Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath attorneys, including Philadelphia partner Matthew A. Fontana, recently spoke at a webinar on Sept. 14 titled “Understanding the NLRB Stunner: The New Critical Importance of a Union Request for Recognition.”

Of critical importance to nonunion employers, on Aug. 25, the National Labor Relations Board announced a new framework for determining how employers get unionized. Effective immediately, if a union requests or demands that an employer recognize it as the representative of its employees, and that union has proof that a majority of those employees have designated the union as their representative, the employer can no longer decline the request and simply wait to see if the union proceeds by filing an NLRB petition.