Once these two people are confirmed, the NLRB will once again have a quorum and will be able to conduct business. That business likely will include overturning the Biden-era Board’s controversial new structure in a union organizing setting, announced in the case known as Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC (Cemex) , as well as a ruling prohibiting mandatory “captive audience” or “25 th hour” meetings, announced in the case of Amazon.com Services LLC. So, what does this mean for manufacturing? Most likely, over the next few years, the NLRB will not be as aggressive in finding violations of handbook provisions or in severance agreements and will overturn the more favorable rules for union organizing in the Cemex case. Thus, employers can anticipate less aggressive regulation by the Trump-era NLRB.
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Michael J. Bradshaw, Jr. 901.543.5781 | michael.bradshaw@bassberry.com Faith Dibble 202.827.2965 | faith.dibble@bassberry.com Tim K. Garrett 615.742.6270 | tgarrett@bassberry.com Todd R. Overman 202.827.2975 | toverman@bassberry.com
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