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Following up on our earlier post about all the moves President Biden was making at the NLRB General Counsel’s office, we now know that our temporary NLRB GC is Peter Song Ohr.  Ohr is known as a straight shooting, publicity avoiding, no nonsense career NLRB lawyer, who strongly believes that the NLRA was enacted to promote the unionization of the American workforce and promote the benefits of collective bargaining. As Acting NLRB General Counsel, Mr. Ohr made his first big move late last we...

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 President Joe Biden has named Peter Sung Ohr to serve as Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board). Ohr has served as the Regional Director of the NLRB Chicago office for nearly a decade. While the Regional Director, Ohr is best remembered in the world of collegiate sports for his 2014 landmark decision  finding scholarship football players at Northwestern University to be “employees” under the National Labor Relations ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Each Friday during the first 100 days of the new administration, we will provide a recap of significant initiatives and events that will impact employers.  In week two, the Biden administration shook things up at the National Labor Relations Board with the firing and replacement of General Counsel Peter Robb, walked back President Trump’s pro-independent contractor agenda at the Department of Labor, made new appointments at OSHA, a...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: President Joe Biden has named Peter Sung Ohr to serve as Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board). Ohr has served as the Regional Director of the NLRB Chicago office for nearly a decade. While the Regional Director, Ohr is best remembered in the world of collegiate sports for his 2014 landmark decision finding scholarship football players at Northwestern University to be “employees” under the N...

this guidance from OSHA is helpful as employers attempt to “identify risks of being exposed to and of contracting COVID-19 in workplace settings and to determine any appropriate control measures to implement.” One development of note is the recommendation that “face coverings be made of at least two layers of a tightly woven breathable fabric, such as cotton, and should not have exhalation valves or vents.” And it appears there was some kind of coordination to get the word out, as medic...

President Joe Biden has for decades depicted himself as a blue-collar guy from Scranton, Pennsylvania, and part of his political persona is an appeal to the lunch bucket crowd—working-class voters. In the pivotal “battleground” states in the Midwest, many blue-collar workers are represented by labor unions, so it is no surprise that Biden’s presidential campaign focused on the union vote. NBC News reported that “Biden’s campaign began at a union hall in Pittsburgh, a city with deep ...

[co-author: Myles Moran, Law Clerk] On January 25, 2021, the NLRB Division of Advice (“the Division”) released a memo that may indicate a change in the way workers engaged in cannabis activities are covered under federal labor law. Under the NLRA, the right to form and join a union is limited to employees. Agricultural laborers do not have that right under federal law. Despite the fact that many workers in the cannabis industry are often involved in the cultivation and harvesting of a crop,...

(The Center Square) – Just minutes after taking office on Jan. 20, President Joe Biden’s Office of Presidential Personnel demanded that Senate-confirmed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Peter

Advertisement NLRB’s Division of Advice Determines Certain Workers in the Cannabis Industry Are Exempt From Federal Labor Law Friday, January 29, 2021 On January 25, 2021, the NLRB Division of Advice (“the Division”) released a memo that may indicate a change in the way workers engaged in cannabis activities are covered under federal labor law. Under the NLRA, the right to form and join a union is limited to employees. Agricultural laborers do not have that right under federal l...

Biden delivers a norm-busting favor to Big Labor Print this article As President Biden was sworn in, the legacy media, blue-checkmark Twitter, and Democrats let out a sigh of relief and rejoiced. Strewn across newspaper headlines and social media, the Biden inauguration swept in a “return to normalcy,” and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi remarked, “What a difference a day makes.” It is understandable why so many expected a change of pace in governance from the White House. Biden’s ...