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The Ruprecht Co. and UNITE HERE Local 1 - "Respondent violated the Act by unilaterally transferring bargaining unit work to temporary employment agency employees, unilaterally enrolling in E-Verify, dealing directly with bargaining unit employees...

On January 28, 2014, players on the Northwestern University football team filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") seeking union representation. The petition is the first of its kind and, if successful, the Northwestern...

Napolitano Resigns as Secretary of Homeland Security On July 12, 2013, Janet Napolitano announced her resignation as Secretary of Homeland Security, a position she has held since the start of the Obama administration. Napolitano will remain in her...

H-2B Interim Final Rule Expected in April | On March 4, 2015, the federal district court in the Northern District of Florida vacated the Department of Labor's (DOL) 2008 H-2B regulations on the ground that the DOL lacks authority under the INA...

Napolitano Resigns as Secretary of Homeland Security On July 12, 2013, Janet Napolitano announced her resignation as Secretary of Homeland Security, a position she has held since the start of the Obama administration. Napolitano will remain in her...

Nina Agrawal, L.A. Times, Mar. 14, 2018 - "The company that provides the vast majority of interpreters in immigration courts nationwide illegally retaliated against some of them for organizing and must offer them reinstatement and back pay, a judge...

by Jeffrey E. Jamison The Supreme Court surprised no one late in June when it agreed to wade into the controversy over President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board and, by extension, Richard Cordray’s appointment...

Written by the attorneys of Littler's Class Action Practice Group, Employment Law Class Actions provides a comprehensive review of the strategic, procedural and legal issues that arise in such matters. The Second Edition includes an extensive expansion...

Our colleague Brandon Dhande posted a great article on our sister blog - HR Law Matters - about the National Labor Relations Board's latest guidance on social media policies. There are certain things that employers just can't do in terms of restricting...

"A kosher food product wholesaler in New York has agreed to settle a long-running NLRB case by paying $186,000 to former employees who lost their jobs in the midst of a union organizing campaign. The settlement culminates a lengthy effort...

"The National Labor Relations Board has ordered a New York City bakery to give back jobs to several undocumented immigrants it axed over a decade ago for participating in protected labor activities, provided they can show they are allowed to work...

"The Justice Department announced today that the Civil Rights Division’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Labor Relations...

"The decision in Flaum instructs that the Board will not allow a respondent to use Board processes to launch a fishing expedition aimed at discovering unanticipated evidence that might mitigate its backpay liability under Hoffman Plastics."...

"The NLRA protects all employees covered by the Act regardless of immigration status; however, immigration status issues may affect remedies and present certain obstacles for enforcing the Act. This memorandum provides updated procedures that will...

During my appearance on The Sound of Ideas to discuss social media in the workplace , NLRB General Counsel Lafe Solomon made an interesting point about the accessibility of employees' social media by employers. The question arose as to whether employees...