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- Media CoverageSteven Swirsky Quoted in “Companies Aim to Defang the Federal Labor Board. Trump May Help.”2 minute read
- BlogsNew York State’s Retail Worker Safety Act – New Obligations for Retail Workers Coming in 20255 minute read
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- PublicationsCalifornia’s Exploration of the “Right to Disconnect” – What Does it Mean?Winter 20243 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Attorneys Honored for Excellence in the Legal Profession by Best Lawyers 202514 minute read
SpaceX Victory: Court Questions NLRB's Constitutional Authority- BlogsWestern District of Texas Says NLRB Structure Unconstitutional, Issues Injunction Preventing SpaceX Unfair Labor Practice Hearing from Proceeding3 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in “Where to Turn When Portfolio Company Workers Strike”5 minute read
- BlogsChevron Is Overturned, but Stakeholders Need Not Worry5 minute read
- BlogsSupreme Court Overturns Chevron—but for Stakeholders, the Impact Is No Cause for Alarm5 minute read
- BlogsSupreme Court Rules NLRB 10(j) Injunctions Must Meet Higher Preliminary Injunction Standard in Blow to NLRB8 minute read
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SCOTUS Limits Availability of Injunctions in NLRB Unfair Labor Practice Cases
Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Honored for Exceptional Performance in Key Practice Areas by Chambers USA 20245 minute read- Events76th NYU Annual Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Challenges & Opportunities3 minute read
- BlogsOSHA’s New Walkaround Rule Potentially Grants Union Representatives Access to Safety Investigations6 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in “Judge’s Decision Not the End for NLRB’s Joint Employer Efforts, Attorneys Say”5 minute read
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- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in “'Ping-Pong Game' Continues Over NLRB Joint Employer Rule”2 minute read
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2023 Labor and Employment Highlights: Key Legal Developments, Trends, and Insights
- BlogsFifth Circuit Redresses NLRB’s Tesla Decision but the Board Remains Undaunted6 minute read
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Navigating the NLRB’s New Joint-Employer Rule
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- BlogsNLRB Issues Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status, Answering a Major Question No One Asked5 minute read
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- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in “NLRB Adopts Expanded Joint Employer Rule”3 minute read
- EventsWorkforce (re)newed: Epstein Becker Green's 42nd Annual Workforce Management Briefing2 minute read
- Media CoverageSteven Swirsky Quoted in “From NDAs to Overtime Pay, the Federal Government Is Reshaping Employee-Employer Relations”2 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsTwenty-One Attorneys Named to the 2023 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists12 minute read
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How the NLRB's Labor-Friendly Actions Are Affecting Union and Non-Union Employers
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- PublicationsGC Agenda: September 2023 – Labor & Employment6 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Attorneys Recognized by 2024 Best Lawyers for Excellence in the Legal Profession12 minute read
- BlogsInsights into the NLRB’s Stericycle Decision and Its Implications for Employer Handbooks: Navigating Workplace Policy Compliance5 minute read
- BlogsEmployer Handbooks and Policies Will Face More Scrutiny Under Stericycle, Inc. - NLRB Reverses a Prior Reversal5 minute read
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Spilling Secrets: NLRB General Counsel Issues Memo on Non-Competes
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- BlogsBiden NLRB Reverts to Obama Era Independent Contractor Test: Test Previously Rejected by DC Circuit7 minute read
- BlogsSupreme Court Recognizes Employer Right to Damages From Unions When Certain Types of Strike Activity Results in Economic Harm – Court Finds Such Actions Are Not Protected Concerted Activity Under the National Labor Relations Act5 minute read
Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Earns National Recognition and High Rankings in the 2023 Edition of Legal 5003 minute read
Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Recognized for Focused Excellence Across Core Practice Areas in Chambers USA 20235 minute read- BlogsNLRB General Counsel Now Targeting Noncompetes for Nonmanagerial and Nonsupervisory Employees6 minute read
