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 Bruce E. Buchanan is
an attorney in the Labor and Employment and Immigration Sections.
Mr. Buchanan received his law degree from
the Vanderbilt University School of Law and his undergraduate degree from
Florida State University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a B.S.
degree in government.
Prior to joining King & Ballow, Mr.
Buchanan served as senior trial specialist for the National Labor Relations
Board. He has also served as adjunct professor at William H. Bowen UALR
School of Law, where he taught courses in Labor Law, Employment Law, and
Professional Sports Law, and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock,
where he taught Ethics and NCAA Rules.
Mr. Buchanan represents employers in many
areas of labor and employment law, including the National Labor Relations
Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, WARN and
employment at will. Additionally, he
represents employers and employees in immigration matters.
Mr. Buchanan is admitted to practice in
Tennessee, Florida and Arkansas, before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Sixth and Eighth Circuits and before the U.S. District Courts for the
Middle District of Tennessee and the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas.
Click here to take this course.
This course is an in-depth overview of Section 8(a)(5)
of the National Labor Relations Act. It is intended for both the attorney
who wants a general understanding of Section 8(a)(5) of the National Labor
Relations Act as well as the experienced labor law attorney who desires a
refresher course on current NLRB case law related to Section 8(a)(5). It
covers the following areas: (1) subjects of bargaining -- mandatory or
permissive; (2) impasse and its meaning; (3) types of union waivers; (4)
the duration of the duty to bargain; (5) the effect of an existing
collective bargaining agreement on the duty to bargain; (6) exclusive
representation; (7) a employer's obligation to provide information; (8)
surface bargaining versus good faith bargaining; (9) unilateral changes;
(10) successor ship; (11) alter ego; and (12) Gissel
bargaining orders.
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