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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is facing union claims that it plans to violate an injunction and its collective bargaining agreement. The American Federation of Government Employees alleges that the VA intends to stop honoring its union contract when the agreement expires August 8, despite a federal court order requiring continued compliance. The dispute […]

A D.C. Circuit ruling this week rejected a National Labor Relations Board policy under a narrow reading of the deference courts owe the agency’s legal interpretations. The decision potentially leaves the board’s doctrines vulnerable to challenges in the appellate court most directly charged with reviewing NLRB decisions. The ruling signals skepticism toward agency authority. The

The Second Circuit has backed nurses in a staffing dispute against a contractor providing healthcare staffing services. The court found that the employer unlawfully refused to hire workers who were union members or had union sympathies. The decision reinforces protections for workers seeking to join unions and creates exposure for employers—including construction contractors who provide

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted Tuesday to publish a proposal to abandon decades-old requirements that employers report their workplace demographics. The move represents a significant step closer to rescinding disclosure mandates that have governed equal employment practices for generations. The proposal has sparked contentious debate between business groups and civil rights advocates. Background

The clock is ticking for Congress to avoid another quorum lapse at the National Labor Relations Board. The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmed the president’s nominees to two NLRB seats Wednesday with only a few weeks before the current Board members’ terms expire. The development highlights the critical importance of timely

The Sixth Circuit has declined to reconsider its decision finding that a Midwest paving and road construction company unlawfully locked out workers during bargaining negotiations. The refusal to rehear the case means the panel’s ruling stands, and the company must now contend with NLRB remedies requiring it to make workers whole for lost wages. The

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has delivered a significant ruling limiting the scope of arbitration provisions in collective bargaining agreements. The court determined that general references to the American Arbitration Association’s Labor Arbitration Rules do not constitute a “clear and unmistakable delegation” of authority to arbitrators to decide statutory wage claims for former bargaining

The National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel has issued a significant memo that signals a major shift in how the agency views noncompete provisions in employment agreements. The memo concludes that noncompete clauses do not, as a general matter, violate employees’ rights under federal labor law—a position that reverses years of aggressive enforcement under the

Amazon appears to have strategically provoked a National Labor Relations Board decision this week that could become a pivotal test case challenging one of the NLRB’s most significant labor law policies. An NLRB administrative judge ordered Amazon to bargain with the Teamsters at a San Francisco delivery facility—a ruling that may give the board’s Republican-dominated

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision this week that fundamentally reshapes the structural independence of the National Labor Relations Board. The justices ruled that the president can freely fire members of independent agency panels like the NLRB, even when Congress has enacted statutes attempting to impose “for cause” protections. The decision holds significant