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A federal labor board ruled that team leads at a defense contractor's Army training facility in California do not qualify as supervisors, rejecting the company's objection and setting up a union election for twelve employees.
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Federal regulators fined FleetPride Inc. more than $264,000 after a worker asphyxiated inside a tanker trailer, citing 16 serious violations tied to confined space and respiratory protection failures.
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An NLRB regional director dismissed a petition to decertify SEIU Local 73 at a Deerfield, Illinois senior living facility, ruling that the "successor bar" doctrine still protects the union even though bargaining had not yet begun eight months after a change in ownership.
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An NLRB judge ruled that a Michigan nursing home illegally fired a mother and daughter after they raised pay concerns together and mentioned contacting federal labor regulators, rejecting the employer's nepotism policy defense as pretext.
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Federal investigators concluded that Blazey Construction Services failed to properly shore up a Texas excavation before it collapsed, injuring a worker and resulting in more than $343,000 in proposed penalties.
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An NLRB regional director ruled that a sheet metal union's certified bargaining unit at Holaday-Parks, Inc. did not merge into a larger existing unit, clearing the way for a decertification election among roughly five Richland, Washington employees.
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Federal inspectors cited Monro Inc., a New York based auto service chain, for seven safety violations at a Norwich facility, including a lift held together with vice grips. The company will pay $174,000 and create a companywide safety hotline.
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Federal regulators cited a Texas contractor and a staffing firm after a worker died beneath an elementary school when a modified mini excavator, stripped of its rollover protection, pinned him against a concrete beam.
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A federal labor official ruled that a CVS staff pharmacist and two technicians whose titles include the word "supervisor" are not statutory bosses, clearing a union election at a Henderson, Nevada pharmacy amid a wider organizing wave at chain drugstores.
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An NLRB judge found Custom Sign Consultants unlawfully told an employee he couldn't discuss wages, then fired him for doing so anyway, ordering reinstatement and back pay.
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An NLRB judge found a South Carolina video game shop illegally fired a worker for discussing a manager's salary, ruling its nondisclosure agreement unlawfully restricted employees' right to discuss pay and working conditions.
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DOL urges the Supreme Court to require a "meaningful benchmark" before 401(k) fiduciary lawsuits can proceed, siding with Intel in a closely watched retirement plan case.