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Gator in Your Basement? Nope, That’s Just the NLRB Sharpening Its Joint Employer Test

By Todd Lebowitz on March 3, 2020 Posted in National Labor Relations Board

“Be careful as you go down the stairs, officer. An alligator lives in my basement.” Police in Madison Township, Ohio, last week found a 5-foot gator penned in the basement of a family home. The family said that “Alli” was a pet they’ve raised for 25 years, since purchasing him as an adorable little tot … Continue Reading

NLRB Adopts Standard Making it Easier for Employers to Make Unilateral Changes to Working Conditions

By Michael Parente on September 23, 2019 Posted in National Labor Relations Board

Labor Board Ditches the “Clear and Unmistakable Waiver” Standard in Favor of the Employer-Friendly “Contract Coverage” Test 2019 has been the “Summer of Love” for employers at the Trump-administration National Labor Relations Board (“Board” or “NLRB”). Over the past several weeks, the Board has issued a handful of employer-friendly decisions covering issues such as worker … Continue Reading

What Is the State of Joint Employment?

By Todd Lebowitz on October 7, 2018 Posted in Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board

Each January, the President gives a State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. Throughout the speech, as the President touts his agenda and vision, half the audience cheers wildly, while the other half makes frowny faces. All the while, members of the Supreme Court sit stone-faced, internally cheering or wincing but … Continue Reading