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Last week, we provided you with the second of our six analyses of 14 decisions of the Trump Board that the soon-to-be Biden Board majority likely will seek to overrule in a rush to return to the more pro-union stance of the...
Category: Labor Relations
Last week, we provided you with the first of our six analyses of 14 decisions of the Trump Board that the soon-to-be Biden Board majority likely will seek to overrule in a rush to return to the more pro-union stance of the...
Like the return of swallows to Capistrano, the change in the White House from Republican to Democrat – or vice versa – predictably alters the majority of Members constituting the National Labor Relations Board. This...
The recently appointed Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB” or the “Board”) has issued guidance that he will support pre-recognition neutrality agreements entered into between...
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) recently announced its final rule, effective April 16, 2020, which abandons key components of the 2014 “quickie” election procedures adopted during the Obama...
Jan 03, 2020
Labor Relations
Employer’s Right to Prohibit Employees’ Use of Work Email for Nonbusiness Purposes Re-established by NLRB Decision
Employees no longer have a right under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) to use employer-provided email during nonwork time for union organizing purposes. In Caesar’s Entertainment d/b/a Rio All-Suites Hotel...
Jan 03, 2020
Labor Relations
Confidential Workplace Investigations Are Now Presumptively Lawful Under the National Labor Relations Act
In Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store, 368 NLRB No. 144 (Dec. 16, 2019), the Board continued its reversal of Obama-era precedent by holding that work rules requiring employees to maintain confidentiality during...
Related article: New NLRB General Counsel’s Revolutionary Reversal of Direction On December 14, 2017, in a 3-2 decision in Boeing Company, 365 NLRB No. 154, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overruled its decision...
The newly-appointed General Counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Peter B. Robb, issued his first GC Memorandum (GC 18-02) on December 1, 2017, which provides guidance on the priorities of the Trump-era...
The National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB” or “Board”) is a federal agency created by Congress in 1935 to administer the National Labor Relations Act (the “NLRA”). The Board functions...