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title: "NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)"
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date: "2026-06-20T05:36:21+00:00"
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##  NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)

 [ ![gavel](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/79/conny-schneider-3hkKv6WzjcE-unsplash-7921e30f.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1383&catid=53&Itemid=560)#####  [Judge Invalidates Joint Employer Rule, and Independent Contractor Rule Takes Effect](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1383&catid=53&Itemid=560)

April 02, 2024

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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October 10, 2025

Category: Webinars: Employment Law "Hot Topics"

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September 05, 2024

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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 [ ![signing documents on a table, indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/24/romain-dancre-doplSDELX7E-unsplash-24c65dff.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1311&catid=53&Itemid=560)#####  [Labor Board Limits Common Severance Agreement Provisions](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1311&catid=53&Itemid=560)

April 06, 2023

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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 [ ![Person signing a contract](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/romain-dancre-doplSDELX7E-unsplash-10094b00.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1394&catid=53&Itemid=560)#####  [Latest NLRB Attack Goes beyond Non-Compete Agreements to Reach Outside Employment](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1394&catid=53&Itemid=560)

May 06, 2024

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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 [ ![off duty life guard station, beach near ocean, blue sky](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/rob-farella-Qg8V_RIB2NI-unsplash-6daf22e0.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1429&catid=53&Itemid=560)#####  [Lawfulness of Employee-Access Rules for Off-Duty Employees](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1429&catid=53&Itemid=560)

September 05, 2024

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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 [ ![we the people, focus, document](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/cb/anthony-garand-7rehTDIfR8o-unsplash-cbffc194.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1385&catid=53&Itemid=560)#####  [Major Employers Challenge Constitutionality of Labor Act](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1385&catid=53&Itemid=560)

April 02, 2024

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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 [ ![fencing practice](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/c3/chuttersnap-aO1eyz4iTkU-unsplash-c3049a05.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1427&catid=53&Itemid=560)#####  [Most Employers Continue Non-Competes Despite Current Legal Attacks](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1427&catid=53&Itemid=560)

September 05, 2024

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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 [ ![outdoors, clouds, power lines](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/3c/o849qj6t2qo-3c9ced53.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1112&catid=210&Itemid=560)#####  [New Administration Begins Pro-union Agenda by Controversial Firing of the NLRB General Counsel](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1112&catid=210&Itemid=560)

March 12, 2021

Category: March 2021

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 [ ![globe, indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/c9/kyle-glenn-nxt5htlmlge-unsplash-c94867f2.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1177&catid=53&Itemid=560)#####  [New Administration Effort to Protect Immigrant Workers](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1177&catid=53&Itemid=560)

December 17, 2021

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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 [ ![digital sign face](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/a0/claudio-schwarz-aHmG24tsCqY-unsplash-a0548d1f.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1465&catid=53&Itemid=560)#####  [New Administration Faces Temporary Injunctions against DEI Termination and Firing of NLRB Member](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1465&catid=53&Itemid=560)

April 09, 2025

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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 [ ![person handing a card to another, indoors with a window in the background](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/75/van-tay-media-chyT9XPAdcg-unsplash-75e2894e.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1340&catid=52&Itemid=579)#####  [New NLRB Case Forces “Card-Check” Analysis on Employers](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1340&catid=52&Itemid=579)

August 31, 2023

Category: Alerts

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 [ ![a person holding a blue card, indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/e7/thalia-karr-V83aFY738OI-unsplash-e79826ab.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1344&catid=53&Itemid=560)#####  [New NLRB Ruling Requiring Card-Check Union Designation If Unfair Labor Practice Committed](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1344&catid=53&Itemid=560)

October 19, 2023

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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 [ ![for hire sign, outdoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/39/clem-onojeghuo-fY8Jr4iuPQM-unsplash-3926dbdf.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1418&catid=53&Itemid=560)#####  [NLRB Administrative Law Judge Rules against Non-Compete and Solicitation Clauses under Labor Act](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1418&catid=53&Itemid=560)

August 13, 2024

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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 [ ![welding metal together, indoors](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/37/maxime-agnelli-TEPUXxWfGbA-unsplash-37002193.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1357&catid=53&Itemid=560)#####  [NLRB Announces New Joint Employer Final Rule, Bringing More Entities under Joint Employment Concept](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1357&catid=53&Itemid=560)

December 08, 2023

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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 [ ![black lives matter painted on a wall](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/bf/simon-daoudi-n3mgvMn-M2I-unsplash-bfad43da.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1395&catid=53&Itemid=560)#####  [NLRB Board Addresses BLM Insignia at Work](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1395&catid=53&Itemid=560)

May 06, 2024

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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 [ ![laptop computer indoors, by fireplace, email](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/3f/stephen-phillips-hostreviews-co-uk-3Mhgvrk4tjM-unsplash-3f44070f.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=534&catid=172&Itemid=560)#####  [NLRB Counsel Supports Employer's Right to Prohibit Union Organizing Emails on Company Equipment](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=534&catid=172&Itemid=560)

October 01, 2018

Category: October 2018

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 [ ![trimming hedges](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/72/peter-beukema-JB-QHEehcwI-unsplash-720c4b2a.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1520&catid=53&Itemid=560)#####  [NLRB Down to One Sitting Member](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1520&catid=53&Itemid=560)

October 31, 2025

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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 [ ![be reasonable](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/be/victor-3YW2jxSblE8-unsplash-be3af7bd.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1578&catid=53&Itemid=560)#####  [NLRB Efforts to Interpret Employer Policies in a More Reasonable Manner](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1578&catid=53&Itemid=560)

April 16, 2026

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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 [ ![a fence with locks attached, outdoors, red](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/3f/jon-moore-bBavss4ZQcA-unsplash-3fde1eb4.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1346&catid=53&Itemid=560)#####  [NLRB Expands "Concerted" Protections for Individual Job Actions](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1346&catid=53&Itemid=560)

October 19, 2023

Category: Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

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