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The State Department has announced that foreign nationals with valid F-1 or M-1 student visas will be exempted from the Presidential Proclamation barring the entry into the U.S. of most nonimmigrants traveling from certain parts of the world.
Presently, the Contract Bar prevents employees from holding a decertification election to remove a Union during the first three years of a collective bargaining agreement.
Under current National Labor Relations Board law, the use of inflatable animals is lawful even if directed toward employers not directly involved in the dispute.
On February 4, 2021, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) reintroduced the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act in the House of Representatives and Senate respectively.
The Protecting the Right to Organize Act (“PRO Act”) would strengthen worker organizing in several ways.
In the last few months of the Trump Administration, the DOL issued controversial final rules relating to independent contractor classification and the ability of non-tip earning employees to participate in tip pools.
While OSHA published COVID-19 guidance for employers last year, the revised guidance reflects an increased understanding of how the virus is contracted.
On February 1, 2021, Peter Ohr took concrete steps to roll back many directives that former General Counsel Robb had been focusing on.
This bill is expected to easily pass the House of Representatives, but its fate in the Senate is less than certain at this time.
Because the NLRB General Counsel has wide latitude in his prosecutorial discretion on which unfair labor practice allegations to pursue and what legal positions to take, employers can expect big changes under Ohr.
The question of whether Biden could lawfully fire Robb will turn on an interpretation of the National Labor Relations Act.
January 25, 2021 brought what looks to be a bit of stability to the Office of the General Counsel as President Biden has named Peter Sung Ohr as the Acting General Counsel.
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