With President Biden charting a fundamentally different course in labor relations, employers should monitor developments taking place. In less than three weeks, Washington saw President Biden’s firing of National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel Peter Robb, removal of Robb’s Deputy General Counsel Alice Stock, and appointment of Peter Sung Ohr as acting General Counsel
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NLRB Chairman Refuses Lawmakers’ Request for Ethics Documents
National Labor Relations Board Chairman John Ring has again informed Democratic leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor that the Agency will not release documents they requested related to NLRB members’ recusals from Board cases.
On August 15, 2019, Bobby Scott, D-Va., Chairman of the House Committee on Education and…
U.S. House of Representatives Passes $49 Billion Bill to Revive Underfunded Pension Plans
By Howard M. Bloom & Mark B. Gerano on
In an effort to save pension plans from insolvency, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019 (H.R. 397).
The Act would allow the federal government to make grants and loans to multiemployer pension plans that are insolvent or facing insolvency. To accomplish its purpose, the Act proposes…
NLRB Chairman Fires Back at Request to Withdraw Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Joint Employment
John Ring, NLRB Chairman, has sent a five-page letter to several members of Congress in response to their request for the NLRB to withdraw its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the joint-employer standard.
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Pearce Nominated for Third Term on NLRB
By Adam C. Doerr, Howard M. Bloom & Philip B. Rosen on
Mark Gaston Pearce has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve a third term on the National Labor Relations Board. Pearce, a 2010 recess-appointee under then-President Barack Obama, was reappointed to a second term in 2013. That term expired on August 27, 2018. Pearce’s nomination now heads to the Senate for consideration.
Pearce was…
Senate Vote on Labor Board Nominee Ring Scheduled
By Howard M. Bloom & Philip B. Rosen on
Floor consideration of the nomination of Republican John Ring to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board is scheduled to take place in the Senate on April 9.
Ring is expected to be confirmed by the Republican-majority Senate. If he is confirmed, the NLRB will have a 3-to-2 Republican majority. (For more on…
Labor Board Nominee Ring Approved By Senate Committee
By Ian B. Bogaty, Howard M. Bloom & Philip B. Rosen on
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has confirmed Republican John Ring to the National Labor Relations Board by a 12-11 vote. The next step is a vote by the full Senate.
The Board is currently composed of two Democratic and two Republican appointees. If Ring is confirmed by the full Senate, the…
GC Robb’s Proposed Structural Changes to NLRB Draw Fire
NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb’s reported comments on a January 11, 2018, conference call about his proposed changes to how the NLRB operates has stoked resistance from NLRB career staff and others. Robb reportedly plans to centralize the decision-making process about which unfair labor practice cases his office will pursue and reduce the authority of…
Management-Side Attorney John Ring Selected for Seat on Labor Board
President Donald Trump has nominated John Ring, a Washington, D.C.-based management-side labor and employment lawyer, to fill the vacant seat on the five-member National Labor Relations Board. If confirmed, Ring would replace former-NLRB Chairman Philip Miscimarra, a Republican, and restore a 3-2 Republican majority to the Board. Miscimarra’s term ended on December 16, 2017.
Currently, …
Kaplan Named Chair of Labor Board
By Howard M. Bloom & Philip B. Rosen on
President Donald Trump has named new National Labor Relations Board Member Marvin E. Kaplan Chairman. Kaplan was sworn in as a Board Member on August 10, 2017, for a term ending on August 27, 2020.
Kaplan said:
“The President’s announcement is an honor and privilege, and I look forward to serving as Chairman of the …