April 10, 2024
A Third Circuit panel appeared skeptical Wednesday of a nursing home's challenge to a National Labor Relations Board decision finding it unlawfully altered bonus pay it issued during the pandemic without bargaining, as judges questioned the company's argument that the bonuses were allowable under an expired contract.
April 02, 2024
The Third Circuit this month will consider Keystone Coal Mining Co.'s contention that a lower court erred in deeming a miner's black lung a "total disability," while a shuttered rehabilitation facility has asked the court to undo the National Labor Relations Board's determination that it owes unionized employees back pay and bonuses for work done during the COVID-19 pandemic.
November 20, 2023
A shuttered New Jersey rehabilitation center must hand over back pay for unionized workers who had their COVID-19 bonuses walked back or eliminated, the NLRB told the Third Circuit, saying Monday the company should have negotiated the change with an SEIU affiliate.
October 10, 2023
The operator of a shuttered New Jersey rehab center is fighting a National Labor Relations Board order requiring it to dispense back pay after ending pandemic-era pay enhancements without negotiating with a union, telling the Third Circuit the temporary increases were not the types of bonuses that warrant bargaining.