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Labor/Employment

Dec. 29, 2017

Outgoing labor board chairman leaves with gun blazing

After lying dormant for almost one year, the agency in charge of interpreting the country’s main labor law erupted in December with four blockbuster decisions in two days, three of which reversed opinions made during Barack Obama’s presidency by a Democrat-controlled board.

Outgoing labor board chairman leaves with gun blazing
William J. Emanuel, a shareholder in Littler Mendelson PC's Los Angeles office, joined the National Labor Relations Board this fall and joined the majority in several pro-management rulings.

After lying dormant for almost one year, the agency in charge of interpreting the country’s main labor law erupted in December with four blockbuster decisions, three that reversed opinions made during Barack Obama’s presidency by a Democrat-controlled board.

Announced over a 24-hour span, the decisions make it harder to hold many corporations legally liable, ease the process for employers at unionized workplaces to write company rul...

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