Tag: unionization

HR and the Courts — April 2024

Each month, CUPA-HR General Counsel Ira Shepard provides an overview of several labor and employment law cases and regulatory actions with implications for the higher ed workplace. Here’s the latest from Ira. Dartmouth Refuses to Bargain With Men’s Basketball Team Union As the next chapter in the Dartmouth College men’s basketball players union dispute, Dartmouth... View Article

HR and the Courts — March 2024

Each month, CUPA-HR General Counsel Ira Shepard provides an overview of several labor and employment law cases and regulatory actions with implications for the higher ed workplace. Here’s the latest from Ira. Dartmouth College May Appeal NLRB’s Decision Allowing Basketball Players to Unionize The Dartmouth College men’s basketball team voted 13-2 to unionize, selecting the... View Article

NLRB Higher Education Union Election Data for 2023

During calendar year 2023, union organizing continued to rise at institutions of higher education. Data from the National Labor Relations Board on union organizing show that 31.2% of all private-sector workers who successfully unionized in 2023 were employed by institutions of higher education. Public institutions also saw considerable union activity, though this is not reflected... View Article

DOL Accelerates Regulatory Actions

The Department of Labor (DOL) has accelerated release of proposed and final regulations as the agency strives to meet the self-imposed deadlines in the Biden administration’s Spring 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Regulatory Agenda). Multiple DOL sub-agencies are issuing rules and proposed rules in July and August on independent contractor classification, overtime... View Article