Court case gives edge to employers over displays of union insignia
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 04, 2023
An employer may prohibit employees from wearing union insignias on their uniforms, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, in a reversal of a previous decision from the National Labor Relations...
Business briefs, June 25
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 25, 2024
Social Security updates occupations list used in disability evaluation process … Far right could ‘neuter’ unionization efforts, group says … Fitch Ratings upgrades Masonicare to A-; outlook stable...
Americans’ favorable feelings toward unions hits highest point since 1965
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 06, 2022
After witnessing a surge in union activity among long-term care workers this summer, operators may not be surprised to learn that Americans’ support of labor unions has hit its highest point since 1965.
NLRB decision should cue employer vigilance for labor rights violations, counsel says
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 30, 2023
A new National Labor Relations Board decision may make it easier to show that an employer has retaliated against employees for participating in union or other legally protected activities, according to...
Labor board proposes more changes to union elections
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John O'Connor
Aug 13, 2019
The National Labor Relations Board is proposing several changes that are intended to make it easier for workers to remove a labor union representing a bargaining unit.
LTC unions urge CDC to revise masking guidance for vaccinated individuals to protect workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 21, 2021
Unions representing registered nurses and others who work in long-term care are urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reconsider its May 13 guidance on mask-wearing and social distancing...
Union dues issue back in spotlight as Supreme Court schedules conference in case
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 19, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court could revisit the case barring public-sector unions from collecting fees from nonmembers without their explicit consent in a case that could determine whether public employees will...
Court says public-sector unions can’t force employees to pay dues
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 12, 2023
A public-sector union may not deny a worker’s request to stop paying union dues, according to a recent ruling from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in New Jersey. To do so is a violation of the employee’s...
Comments open on overtime proposal, update issued on joint-employer proposal
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 25, 2019
May 21 is the deadline to submit comments about the Labor Department’s proposed overtime pay rule, the department announced Friday, the same day National Labor Relations Board Chairman John Ring released...
Court sets aside parts of NLRB union election rule
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 18, 2023
The US District Court of Appeals for Washington, DC, in a 2-1 split-decision ruling on Tuesday, rejected parts of a Trump-era National Labor Relations Board rule meant to slow the union election process.