The Division of Advice of the National Labor Relations Board’s Office of the General Counsel has determined that a “Burns” successor employer was permitted to add supervisory functions to job duties of the predecessor employer’s union-represented nurses because it timely informed the nurses and the union of its intention to do so. Chestnut Health

Despite criticism from some United States Courts of Appeals, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has reasserted its position in D.R. Horton in which it held that class-action lawsuits are protected under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”).  Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 361 NLRB No. 72 (Oct. 28, 2014).

In its 2012 D.R. Horton