Marvin Kaplan Nominated to NLRB

Marvin Kaplan Nominated for NLRB Seat

On June 20, 2017, President Donald Trump named his first nominee for the National Labor Relations Board. Republican attorney Marvin Kaplan is currently counsel to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Kaplan’s nomination leaves one more vacancy on the NLRB. President Trump is expected to nominate private-practice labor attorney William J. Emanuel to …

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Class Waivers

DOJ and NLRB Now at Odds Over Arbitration Agreement Class Waivers

In another clear sign of the policy shift from a Democratic to Republican administration in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Justice has reversed course on a significant labor issue pending before the Supreme Court–class waivers through employment arbitration agreements. Under the Obama Administration, the National Labor Relations Board repeatedly held that arbitration agreements prohibiting …

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