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NLRB’s Union-Election Rule Changes Effective Monday!
In case you haven’t been following this, or forgot, the National Labor Relations Board is making new union-representation and union-election rules effective this coming Monday, April 30. Here is the...
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Much Ado about Monday’s NLRB Election-Rule Reversal
The fallout is still flying from Monday’s court decision striking down a recent rule by the National Labor Relations Board governing union elections. Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for...
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Latest Report Issued on Social-Media Policies
In case you missed it, National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon has issued another report on social-media cases brought before his agency in an effort to further clarify when...
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NLRB Goes Against Costco in First Social-Media Ruling
All eyes have been on the reports and memos emanating from the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel concerning social-media use and policies in the workplace, but this legal alert from...
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Social-Media Do’s and Don’ts You’d Better Know
The folks at Fisher & Phillips (Atlanta-based employment law firm) sent me this link to a pretty formidable write-up by D. Albert Brannen (a partner there), spelling out just how much you need to...
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‘Is There Free Speech at Work?’
Leave it to the HRExaminer site, a frequent font of succinct and straightforward takes on HR, to provide us with this gem — “Is There Free Speech at Work? – by Heather Bussing, an employment lawyer and...
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Better Not Keep the NLRB Waiting!
If you think a request for information from the National Labor Relations Board is irrelevant and you have more important things to worry about … and you’ll just let it sit awhile … better think again....
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Black Friday This Year Will Be Interesting
Wal-Mart, the 8-million pound gorilla of retailing, is feeling the heat and responding forcefully. OUR Walmart, a coalition of disgruntled WalMart employees that is affiliated with the United Food and...
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Employer Required to Give Union Sensitive Information
Yet another court decision you should file away somewhere — in your memory for starters. This one’s courtesy of Ballard Spahr, via a legal alert that came across my desk. It seems the U.S. Court of...
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NLRB Constitutionality Issue Raised in Hearing
Had an interesting chat recently with Ron Chapman — Dallas-based labor and employment attorney with Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, and outside counsel for D.R. Horton Inc. Horton, a Fort...
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Clarity Coming Soon on NLRB Recess Appointments
In case you haven’t heard, the sticky wicket involving those recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board that President Obama made back in January 2012 will be going to the U.S. Supreme...
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Is There a Face-Off Under Way Over NLRB Decisions?
I know I’ve been writing a lot about the National Labor Relations Board on this blog, but I am truly no authority. Just a curious observer, especially considering the weight the board’s decisions hold...
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Another Blow to the NLRB: Poster Rule Struck Down
Just in case you missed this, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down yesterday a federal rule that would have required employers to nail posters to their bulletin boards or...
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More Fire-Stoking in NLRB Recess-Appointment Saga
A second slam against President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board has pundits talking not just about the appointments, but about the overall impact on the notion of...
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Supreme Court Will Hear NLRB Appointments Case
The U.S. Supreme Court decided today to hear the highly disputed case involving President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. The decision could ultimately affect...
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Looking Beyond NLRB Confirmations
Looks like the impasse over National Labor Relations Board appointments might soon be over. Perhaps as early as next week. President Obama announced yesterday two new nominees for the National Labor...
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There’s A Lot Goin on With Labor This Labor Day
On the heels of Michael J. O’Brien’s blog post below on the growing numbers of over-connected workers celebrating Labor Day this coming Monday, I thought it would also be fitting to call attention to...
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No Notice Required
You’re always welcome to remind employees of their right to form a union, but it looks like you won’t have to if you don’t want to. According to a statement issued by the National Labor Relations Board...
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Careful on the Employee-Conduct Stuff
If you’re thinking of putting anything “official” out to your employees – i.e., in writing – saying you expect them to act in a positive and professional manner, and represent your company well … …...
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Still Time to Chime in on NLRB’s Email Decision
You still have time to offer input into a National Labor Relations Board decision that bars employees from using their employer’s email for union-organizing purposes, according to this notice from the...
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