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Top Five Labor Law Developments for November 2022 - Jackson Lewis

Mon, Dec 12, 2022 10:34 ET
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  1. President Joe Biden signed legislation imposing a collective bargaining agreement between freight carriers and railroad unions, avoiding a nationwide strike. Congress passed the bill utilizing its authority under the Railway Labor Act, preventing what could have been a massive hit to the country’s supply chain after several railroad unions failed to ratify the tentative agreement. The contract contains wage increases of roughly 24 percent over four to five years and an additional day of paid leave. Other terms will vary across the dozen national rail unions. More paid sick leave for employees was a point of contention between the unions and carriers. While the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of a separate piece of legislation that would have added seven paid sick leave days for the rail workers, the Senate did not pass that bill. In a statement, President Biden vowed to seek paid leave in the future not just for the railroad workers, but for all workers.
  1. The deadline to file initial comments regarding the National Labor Relations Board’s proposed “blocking charge” rule has been extended to February 2, 2023. The deadline to reply to filed comments also was extended, to February 16, 2023. Under the current rule, if a party to an election (typically, a labor organization) files an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge while an election is pending, the election is held as scheduled, irrespective of a pending charge. The Board impounds the ballots until it finds...


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