labor boards
Workplace dispute arbiters
Labor boards are government agencies that administer and enforce labor laws, particularly those governing relations between employers and unions.
They handle disputes over collective bargaining, unfair labor practices, and workplace organizing: The labor board ruled the company had illegally fired union organizers.
In the U.S., the National Labor Relations Board is the primary federal labor board.
- employment standardsLegal workplace minimums
- NLRBFederal collective bargaining regulator
- federal agencyNational-level administrative body
- workplace safetyHarm prevention at jobs
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
chairpersons · anti-discrimination laws · union representation · shop steward · mediation · decertification · collective bargaining · whistleblower protections · oversight committees · union elections · card check · regional offices · worker rights · closed shop · right to work · hearings · employers · unions
- laborwork, laborers, workers, hard work, employment
- labor historyAFL-CIO, workers, CIO, laborers, unionization
- labor lawsemployment standards, OSHA, employee rights, FMLA, fair pay
- labor negotiationssalary talks, wage negotiations, wage disputes, collective bargaining, union demands
- Labor Politicsunionization, union contracts, union elections, right to work, collective bargaining
- labor relationscollective agreement, union elections, bargaining, union shop, union contract
labor boardslitigation
Legal dispute process
binding arbitration · mandatory arbitration · out-of-court settlement
labor boardschambers of commerce
Local business promotion organizations