Depending on where you get your news, you might think that unionization at private employers is experiencing a drastic rise. Nearly every week, news articles highlight unionization efforts at high-profile companies like Starbucks, Amazon, and Mcdonal…
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One of the most confusing areas of labor and employment law is the decision regarding whether a worker may be classified as an independent contractor, or whether the worker must be recognized as an employee. The stakes are high. Employees are entitle…
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On August 27, 2015, in Browning-Ferris Industries of California, Inc. d/b/a BFI Newby Island Recyclery (Browning-Ferris), 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015), the National Labor Relations Board established a new legal standard for determining whether two employe…
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On June 6, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board General Counsel issued a Memorandum to its field offices with guidance on how to interpret whether employers’ workplace rules violate workers’ labor rights. The Memorandum directs the applicatio…
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