Federal Courts Deal Setbacks to NLRB’s Notice Posting Rule–Employer Posting...
The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina late last week decided that that National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) exceeded its statutory authority when it promulgated its much...
View ArticleThe NLRB’s “Ambush Election” Rule Is Now In Effect
On December 22, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) adopted a final rule which significantly modified, in certain respects, the procedure for processing representation petitions. The...
View ArticleNLRB Launches New Website On Concerted Protected Activity
As most employers know particularly from the NLRB’s recent activity in the area of social media as previously reported here, the National Labor Relations Act protects concerted activities of...
View ArticleFacebook Threat Against Union Member That He Will “get 2 black eyes” If He...
On February 12, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board decided to continue to protect the right of union members to post freely on Facebook and this time, even finds that the Union itself has no...
View ArticleQueen in bullying shock – a nation reels
My word, I hope somebody has a good explanation for this one. London Underground bosses have apparently required the removal from Tube offices in Essex of two small photos of the Queen, unwitting...
View ArticleTermination of US Employees for Posting “Sandwich Contamination” Posters was...
On August 21, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision that broadens the line to which potentially disloyal actions by employees will be treated as protected activity. In...
View ArticleIncreased information obligations to employees in French company takeovers...
France has recently introduced new rules obliging smaller companies to provide increased information to their employees regarding prospective takeovers and ownership changes and also regarding...
View ArticleCongress Gears Up Against NLRB’s Pro-Labor Agenda
Although early in its first session, the new Republican-controlled Congress is living up to the expectation that it will force numerous showdowns between the legislative and executive branches of our...
View ArticleTwo Recent D.C. Circuit Decisions Reverse the NLRB, Restore Common Sense
In two recent decisions out of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the court reversed the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), finding that Board’s conclusion that the employers engaged in...
View ArticleNLRB’s “Ambush Election” Rules Survive Federal Court Challenge
Those of you following the controversial recent revisions to the National Labor Relations Board’s union election rules know that those rules went into effect in April of this year, over a Congressional...
View ArticleFacebook Threat Against Union Member That He Will “get 2 black eyes” If He...
On February 12, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board decided to continue to protect the right of union members to post freely on Facebook and this time, even finds that the Union itself has no...
View ArticleQueen in bullying shock – a nation reels
My word, I hope somebody has a good explanation for this one. London Underground bosses have apparently required the removal from Tube offices in Essex of two small photos of the Queen, unwitting...
View ArticleTermination of US Employees for Posting “Sandwich Contamination” Posters was...
On August 21, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision that broadens the line to which potentially disloyal actions by employees will be treated as protected activity. In...
View ArticleIncreased information obligations to employees in French company takeovers...
France has recently introduced new rules obliging smaller companies to provide increased information to their employees regarding prospective takeovers and ownership changes and also regarding...
View ArticleCongress Gears Up Against NLRB’s Pro-Labor Agenda
Although early in its first session, the new Republican-controlled Congress is living up to the expectation that it will force numerous showdowns between the legislative and executive branches of our...
View ArticleTwo Recent D.C. Circuit Decisions Reverse the NLRB, Restore Common Sense
In two recent decisions out of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the court reversed the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board), finding that Board’s conclusion that the employers engaged in...
View ArticleNLRB’s “Ambush Election” Rules Survive Federal Court Challenge
Those of you following the controversial recent revisions to the National Labor Relations Board’s union election rules know that those rules went into effect in April of this year, over a Congressional...
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