Benefits / Employment / Higher Education
This is a blog devoted to information and developments in the areas of employee
benefits law (ERISA), employment law, and higher education law. The blog was created and
is maintained by the attorneys of the law firm of Ehrenberg Legal & Higher Ed Solutions PLLC.
Are College Athletes Employees?
Should college athletes be classified as employees under federal labor laws?
NLRB Slams Starbucks in Buffalo Organizing Case
Starbucks committed “egregious” violations of federal labor law in terminating employees during a union-organizing campaign.
NLRB Issues Decision on Severance Agreements
NLRB Issues New Ruling on Severance Agreements.
NLRB Decision Expands Relief Available to Employees
National Labor Relations Board expands relief available to employees (to include financial relief)
NLRB Proposes New “Joint-Employer” Test
The National Labor Relations Board released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making addressing the standard for determining “joint-employer” status under the National Labor Relations Act.
Holy Bologna! NLRB Finds Against Boar’s Head in Union Deterrence Case
The National Labor Relations Board upheld on Thursday an administrative judge's ruling that Boar’s Head Provisions Co. Inc. violated the National Labor Relations Act when the meat supplier promised workers benefits if they decided not to unionize.
NLRB Orders Tesla to Delete Anti-Union Tweet
The NLRB ordered yesterday that Elon Musk delete a tweet suggesting that Tesla workers would lose benefits if they unionized, finding Musk and his company illegally suppressed union organizing efforts at one of Tesla’s California plants.
Amazon Settles Covid-19 Case with NLRB
Amazon has agreed to settle a National Labor Relations Board case that had accused the company of interrogating and threatening to discipline employees over their participation in a walkout at a Queens, New York, facility last year to protest the company's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NLRB Drops Proposed Rule to Bar Graduate Student Unions
The National Labor Relations Board announced yesterday that it will be withdrawing a proposed rule regarding graduate students’ efforts to unionize at private colleges and universities. The proposed rule would have exempted from the NLRB’s jurisdiction those students who perform services for financial compensation in connection with their studies