Labor Law’s New Landscape: How Another Year of Groundbreaking Changes Will Affect Non-Union and Unionized Employers

Labor law has experienced another year of major changes in 2024, in a way that affects both unionized and non-union employers. Non-union employers now have additional new obligations under the National Labor Relations Act. Unions are organizing new workforces – and winning – at rates unprecedented in recent history. Unions’ breakthrough wins in organizing doctors, employees at foreign-owned car manufacturers, high profile retailers and other new groups could affect the US workplace even more than their wins at high profile coffee shops. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) – the agency that enforces most labor laws in the US – is regulating even more areas and collaborating closely with other agencies on new matters. At the same time, courts have imposed key new limits on the NLRB, and further restrictions may be coming soon.

Please join us for this webinar, where we will discuss these and other key developments under federal labor law. We also will provide information for employers about what areas to monitor and how they can prepare to manage their new obligations.

The presentation will cover:

1. The current status of the NLRB, and how it could change after the November elections
2. Union organizing developments, including how the new Cemex rules have impacted organizing, and how recent union breakthroughs could affect key industries
3. New guidance about handbook policies, preventing unfair competition and managing employee conduct under the NLRB’s new standards
4. How federal courts have limited the NLRB in recent months, and how some pending cases could restrict the NLRB even further
5. Key legal developments affecting employers with unions, such as new rules for “blocking charges” and new guidance about bargaining obligations.

This is the first of three Labor and Employment webinars we are hosting in October. Be on the lookout for information about upcoming sessions!

Speakers:

• D. Lewis Clark Jr.
• W. Michael Hanna
• William J. Kishman
• Laura Lawless
• Daniel B. Pasternak