Publisher's Synopsis
The 2015 Supplement will contain an in-depth treatment of major developments under the National Labor Relations Act including the following: the new NLRB representation election rules, now subject to judicial challenge Purple Communications, adopting new rules on employee use of employer email for concerted activity Murphy Oil, reiterating D.F. Horton, holding that the waiver of the capacity to participate in a group arbitration of an employment law claim violates of the Labor Act, with more detailed consideration of the judicial treatment of that question under the Norris-LaGuardia Act as well Fedex Home Delivery and more on the distinction between employees and independent contractors McDonald's' and more on the joint employer status of franchisors Babcock & Wilcox, announcing new arbitration deferral rules, and the explanation in G.C. Mem. 15-02 (Feb. 10, 2015) more on employer rules affecting concerted activity against gossip or threatening behavior and especially cases on use of social media the Board's reformulation of solicitatio in Conagra Foods The Supplement will also provide additional treatment of the texture of the law and other developments concerning: the campaign to extend right to work law to municipal ordinances expanded Board remedies treated in three cases HTH Corp., Hospital of Barstow, and Pressroom Cleaners Kroger LP's gloss on Beck obligations Macy's Bergdorf Goodman's treatment of bargaining unit determinations Ralph's Grocerys treatment of Weingarten in the context of submission to a drug test M&G Polymers gloss on Litton in how to determine if medical benefits for retirees survive contract expiration lockouts, secondary boycotts, and strikes and more of the latest on arbitration, pre-emption, and the duty of fair representation.
