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A federal appeals court, affirming a decision of the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”), has ruled that a personnel handbook provision which required employees to maintain the confidentiality of all...

In general, matters relating to collective bargaining and labor relations are governed exclusively by federal law, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). As a result, state laws that venture into the area of labor relations...

Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (the “NLRA”) guarantees the right of employees to engage in “concerted activities for the purpose of bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.” 29 U.S.C. § 157....

Most employers are aware that the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) protects the right of employees to form, join, or support labor unions. But unbeknownst to many employers, the NLRA protects not only...

On November 10, 2005, we reported that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”), a federal agency which is part of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment Standards Administration, has issued...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently upheld a decision of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) finding that a union-free investment advisory firm violated the National Labor...

On May 17, 2005 Senior Judge Neal P. McCurn of the federal District Court for the Northern District of New York ruled that a September 2002 amendment to Section 211-a of New York’s Labor Law was preempted by Section 7...

For the third time in the last 23 years, the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) has changed its position on whether non-unionized employees are entitled to so-called “Weingarten” rights...

It is well settled under the National Labor Relations Act (the “NLRA”) that, after bargaining to a good faith impasse with the union that represents its employees, an employer has the right to unilaterally...

In an effort to strike a balance between the right of employers to control the workplace and the right of employees under the National Labor Relations Act (the “NLRA”) to engage in union organizational activity,...