Management’s Workplace Blog – Information and Insights for Employers
The big news in labor law the past few days has been the NLRB Inspector General report concerning Board member and Republican appointee, Terence Flynn. Corporate Counsel has an excellent story on the report. As of Monday, Flynn was adamant that he would not resign.
It appears that Flynn’s status might come down to a…
The Wall Street Journal has an excellent story about a new “information campaign” planned by the NLRB that will impact non-union employers. The goal is to inform all employees about their legal right to take part in “protected concerted activities.” Indeed, the right to engage in “protected concerted activity” is one aspect of the National…
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently handed down a decision on union handbilling that employers should note (Roundy’s Inc. v. NLRB, Nos. 10-3921 & 11-1292).
The case involved a grocery store chain in Wisconin, Pick ‘N Save. The chain was using non-union contractors to remodel some of its locations. This…
Editors Note: This is the latest installment in the Labor & Employment Report’s regular feature “Specialty Healthcare Watch.” In Speciality Healthcare, the NLRB redefined the test for what constitutes an appropriate bargaining unit. The Labor & Employment Report is analyzing post-Speciality Healthcare cases to give employers insights on how to apply that holding. For more…
Editors Note: This is the latest installment in the Labor & Employment Report’s regular feature “Specialty Healthcare Watch.” In Speciality Healthcare, the NLRB redefined the test for what constitutes an appropriate bargaining unit. The Labor & Employment Report is analyzing post-Speciality Healthcare cases to give employers insights on how to apply that holding. For more…
The NLRB’s General Counsel’s office has aggressively taken on arbitration in the past year. But, in a little-noticed case, the full Board had the opportunity to adopt the GC’s position on post-arbitration deferral and declined to do so.
Some background — about a year ago, the GC’s office announced a change in how it viewed…
A few weeks ago, I posted about a New York Times op-ed arguing that the “right to join a labor union” should be a protected classification under Title VII.
The issue is starting to pick up steam in the union-friendly blogosphere. For instance, yesterday over at the Huffington Post, Dean Baker, a well-respected think tank…
Yesterday, Lafe E. Solomon, Acting General Counsel, issued a summary of operations for Fiscal Year 2011. The Office of General Counsel is composed of six major components responsible for various casehandling, administrative and personnel functions. Those components are: the Division of Operations-Management and Regional Offices, the Division of Advice, the Division of Enforcement Litigation,…
We have taken the weekend to review and digest the DC District Court ruling from Friday on the NLRB poster. Here is the official Shawe Rosenthal take (also delivered to you today via an e-lert). We strongly urge employers to contact us if you have additional questions about the ruling and/or whether you should post…
BREAKING NEWS!
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia just handed down its decision in the case challenging the NLRB poster requirement. The good news for the NLRB: the Judge found that the NLRB acted lawfully in promulgating the poster. The bad news for the NLRB — and this is very bad…