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- BlogsNew Jersey Creates Website to Provide Guidance for Recently Enacted Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights4 minute read
- BlogsRacist, Sexist, and Threatening Behavior Is Fine in the Workplace as Long as You Connect It to Union Activity: The Return of Atlantic Steel6 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in “Investor Proposals Turn Up Heat in Organizing Campaigns”3 minute read
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NLRB Agenda Puts Pressure on Union and Non-Union Employers
- BlogsNLRB GC’s McLaren Macomb Memo Provides Murky and Ominous Guidance on Board’s Prohibitions on Non-Disparagement and Non-Disclosure Provisions11 minute read
- BlogsNon-Clarified - The NLRB GC’s McLaren Macomb Memo Provides Murky and Ominous Guidance on Board’s Prohibitions on Non-Disparagement and Non-Disclosure Provisions11 minute read
- PublicationsNew Jersey Enacts a Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights12 minute read
- BlogsNon-Disparagement, Non-Disclosure, Non-Allowed: The NLRB Finds Unlawful Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Provisions in Severance Agreements6 minute read
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- BlogsNLRB General Counsel Proposes Lower Standard for Requiring Employers to Provide Financial Information5 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsPeter Steinmeyer and Steven Swirsky Named to Thomson Reuters Practical Law’s Labor & Employment Advisory Board3 minute read
- BlogsNLRB General Counsel Seeks to Limit Employers’ Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace, Following the Recent Regulatory Trends4 minute read
- BlogsFollowing the Recent Regulatory Trends, NLRB General Counsel Seeks to Limit Employers’ Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace4 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in “Apple’s Oklahoma City Store Is Second to Unionize after Vote”3 minute read
- BlogsNLRB Offers New Guidance on When It Will Hold an In-Person Election - Replaces Positivity Metric with CDC Tracker6 minute read
- EventsWorkforce (re)calibrated: Epstein Becker Green’s 41st Annual Workforce Management Briefing4 minute read
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- BlogsNo Vax? No Problem. NYC’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Private Employers Will End as of November 1st, 20222 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in “3 Takeaways from the NLRB's Joint Employer Rule Redux”3 minute read
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Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Attorneys Recognized by 2023 Best Lawyers for Excellence in the Legal Profession11 minute read- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in “Starbucks' Election Misconduct Claims Turn Up Heat on NLRB”2 minute read
- BlogsNew York State Tacks on an Extra Year to Its Paid Vaccination Leave Law2 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in “NLRB's $13.3M Damages Bid Is 'Outrageous,' UMWA Says”3 minute read
- PublicationsNLRB GC Pushes to Skip Union Elections by Reinstating Joy Silk Doctrine2 minute read
- EventsPLI: Cross-Border Employment Law 2022—Working with Trade Unions and Works Councils in Multinational Corporations1 minute read
Firm AnnouncementsChambers USA 2022 Recognizes Epstein Becker Green's Focused Excellence in Core Practice Areas: Distinguished in Healthcare, Labor & Employment, and Litigation4 minute read- BlogsNLRB General Counsel Urges Labor Board to Expand Prohibition on “Captive Audience” Meetings and Employers’ Right to Present Their Views on Unionization5 minute read
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- BlogsEpstein Becker Green Submits Comment Arguing Against Continuing Inefficient and Ineffective Remote NLRB Hearings1 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in “Starbucks Union Seeks Results as Campaign Goes National”3 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in “Union Membership Dips in 2021 as Jobs Return”2 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted on Starbucks Unionization in The New York Times2 minute read
- BlogsSupreme Court Blocks OSHA Vax-or-Test ETS for Large Employers, Allows CMS Health Care Vax Rule6 minute read
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- BlogsCDC Shortens Recommended COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Periods3 minute read
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Year in Review and a Look Ahead to 2022
- PublicationsSixth Circuit Lifts Injunction on OSHA’s COVID-19 ETS—New Enforcement Deadlines Announced10 minute read
