Notes, Successor Liability in Labor Relations

Utah Law Review, Vol. 6, p. 199, 1958

18 Pages Posted: 10 Jul 2009

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Alan A. Matheson

Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Date Written: 1958

Abstract

Employment relationships are frequently affected by altered circumstances of either companies or unions occasioned by sale, transfer, merger or shift in allegiance from a bargaining representative. At such time, doubt may surround the status of an existing collective bargaining agreement and the applicability of administrative directives. The nature and the extent of the change may have important relation to the obligations of resultant transferees and successors. Successor liability has been of two general kinds. Implementation of labor legislation is the primary source. Further consequences of successorship arise under collective agreements. With a view to distinguishing those factors which have led to the imposition of responsibility, instances of liability of successor employers and labor unions either for the acts of their predecessors or because of their status as successor will be analyzed within these categories.

Keywords: Employment, labor relations, unions

Suggested Citation

Matheson, Alan A., Notes, Successor Liability in Labor Relations (1958). Utah Law Review, Vol. 6, p. 199, 1958, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1432118

Alan A. Matheson (Contact Author)

Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law ( email )

Box 877906
Tempe, AZ 85287-7906
United States

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