{"id":1585,"date":"2021-10-13T13:32:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T13:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bfvlaw.com\/national-labor-relations-act-college-athlete-memo-shows-changes-coming\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:00:15","slug":"national-labor-relations-act-college-athlete-memo-shows-changes-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bfvlaw.com\/national-labor-relations-act-college-athlete-memo-shows-changes-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"National Labor Relations Act: College Athlete Memo Shows Changes Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The National Labor Relations Board (\u201dNLRB\u201d) General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued a Memorandum<\/a> to the NLRB regional offices stating that student athletes at private universities should be considered employees under federal labor law.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Abruzzo cautioned in the Memorandum that she intends to pursue labor charges against private institutions that misclassify the players as \u201cstudent athletes:\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cIn addition, because those Players at Academic Institutions are employees under the Act, misclassifying them as \u201cstudent-athletes\u201d, and leading them to believe that they are not entitled to the Act\u2019s protection, has a chilling effect on Section 7 activity.\u00a0 Therefore, in appropriate cases, I will pursue an independent violation of Section 8(a)(1) of the Act where an employer misclassifies Players at Academic Institutions as student-athletes.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Memorandum would not apply to public universities (such as the University of Georgia) due to jurisdictional limitations of the NLRB.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

National Labor Relations Act: Significance to Non-Unionized Workforces
<\/strong>Employers should pay close attention to this issue as it illustrates the current labor board\u2019s mission to drastically expand the reach of the National Labor Relations Act.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In her first Memorandum<\/a> dated August 12, 2021, Abruzzo identified 11 board case areas under the Trump administration that she intends to reverse.\u00a0 These cases deal with issues that can impact even non-unionized employers<\/strong> such as:
– Confidentiality rules;
– Non-disparagement rules;
– Social media rules;
– Media communication rules;
– Civility rules;
– Respectful and professional manner rules contained in employee handbooks<\/a>; and
– The scope of confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in separation agreements.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Employers: Stay tuned as the reach of the National Labor Relations Act continues to unfold in 2021 and beyond.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

As always, if you have questions, please let me know<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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