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- BlogsNew York DOL Issues FAQs on Recreational Cannabis – Guidance for Employers7 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsFifteen Epstein Becker Green Attorneys Named to 2021 New York Super Lawyers List8 minute read
- PublicationsAll New York HERO Act Safety Plans Must Be Placed Into Effect: New Guidance Issued11 minute read
- BlogsNLRB General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo Issues “Mandatory Submissions to Advice” and “Utilization of Section 10(j) Proceedings” Memos, Outlining Her Priorities and Enforcement Agenda19 minute read
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- EventsThe PRO Act: What Employers Need to Know4 minute read
- Media CoverageSteven Swirsky Quoted in “Quick Confirmations Set Up Early NLRB Policy Shift”3 minute read
- Media CoverageEpstein Becker Green Article on Jennifer Abruzzo’s Nomination as NLRB Counsel Featured in “Top 10 in Law Blogs” Roundup2 minute read
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How the PRO Act Could Change Labor Law, NY HERO Act Safety Plans
- BlogsSenate Confirms Biden Nominee Jennifer Abruzzo as NLRB General Counsel, Paving Way for Pro-Union Shift8 minute read
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- PublicationsNew York HERO Act Amendments Signed Into Law7 minute read
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- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in "NLRB Mail-Ballot Solicitation Decision Sets New Ground Rules"3 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in "NLRB Mail-Ballot Solicitation Decision Sets New Ground Rules"3 minute read
- BlogsNew York Hero Act Amendments Await Governor’s Signature2 minute read
- BlogsNew York Hero Act Amendments Passed and Sent to Governor for Signature6 minute read
- PublicationsNLRB General Counsel Reveals Intent to Expand Section 7 Protections13 minute read
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Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green’s Focused Excellence Lauded by Chambers USA in 2021 Edition of Leading Law Firms and Attorneys3 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in “White House's Union Organizing Team Draws Mixed Reactions”3 minute read
- PublicationsGovernor Cuomo Signs "First in the Nation" HERO Act, Placing Significant Workplace Health and Safety Obligations on All New York Employers17 minute read
- Media CoverageSteven Swirsky Quoted in “Unions Organizing on Zoom Catch Employers by Surprise”3 minute read
- EventsTrade Agreements, Trade Barriers and Trade Wars: What Do They Mean for Workers?1 minute read
- Media CoverageSteven Swirsky Interviewed on Legal Talk TodayPodcast: “Big Fraud vs. Your Taxes!”2 minute read
- BlogsNLRB General Counsel Reveals Intent to Expand Section 7 Protections12 minute read
- PublicationsNew York Legalizes Recreational Cannabis for Adults10 minute read
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- BlogsCollective Bargaining Agreements and COVID-19 Paid Time for Vaccination2 minute read
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Labor Management Relations Under President Biden
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- Firm AnnouncementsSeventeen Attorneys Named to 2020 New York Super Lawyers List8 minute read
- PublicationsNavigating Symptom Checker Applications, Privacy Concerns, and Workplace Discrimination; Considerations for Best Practices2 minute read
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- PublicationsQuestions Remain After IRS Issues Initial Guidance on Temporary Deferral of Employee Payroll Tax Obligations13 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsFifty-Five Epstein Becker Green Attorneys Recognized for Professional Excellence–Two Attorneys Distinguished as “Lawyer of the Year”–by The Best Lawyers in America 20217 minute read
- PublicationsFederal Court's Rejection of Some DOL FFCRA Rules May Affect Your Pandemic Leave Policies14 minute read
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- PublicationsTie Goes to the Employer: NLRB Overrules Past Precedent Regarding Dual-Marked Ballots4 minute read
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- Media CoverageAdam Abrahms, Steve Swirsky Quoted in "NLRB Says 'Dual-Marked' Union Election Ballots Are Void"3 minute read
- BlogsTie Goes to the Employer: National Labor Relations Board Overrules Past Precedent Regarding Dual-Marked Ballots7 minute read
- PublicationsThe Employment Law Review (11th Edition)2 minute read
