The long awaited decision by the Fifth Circuit regarding the NLRB’s D.R. Horton case issued this week in which the Court bypassed a number of jurisdictional issues and went straight to the heart of the matter. In sum, the Court found that the Board’s finding that a class action waiver in conjunction with a mandatory arbitration provision regarding employment claims was not, per se, a violation of the National Labor Relations Act.
Outreach on Hazardous Chemicals
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is launching a local emphasis program in Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri for programmed health inspections of industries known to use hazardous chemicals and who have reported release of such chemicals to the Environmental Protection Agency. Chemicals reported to the EPA that have been released into the environment include ammonia;
Changing of the Guard – Well, Maybe Not
After many months of having Lafe Solomon being the acting General Counsel for the NLRB, the Board finally has a General Counsel who has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Richard F. Griffin, Jr. Such action took place on October 29.
Husch Blackwell Supports Manufacturing Day
The industrial revolution changed the world and since that time further innovation, technology and design have enhanced our lives many times over. Husch Blackwell salutes those who have been part of this process these many years and we look forward to working with them in the future as the impact of that revolution moves us
NLRB Expands Union’s Ability to Organize
The Sixth Circuit, on August 15, 2013, approved the Board’s decision in Specialty Health Care Rehabilitation Center of Mobile. In doing so, it opened the door for a much more effective way for unions to organize any workplace.