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NLRB Strikes Blow Against Bans on Class Action Arbitrations

January 29th, 2012
The National Labor Relations Board recently ruled in favor of both union and non-union private sector employees on a significant issue concerning workplace litigation. At issue were mandatory arbitration agreements signed upon employment that force e… Read More
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Categories: General News, Judicial Decisions
Tags: Arbitration, Arbitration Agreement, Class Actions, Collective Actions, Concerted Activity, Labor and Employment, NLRA, NLRB, Union

Fourth Circuit Affirms Protected Concerted Activity Claim

November 3rd, 2011
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided NLRB v. White Oak Manor, a case involving an employee’s protected concerted activity, ruling in favor of the NLRB who sought to enforce an order in favor of the employee. The employee, who wa… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Appeals, Case Commentary, Concerted Activity, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment, NLRA, NLRB, Retaliation

Supreme Court Rules on 2-Member Labor Board and Workplace Privacy

June 19th, 2010
[Two labor and employment decisions were released by the U.S. Supreme Court this past week. In the first, City of Ontario v. Quon, the Court unanimously held (with Scalia concurring separately) that the government employer’s search of employee… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Case Commentary, Fourth Amendment, Labor and Employment, Labor Board, NLRA, NLRB, Text Messages, Unions, US Supreme Court, Workplace Privacy

Fourth Circuit Upholds Labor Arbitration Decision and Two-Member NLRB Decision

December 7th, 2009
The Fourth Circuit has recently published two labor law opinions, the first concerning whether an arbitrator exceeding his authority in resolving a grievance, and the second concerning whether to uphold a decision of the two-member National Labor Rel… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Arbitration, Case Commentary, Fourth Circuit, ICWUC, Labor and Employment, NLRA, NLRB, UFCW, Unions, US Supreme Court

Narendra Speaks at NCBA CLE on Labor Law and the Employee Free Choice Act

June 20th, 2009
Narendra Ghosh spoke at the North Carolina Bar Association’s 2009 Fundamentals of Employment Law CLE, which was held in Greensboro. He was part of a duo presenting an overview of the National Labor Relations Act and the possible changes to it f… Read More
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Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: Articles, EFCA, Labor and Employment, Narendra Ghosh, NCBA, NLRA, Presentation, Union

Mike Writes on the Protection for Workers Acting "In Concert"

October 28th, 2007
Michael Okun has written an article, entitled In Concert: A Beginner’s Guide to Labor and Employment Law’s Old and Well-Kept Secret, for an issue of Trial Briefs, the publication of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. The article discusses… Read More
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Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: Articles, Concerted Activity, Labor and Employment, Michael Okun, NCAJ, NLRA, Union