- EventsNational HR in Hospitality Conference: Innovative Approaches to the Ever-Expanding Federal, State, and Local Employment Laws and Regulations2 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green’s Focused Excellence in Health Care and Workforce Management Recognized in 2020 Edition of Chambers USA3 minute read
- Publications3 Models to Balance the Labor Market Amid the Pandemic2 minute read
- BlogsNLRB Ends Suspension of Union Representation Elections4 minute read
- BlogsNLRB Finalizes Three Amendments to Election Procedures, Continuing Rulemaking Agenda8 minute read
- Media CoverageEpstein Becker Green Article "Shhh – CARES Act Hush Money Loans Require Desperate Employers Not to Oppose Unionization" Featured in FlashReport2 minute read
- PublicationsNLRB Issues Guidance on the Duty to Bargain During a Pandemic and Other Emergency Situations7 minute read
- BlogsNLRB Issues Guidance on When Duty to Bargain May Be Suspended During COVID-19 Pandemic1 minute read
- BlogsNLRB Issues Guidance on When Duty to Bargain May Be Suspended During COVID-19 Pandemic1 minute read
- BlogsShhh - CARES Act Hush Money Loans Require Desperate Employers Not to Oppose Unionization8 minute read
- BlogsNLRB Postpones All Elections Indefinitely and Seriously Limits Other Agency Operations: The Status of NLRB Operations in the Face of COVID-193 minute read
- BlogsCoronavirus Considerations for Employers with a Unionized Workforce6 minute read
- BlogsHealth Care Employers: How to Prepare for the Impact of COVID-19 on Your Workforce8 minute read
- PublicationsNew York State and City Issue COVID-19 Guidance on Monitoring, Quarantines, and Testing13 minute read
- PublicationsResponding to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak: Update on Best Practices for Employers16 minute read
- BlogsTipping the Scales: New York Reduces the UI Waiting Period for Striking Workers5 minute read
- BlogsCoronavirus (COVID-19): Update on Best Practices for Employers2 minute read
- BlogsNew NLRB Rule Defining Joint-Employer Status to Take Effect3 minute read
- PublicationsResponding to the Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Outbreak: Best Practices for Employers18 minute read
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#BigIdeas2020: NLRB’s Actions Impact Employers in 2020
- BlogsNLRB Reverses Position on Confidentiality Concerning Workplace Investigations – Holds That Confidentiality Requirements Are Presumptively Lawful3 minute read
- BlogsNLRB Issues Proposed Rule to Scale Back 2014 Expedited Election Rules4 minute read
- BlogsNLRB's General Counsel Signals Major Shift in Neutrality Agreement Between Employers and Unions Seeking to Organize Their Employees5 minute read
- BlogsNLRB Adds New Three-Part Test to Standard for Evaluating Appropriateness of Bargaining Units7 minute read
- EventsCulture + Compliance + Innovation = HR and Legal's Formula for Tomorrow's Workforce: Epstein Becker Green's 38th Annual Workforce Management Briefing3 minute read
- PublicationsCafeteria Solicitation and Eliminating the Public Space Exception Under NLRB Case Law2 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsForty-Seven Epstein Becker Green Attorneys Named by The Best Lawyers in America 2020, One Attorney Distinguished as "Lawyer of the Year"5 minute read
- BlogsNevada Becomes First State to Prohibit Rejection of Applicants Testing Positive for Marijuana5 minute read
- Media CoverageHospitality Labor and Employment Law Blog Post Cited in "Proposal to Revise the Joint Employer Standard Under the Fair Labor Standards Act"2 minute read
- PublicationsThe Clarity Project: The U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Guidance on the Joint Employer Standard2 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in "NLRB Counsel Holds Uber Drivers Are Independent Contractors"2 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Recognized as Top-Tier Law Firm by The Legal 500 United States, Receives Additional High Rankings4 minute read
- BlogsNLRB Announces Plans for Further Rulemaking: Election Rules, Union Access to Employer Property, Question of Whether Student Athletes on Scholarship Are Employees, and More7 minute read
- BlogsNLRB General Counsel Concludes That Drivers Using the Uber App Are Independent Contractors, Not Employees4 minute read
- BlogsNYC Bill Banning Pre-Employment Marijuana Drug Testing Becomes Law2 minute read
- EventsABA Midyear Meeting: The Gig Economy - How Labor and Employment Law Is Adapting to the New Worker1 minute read
- BlogsDOL Endorses Independent Contractor Status in the Gig Economy8 minute read
- BlogsDOL Endorses Independent Contractor Status in the Gig Economy8 minute read
