NLRB Wrongly Classified Supervisors Into Unit, Fifth Cir. Says

A legal support company is no longer required to recognize and bargain with its workers’ union after a federal appeals court ruled that some members of the bargaining unit should be considered supervisors who aren’t protected by federal labor law.

The National Labor Relations Board improperly certified an election at Hudson Institute of Process Research Inc. by ruling that a project management system performed the workers’ supervisory duties, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held Wednesday.

Employees at Hudson, a legal staffing company that helps employers obtain work visas, petitioned to unionize with the United Electrical, ...