Labor Law Insider host Tom Godar challenges his guests, Mary-Ann Czak and Terry Potter, with real-life scenarios gathered from client interactions over the past several months. These scenarios help highlight the fundamental shifts that have taken place under the Biden administration’s National Labor Relations Board, forcing employers to change their disciplinary analysis in so many different circumstances. In the first installment of this two-part podcast, Mary-Ann and Terry respond to questions related to confidentiality, recording at the workplace, nuances when making decisions in the healthcare setting, and much more. Join us for this content-rich and practical conversation and stay tuned for part two where this exchange continues with practical tips on how to proceed.

In part two of the discussion regarding the successful unionization of the Dartmouth University men’s basketball team, our labor law insiders Tyler Paetkau and Jason Montgomery, along with host Tom Godar, offer analysis and predictions for the next round of play for more athlete power. Who will be the winner in this battle over the spoils of the trillion-dollar industry that is college athletics? It is a full-court press to explore union power, name, image, and likeness (NIL) revenue, state-level regulation of public universities and its impact on the NCAA and the various athletic conferences. Join us for this animated chalk talk.

Legendary basketball player Magic Johnson said, “The only thing that matters is the score.”

Well, the score is 13 to 2, considering the votes for a union representing the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team. For college basketball hounds, it’s tournament time, but for the NCAA, it is a strange turn of events. Dartmouth, an Ivy League bench warmer in men’s basketball, has not played an NCAA Tournament game since 1959; however, it is now a leader in organized labor, choosing to become represented by the Service Employees International Union, since the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) found that the institution exercises control and provides compensation—in the form of shoes—but not athletic scholarships. In its decision, the NLRB cited the players’ estimate that team members receive equipment valued at over $44,000 per year.

Husch Blackwell partners Tyler Paetkau and Jason Montgomery join Labor Law Insider host Tom Godar to explore this development, as organized labor continues to apply a full-court press to institutions of higher education.