President Trump has sent Congress an outline of his budget request for FY 2026. The proposal seeks a cut of nearly 35% from the Labor Department, mostly from workforce training programs. However, we’ll need to wait for the full budget request to lear

President Trump has nominated Crystal Carey to serve as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board as the agency’s Acting General Counsel has moved to reverse Biden-era practices.

Nearly six months into the government’s 2025 fiscal year, Congress has effectively given up on passing annual appropriations bills and has instead passed legislation continuing funding at last year’s levels. Enactment of the bill clears the way for n

A federal district court has reinstated NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox after she had been dismissed by President Trump. Her reinstatement gives the Board a quorum to do business while the Trump Administration’s appeal is pending.

The White House issued an executive order dramatically limiting the autonomy of independent agencies, such as the National Labor Relations Board.

President Trump has fired two Senate-confirmed Democrats from the National Labor Relations Board: the Agency’s General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, and Member and former Chair Gwynne Wilcox. Whether the President can lawfully fire Wilcox is sure to be

President Trump has moved quickly to install new leadership at agencies responsible for workplace compliance.

Enforcement data for FY 2024 show another significant increase in the number of unfair labor practice charges filed over the past year.

The Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board have jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government’s antitrust enforcement agencies committing to share information that could help in alleged anticompetitive merger in

Since the beginning of July, there have been several important developments involving the National Labor Relations Board. Our memo provides a summary.

The appeals court has ruled that the National Labor Relations Board violated an employer’s due process rights in reinstating a worker-friendly misconduct standard without giving the employer an opportunity to express its views.

The Supreme Court has settled a federal circuit court split in a way that will make it less likely that employers will have to reinstate fired workers while the NLRB reviews unfair labor practice charges.

President Biden has submitted two nominations for seats on the five-member National Labor Relations Board, one a Democrat and the other a Republican. If the nominees are confirmed by the U.S. Senate before it adjourns for the year, pro-union Democrat

A federal district court in Texas has ruled that a regulation issued last year by the Biden-appointed National Labor Relations Board majority regarding whether two entities can be considered “joint” employers exceeds common law limits, and cannot be

As part of a deal to fund a portion of the federal government through September 30, Congress has allocated a budget of $455 million to the EEOC, the same amount the agency received last fiscal year.

Even though the National Labor Relations Board has been around for almost 90 years, two companies are now pursuing litigation challenging the agency’s constitutionality.

A divided three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board that an employee feedback program created by T-Mobile was an illegal company union.

The Biden Administration’s latest regulatory agenda lists several new items added by the EEOC, while indicating that OFCCP has hit the pause button on several previously listed items of interest to federal contractors.

The National Labor Relations Board has postponed the effective date of its controversial new joint employment liability rule until February as it awaits rulings in two lawsuits that have been filed challenging the rule.

The number of so-called unfair labor practice charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board by workers and their union representatives has increased by 30% over the last two years. A worker-friendly NLRB is likely one of the reasons.

As expected, the Biden-appointed majority on the National Labor Relations Board has signed off on a new rule that will increase the likelihood that two separate employers can be found jointly liable for violations of the National Labor Relations Act.

The Biden-appointed majority on the National Labor Relations Board is continuing to reshape federal labor law with a pro-union tilt by reversing more management-friendly rulings that were issued by the Trump-era Board.

The Biden-appointed majority on the National Labor Relations Board has issued a final rule intended to speed up union representation elections. The rule undoes procedures put in place by the Trump-era Board in 2019 and is expected to work to the bene

In a ruling that comes as no surprise, the National Labor Relations Board has crafted a new standard that will make it more difficult for an employer to apply an otherwise neutral workplace conduct rule without violating federal labor law.

In a decision that CWC predicted, the Biden-era National Labor Relations Board has issued a ruling that will make it more likely that a worker will be considered an employee for purposes of the National Labor Relations Act.