Costly missteps in the National Labor Relations Board’s new intake protocol are emerging, as union attorneys report instances where regional offices have thrown out unfair labor practice charges based on technicalities or their own errors.
Maryland would ban employers from mandating that workers attend meetings where management opines on politics, religion, or union membership, under legislation heading to Gov. Wes Moore (D) for his signature.
Immigrants from Ethiopia convinced a Massachusetts federal court to postpone the effective date of the Trump administration’s termination of their Temporary Protected Status, which shields them from deportation.
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The National Labor Relations Board applied the correct legal standard to find that a union properly withdrew from bargaining with an industry group that represents road construction companies operating in Michigan, a federal appeals court ruled.
Littler Mendelson, the largest employer-side labor law firm in the US, created a new top position to steer the firm’s adoption of an internally developed AI tool.
High profile unionization efforts at companies like Amazon and Starbucks have drawn renewed interest in labor laws. In this video, we look at what’s legal and what isn't when a company's employees want to unionize.
Kaiser Permanente Northwest violated a collective bargaining agreement when it terminated an oncology/pharmacy technician without just cause, despite a last chance agreement, as the investigation relied on vague hearsay complaints and lacked due process. Kaiser Permanente Northwest, 2025 BNA LA 333, Arb., S. Scott, 12/15/25
Arbitrator John A. Obee partially sustained and partially denied the grievance brought by the union representing a unit of ambulatory care workers regarding the implementation of contractually required administrative time by the University of Michigan Health System. University of Michigan Health System, Arb., 25-2, J. Obee, 1/21/26
An Alaska federal court partially denied summary judgment to Anchorage on USERRA and contract claims by a firefighter with military service obligations, due to fact questions about denied promotions and remedy exhaustion. Keen v. Mun. of Anchorage, 2026 BL 109652, D. Alaska, 3:25-cv-00162-SLG, 3/30/26
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