- EventsCanna-business as Usual? A Guide to Approaching Marijuana in the Workplace2 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Recognized Among Leading Law Firms and Attorneys in 2019 Edition of Chambers USA4 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in "NPM Is Not Particularly Magnanimous? Staff Fired After Trying to Unionize – Complaints"3 minute read
- Media CoverageAdvisory on NYC Pre-Employment Drug Testing Featured in SIA (Staffing Industry Analysts)2 minute read
- PublicationsNYC Passes Bill to Ban Pre-Employment Marijuana Drug Testing8 minute read
- BlogsDOL Joins NLRB in Proposing a New Rule to Determine Joint Employer Status – DOL Rule Would Apply to FLSA3 minute read
- BlogsDOL Proposes New Rule to Determine Joint Employer Status Under the FLSA7 minute read
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DOL Proposes New Joint-Employer Rule
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in "Volkswagen Workers Make New Run at Unionizing Tenn. Plant"3 minute read
- EventsNYU Law: German-Style Work Councils in the United States - the Volkswagen U.S. Experience1 minute read
- PublicationsNew Jersey Becomes First State to Require Employers to Offer Pre-Tax Transportation Fringe Benefits8 minute read
- PublicationsThe Future of Work: Five Developing Trends for Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Employers9 minute read
- BlogsNLRB Replaces Its Test for Distinguishing Between Employees and Independent Contractors – Returns to Pre-2014 Common Law Based Test7 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in "Educate Managers About Union Access-to-Premises Rules"1 minute read
- Media CoverageAdam Abrahms, Steve Swirsky Quoted in "Deauthorize, Don't Decertify"2 minute read
- EventsBoardrooms on Edge: HR's Role in Protecting Your Brand's Reputation - Epstein Becker Green's 37th Annual Workforce Management Briefing7 minute read
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Employment Law This Week®: SCOTUS October Term, NLRB’s Shifting Priorities, Uber Wins Ruling, NYS Sexual Harassment Laws
- PublicationsEmployers Must Use Updated FCRA Notice of Rights Beginning September 218 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in "Hospitals Expected to Benefit from Joint Employer Proposal"3 minute read
- BlogsNLRB Proposed Rule Will Redefine Joint-Employer Status –Rule Will Overrule Browning-Ferris and Require “Direct and Immediate Control”5 minute read
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Breaking News – NLRB Proposes Change to Test for Determining Joint-Employer Status
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in "NLRB Opts for Rulemaking to Craft Joint Employer Test"3 minute read
- PublicationsNew York State Provides Draft Anti-Sexual Harassment Materials for Employers16 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America 2019 and Four Attorneys Named "Lawyer of the Year"5 minute read
- BlogsNLRB Implements Changes to Case Processing - Announces Early Retirement and Voluntary Separation Programs for Professional Staff7 minute read
- BlogsNew York City Temporary Schedule Change Law Impact Employers with Collective Bargaining Agreements – Express Waiver and “Comparable Benefits” Language Will Need To Be Negotiated For Contracts Covering Persons Employed In New York City5 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in "Workers Looking to Disband Unions Get a Hand"2 minute read
- PublicationsNew York City’s Temporary Schedule Change Law: Newly Released Information and Resources13 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in "New Rules for Employee E-Mail Use? Labor Board Wants Input"2 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in "Kavanaugh Sided with Trump Casino in 2012 to Thwart Union Drive"2 minute read
- BlogsDOL Rescinds 2016 Persuader Rule – Returns to Long Standing Definition of “Advice Exemption”4 minute read
- PublicationsInside the NLRB's General Counsel Memo on Boeing2 minute read
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- BlogsSupreme Court Holds Requiring Public Sector Employees to Pay Representation Fees Is Unconstitutional – Violates Government Employees’ First Amendment Rights6 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in "Marriott, Other Hotel Deals to Follow Vegas Pattern, Union Says"3 minute read
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Employment Law This Week®: Arbitration Agreement Enforcement, Maryland’s #MeToo Legislation, California’s National Origin Regulations
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in "Musk's Stock-Option Tweet May Invite U.S. Labor Board Complaint"2 minute read
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Supreme Court Says Employers Can Require Class Action Waivers: An Interview with Steve Swirsky
