By Edwin S. Hopson
On December 15, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board announced that President Obama has stated his intent to nominate Sharon Block and Richard Griffin as members of the National Labor Relations Board. Currently there are two Members (at the five-member board), two Democrats (one of whom, Craig Becker, is a recess ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On December 8, 2011, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is proposing a new rule that would require federal contractors and subcontractors to set a hiring goal of having 7% of their workforce be people with disabilities, among other requirements. OFCCP is ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On December 9, 2011, NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon in a press release announced that the withdrawal of a charge by the Machinists union against the Boeing Co. over Boeing’s planned opening of a plant in South Carolina to build its large new commercial airliner, has been approved bringing the matter to an end. The ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On December 5, 2011, Holly Rosenkrantz of www.Bloomberg.com reported that the Inspector General of the National Labor Relations Board may have opened an investigation into whether Republican Member, Brian Hayes, received offers or enticements to resign his position on the five-member Board which would cripple the agency ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On November 29, 2011, NLRB Chairman Mark Pearce made public a draft resolution to be voted upon by the Board at its November 30, 2011, public meeting. Pearce also made available an explanation of the resolution. See http://www.nlrb.gov/news/board-chairman-releases-details-election-proposal-wednesday-vote.
According ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
In an article by Holly Rosenkrantz on the Bloomberg Businessweek website dated November 23, 2011, it reported that National Labor Relations Board Member Brian Hayes, the only Republican on the Board, is threatening to resign rather than allow a vote now scheduled for November 30, 2011, on a controversial new rule aimed at speeding ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
In an unusual move, Member Brian Hayes, the only Republican on the National Labor Relations Board, has written a letter to the Chairman of the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee criticizing the other two Democratic Members of the Board for scheduling a meeting on November 30, 2011, at which they will make a decision on ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On November 18, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board announced in a press release that it has scheduled a November 30, 2011, vote on whether to adopt a small number of the amendments to its election procedures that the Board proposed earlier this year.
In mid-June, 2011, the Board issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in which ...
By Glen Krebs
Several lawyers have indicated that clients have received I-9 audit letters. It is estimated that at least 500 employers nationwide will be receiving Notices of Inspection (NOIs) in the coming weeks. The inspections could lead to civil penalties and even criminal indictments.
NOIs will include requests for hiring, payroll ...
By Edwin S. Hopson
On November 1, 2011, Politico.com in an article by Seung Min Kim reported that a draft budget prepared by House Republicans “zeroes in on the National Labor Relations Board, which would see its funding cut by 17 percent, as well as several restrictions related to union elections and organizing activities.” The article noted ...