.
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June 26, 2024
Brian Burrows, formerly the president of Philadelphia's International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98, has been sentenced to four years of prison and three years of probation for his role in an embezzlement scheme alongside fellow union exec John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
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June 26, 2024
An International Union of Operating Engineers local asked a Texas federal judge to reconsider his decision nixing an arbitration award that ordered a chemical manufacturer to rehire a worker who claimed a union steward shared confidential information, arguing that the court relied on an inapplicable Fifth Circuit precedent.
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June 26, 2024
The electric car manufacturer Lucid urged an Arizona federal judge to deny a National Labor Relations Board official's bid for an injunction to make it rehire two fired union supporters, saying the regional director can't show anti-union bias was behind the terminations.
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June 26, 2024
A barge company urged an Alaska federal judge to reject work preservation arguments from International Longshore and Warehouse Union affiliates, telling the court that the union pursued a grievance over cargo handling work that illegally disrupted the company's business.
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June 26, 2024
Fifteen employees of the Wilmington, Delaware, music venue The Queen may vote on representation by an International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees local in July, a National Labor Relations Board official said, finding the workers are union-eligible.
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June 25, 2024
An Illinois plumbing and fire suppression company violated its settlement with a Plumbers local when it stopped recognizing the union and bargaining for a first contract, a split National Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday, ordering the company to resume negotiations if the union wishes.