- BlogsSupreme Court Gives Employers “Epic” Win: Upholding Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements and Rejecting Obama NLRB5 minute read
- Media CoverageSteven Swirsky Quoted in "Hazy Recusal Standard Confronts Fully Stocked NLRB"2 minute read
- BlogsSenate Confirms John Ring to Restore Full Five-Member Board2 minute read
- Media CoverageSteven Swirsky Quoted in "NLRB Joint Employer Test Still in Limbo Despite New Member"3 minute read
- Media CoverageSteven Swirsky Quoted in "Labor Board Workers Tell Congress Budget Cuts Go Too Far"2 minute read
- PublicationsInside the High Court's Take on Interpreting CBAs2 minute read
- EventsNational HR in Hospitality Conference: NLRB Update - What Happened? What Next?1 minute read
- BlogsNLRB Reinstates Browning-Ferris Joint-Employer Standard . . . For Now5 minute read
- BlogsThe Supreme Court Holds That Federal Courts Must Interpret Collective Bargaining Agreements in Accordance with “Ordinary Contract Principles;” Rejects So-Called “Yard-Man” Inferences4 minute read
- BlogsIs the NLRB’s General Counsel Planning to “Reorganize” the Labor Board’s Regional Directors and Field Offices?6 minute read
- Publications2017 Was a Year of Change at the NLRB – but 2018 Promises Even Greater Changes31 minute read
- Media CoverageSteven Swirsky Quoted in "Trump Appointee Is Trying to Squelch Us, Labor Board Staff Says"2 minute read
- BlogsPresident to Nominate Management Labor Lawyer John Ring to NLRB7 minute read
- Media CoverageManagement Memo Blog Post Featured in POLITICO Morning Shift: "NLRB and Confidentiality"1 minute read
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Change Comes Swiftly at the NLRB: An Interview with Steve Swirsky
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Employment Law This Week®: Changes at the NLRB, New Tax Bill, EEOC Wellness Rules, New California Laws
- BlogsNLRB Board Members Signal Intention to Reconsider Board Law on Confidentiality of Settlement Agreements and to Modify the Board’s Blocking Charge “Rule”6 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in "A Return to 'Common Sense'? A Recap of the NLRB's Sweeping Changes So Far"2 minute read
- BlogsTRUMP NLRB STRIKES BACK: NLRB Restores Balance to Labor Relations – Overturning Divisive Obama Board Micro-Unit and Unilateral Change Decisions9 minute read
- BlogsNLRB Reverses Key Rulings: New Test for Determining Whether Handbooks, Rules and Policies Violate the NLRA and Return to Pre-Obama Board Test for Deciding Joint-Employer Status and – Assessment of 2014 Expedited Election Rules and Future Changes Also Announced7 minute read
- BlogsNLRB General Counsel Peter Robb Issues “Mandatory Submissions to Advice Memo,” Outlining His Approach and Identifying Direction to Come11 minute read
- Media CoverageAdvisory on New York DOL Employee Scheduling Regulations Featured in Practical Law2 minute read
- PublicationsNew York State Department of Labor Proposes Regulations on Employee Scheduling12 minute read
- BlogsTrump Nominee Peter Robb Confirmed as NLRB General Counsel2 minute read
- PublicationsEighth Circuit Wades into Meaning of "Unlawful Object" in Law Prohibiting Secondary Boycotts – What If the Primary Employer Is No Longer in Business?2 minute read
- Media CoverageSteven Swirsky Featured in "Member Spotlight" by ABA's Section of Labor and Employment Law2 minute read
- Media CoverageSteven Swirsky Quoted in "Nissan Accused of Snooping in Labor's Latest Fight for the South"2 minute read
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Authorities Wrestle with the Definition of "Employee": An Interview with Steve Swirsky
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Employment Law This Week®: Special "Wage and Hour" Edition
- EventsManaging Workforce Compliance in an Unpredictable World: Epstein Becker Green's 36th Annual Workforce Management Briefing9 minute read
- Media CoverageSteven Swirsky Quoted in "GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News of the Week"2 minute read
- Media CoverageSteve Swirsky Quoted in "3 Questions Facing Employers as DACA Dissolves"2 minute read
- BlogsNLRB Acknowledges Employers’ Rights to Maintain the Confidentiality of Customer Information6 minute read
- BlogsDC Circuit Rejects Challenge to NLRB Specialty Healthcare “Micro Bargaining Unit” Holdings6 minute read
- Media CoverageSteven Swirsky Quoted in "How to Handle Workforce Hate After Charlottesville"1 minute read
- Firm Announcements38 Epstein Becker Green Attorneys Selected for The Best Lawyers in America 2018, One Honored as "Lawyer of the Year"5 minute read
- PublicationsAdvisory by Adam Abrahms, Steven Swirsky Featured in "In Focus: NLRB Chairman Miscimarra Will Step Down in December"2 minute read
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