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Jul 10, 2013

Republicans accuse Obama of being indifferent to the rule of law

In the courts of law and public opinion, congressional Republicans increasingly accuse President Barack Obama of exceeding his constitutional authority for the benefit of special interests, most recently by delaying a requirement for businesses to provide health care for their workers.

Jun 24, 2013

JOB CITES: How to interpret the NLRB’s latest take on social media

When employees get fed up at work, they increasingly turn to social media to air their gripes.

Jun 24, 2013

Supreme Court to decide fate of Obama’s recess appointments

In a case that will decide not only the fate of hundreds of National Labor Relations Board decisions and rules issued over the last 18 months but also help define the constitutional limits of presidential and congressional authority, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the president had the power to install three of his nominees to the board without Senate approval.

May 16, 2013

Second court invalidates Obama recess appointment

A second federal appeals court has found that President Barack Obama exceeded his power when he bypassed the Senate to install a member to the National Labor Relations Board.

May 16, 2013

Senate panel considers labor board nominees (UPDATE)

Senate Republicans said Thursday they would not support five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, raising the possibility the troubled agency could be rendered mostly inoperable later this year.

May 8, 2013

NLRB advice on confidential investigations has lawyers reading tea leaves

The employment bar was roiled last year when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that a company policy requiring employees to keep interviews related to internal investigations confidential violated federal labor law.

May 7, 2013

Appeals court strikes down union poster rule

In another blow to the nation's dwindling labor unions, an appeals court on Tuesday struck down a federal rule that would have required millions of businesses to put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union.

Apr 29, 2013

Obama administration asks Supreme Court to reverse recess appointment ruling

Saying that the ruling unduly restricts presidential authority, the Obama administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a federal appellate court decision invalidating last year’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board.

Apr 12, 2013

House passes GOP bill to halt Labor Board action

The House has passed a measure that would stop the National Labor Relations Board from conducting business until a dispute over the president's recess appointments is resolved. It's what amounts to a constitutional three-ring circus.

Apr 5, 2013

JOB CITES: Check your employment at-will policy, it may be violating the law

Recently, the National Labor Relations Board has taken a stance against employer policies that foreclose any possibility of altering the at-will employment relationship.

Mar 13, 2013

Labor board to appeal recess case to Supreme Court

The National Labor Relations Board said Tuesday it plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court a far-reaching decision that invalidated President Barack Obama's recess appointments to the agency.

Jan 25, 2013

Court: Obama’s NLRB appointments are unconstitutional

President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate to fill vacancies on a labor relations panel, a federal appeals court panel ruled Friday.

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