By Edwin S. Hopson
The National Labor Relations Board released its government shutdown contingency plan which is posted on its website at:
It states that “[i]n the event of an ...
By Douglas L. McSwain
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has adopted a new final regulation that extends minimum wage and overtime protections to direct care employees of home care agencies and other third parties. Direct care workers include those who provide essential home care services such as home health aides, personal care aides, and ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On September 18, 2013, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hold an executive session at which it approved by a vote of 13 to 9 the nomination of Richard Griffin to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. It also unanimously approved the nomination of Scott Dahl to be Inspector ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On September 18, 2013, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold an executive session at which it will discuss the nomination of Richard Griffin to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. It will also take up the nominations of Chai Feldblum to serve as a Commissioner of the Equal ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
Previously, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in National Association of Manufacturers et al. v. National Labor Relations Board, et al., __ F.3d __, Civil Nos. 12-5068, 12-5138 (D.C. Cir. 2013), had invalidated the NLRB’s regulation issued in 2011 requiring all employers subject to the National Labor Relations ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
The National Labor Relations Board recently announced that it had consolidated a number of functions together in the newly-created Division of Legal Counsel at its headquarters. The new Division is headed by Associate General Counsel Margery E. Lieber. The three Branches of the Division are:
- The Ethics, Employment and ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On August 13, 2013, U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle of the Western District of Washington, issued an opinion and order in Hooks v. Kitsap Tenant Support Services, Civil No. C13-5470 BHS, 2013 WL 4094344, dismissing an action initiated by the NLRB against the company brought under Section 10(j) of the National Labor ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On August 12, 2013, the National Labor Relations Board announced that, for the first time since August 21, 2003, it has a full complement of five Senate-confirmed Members. The last of four new members, Harry Johnson, III, was sworn in on August 12, 2013. NLRB Chairman Mark Pearce was also confirmed last month to an additional five ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On August 1, 2013, President Obama nominated Richard Griffin to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. Griffin was one of the NLRB recess-appointed Members whose nomination was withdrawn by the President as part of the filibuster deal in mid-July. The other recess-appointed NLRB Member, SharonBlock ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On July 30, 2013, the Senate voted to confirm the President’s recent nominations of Democrats Kent Hirozawa and Nancy Schiffer to be Members of the National Labor Relations Board. Hirozawa is currently Chief Counsel to NLRB Chairman Pearce. Schiffer was most recently Associate General Counsel of the AFL-CIO. The Senate ...