Kyllan Kershaw addressed a number of labor, employment and immigration related actions taken by the Biden Administration since the beginning of its term.
The webinar kicked off by introducing the new leadership team at the Department of Labor, including Secretary Marty Walsh, Deputy Secretary Julie Su, and others. Tune in to find out who the Department’s shadow secretary might be (no spoilers)!
It then proceeded to a comprehensive account of the COVID-19 vaccine roll out under the Biden Administration, including its impressive success in achieving the goal of 200 million shots in 100 days. The Biden Administration’s new goal is to administer at least one dose of a vaccine to 70% of American adults by July, which is extremely ambitious. Discussion of the vaccine rollout concluded with a briefing on recent CDC guidance regarding the activities in which fully vaccinated adults can engage and the restrictions that will still be in place.
Peter Ohr, the new top lawyer at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), issued a memorandum on March 31, 2021, regarding employees’ right to act together to improve their working.
Peter Ohr, the new top lawyer at the National Labor Relations Board NLRB, issued a memorandum on March 31, 2021, regarding employees’ right to act together to improve their working conditions
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Peter Ohr, the new top lawyer at the National Labor Relations
Board (NLRB), issued a memorandum on March 31, 2021, regarding
employees right to act together to improve their working
conditions, which has long been guaranteed under Section 7 of the
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Acting General Counsel
Ohr dusted off Section 7 with an eye toward highly charged issues
like employee health and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic,
national efforts to increase the minimum wage, and political and
social justice movements. Employers should remain cognizant
that employee activity in these realms may be protected, and should
Monday, April 5, 2021
Although the clock is ticking on Peter Ohr’s tenure as the NLRB’s acting general counsel, with Jennifer Abruzzo’s nomination currently pending before the Senate, Ohr continues to actively advance a pro-labor agenda. On March 31, Ohr issued a memorandum to the National Labor Relations Board’s regional staff in which he advocated for a significant expansion of the types of employee conduct that might qualify as protected, concerted activity (sometimes referred to as PCA).
Even more troubling for employers, Ohr committed to “robustly” enforce the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and “vigorously” prosecute claims alleging unlawful employer retaliation. Because protected, concerted activity is a foundational principle of labor law, its potential expansion has far-reaching implications in virtually every union and non-union workplace.