On September 11, 2012, NELA and its associated educational and charitable organization, The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy, joined with two dozen workers’ rights organizations to file an amicus brief in support of the National Labor Relations Board (Board) in D...
DR Horton_5th Cir_NELA Amicus Brief_Final.pdf
On July 30, 2012, NELA, its public interest organization, The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy, and the National Employment Law Project (NELP), filed an amicus brief urging affirmance of a district court’s rejection of a collective action ban in an arbitration...
NELAAmicusBrief_Owen v Bristol Care_073012.pdf
In a post on its Labor & Employment Blog (free registration required), Bloomberg BNA highlighted a recent panel discussion titled Employment Class Actions in the Wake of D.R. Horton , which took place during the Annual Luncheon at the 2012 NELA Convention in San Diego, CA on June 21...
NELA, The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy, and the National Employment Law Project (NELP), filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to affirm the district court’s rejection of a collective action ban in an arbitration agreement...
Raniere v Citigroup_NELAAmicusBrief_Final.pdf
On April 20, 2012, NELA, its public interest organization, The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy, and the National Employment Law Project (NELP), filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to affirm the district court’s rejection of a...
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) in a case against D.R. Horton, Inc. (Case No. 12-CA-25764) is poised to decide the question of whether an employer's contractual ban on class and collective actions violates workers' rights to engage in concerted activities under Section 7 of...
NELA_Amici Curiae Brief_filed 7 27 11.pdf
In a potentially far-reaching victory for employees across the country, the National Labor Relations Board in a case against D.R. Horton, Inc. (Case No. 12-CA-25764) found that an employer's contractual ban on class and collective actions in any forum, arbitral or judicial, violates workers’...
VISION + ACTION: Inside The Institute, a quarterly e-newsletter jointly published by NELA and The Institute. The Institute Responds To Landmark NLRB Ruling In D.R. Horton Case Protecting Workers' Access To Justice Limiting The Reach Of Wal-Mart : The Institute's FLSA Collective...
In order to assist NELA members and to provide answers to questions that have arisen following the landmark ruling by the National Labor Relations Board on January 3, 2012 in D.R. Horton, Inc. and Michael Cuda (Case No. 12-CA-25764 http://www.nlrb.gov/case/12-CA-25764 ), NELA and The Employee...
D.R. Horton FAQ_revised_with sample ULP_01 31 12.pdf
NELA's Legislative Report. In This Issue: New Year, Same Old Politics Franken Amendment Extended For 2012 Richard Renner, Former NELA Board Member, Submits Comments To DOL On Proposed Rules Under Dodd-Frank Act President Obama Makes Recess Appointments To Key...
OTH_01_2012.pdf