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Category Archives: Labor Relations

NLRB RULING INVALIDATING COMMON PERSONNEL POLICIES

In a decision that could render illegal several common personnel policies, the National Labor Relations Board has held that an employer violated federal law by enacting rules requiring employees to perform only work during working hours, maintain the confidentiality of personnel files, and voice complaints to their supervisors or human resources rather than to each [...]
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WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE SENATE TO BE IN “RECESS”

As we have discussed here many times before, the National Labor Relations Board is no stranger to headlines, and it is once again at the center of a political and constitutional showdown in Washington.
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NLRB STARTS 2012 WHERE IT LEFT OFF IN 2011: SAYS WORKERS CAN’T BE FORCED TO SIGN CLASS WAIVERS

It can’t be a surprise that the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is again making the news as 2012 kicks off.  We certainly know after the number of times the agency was in the news in 2011 that it isn’t afraid of the spotlight.
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THE NLRB AS A POLITICAL BATTLEGROUND

The National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) has been a hot topic on this blog in 2011, so it’s not surprising we are still talking about them as the year comes to a close.
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NLRB DELAYS EMPLOYEE RIGHTS POSTING REQUIREMENT

All the employer backlash directed towards the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for its latest move in what appears to be an anti-employer agenda driven by partisan politics seems to have had an impact, after all.
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THE NLRB GIVES UNIONS A BOOST…AGAIN

As readers of this blog know well, union organizers all over the country have had the chance to act like children on Christmas morning an awful lot lately thanks to the National Labor Relations Board. Putting aside for a minute the fact that things have gotten so bad a member of the House just proposed [...]
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THOSE THINGS RAISED UP ON YOUR BACK…THOSE ARE HACKLES

We all have known for years that the leadership of federal and state agencies are packed with appointees from the political party in power.  But never have those agencies seemed so philosophically bent or brazen as they do now.  We have all read about or experienced first-hand the ramped up regulatory agenda and enforcement of [...]
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FACEBOOK POSTINGS WERE PROTECTED ACTIVITY UNDER NLRA: HISPANICS UNITED OF BUFFALO, INC. V. ORTIZ

As we have discussed before on this blog, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is focusing much attention on social media.  In particular, several complaints have been filed recently that allege that employers have retaliated against employees who have used social media to engage in activity that is protected by the National Labor Relations Act [...]
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THE END OF AN ERA? THE NLRB’S ASSAULT ON FREE SPEECH

There is an alarming connection between the National Labor Relations Board’s much-publicized decision to file a complaint against Boeing, covered previously on this blog HERE and HERE, and the new proposed election rules which the NLRB announced a few weeks ago.  Put simply, both actions are part of the Board’s recent effort to severely curtail [...]
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THE NLRB ON A (SOCIAL MEDIA) MISSION

It seems as if the intersection of workplace regulation and social media is addressed in this forum just about every other week.
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