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NLRB Provides Guidance Regarding Permissible Policies – Are Your Policies Compliant?

By Meagan Bainbridge on Posted in Employee Privacy Rights, Employment Contracts and Agreements, Labor Law, New Legislation and Regulations, Retaliation and Wrongful Termination

Back in December, Beth West informed our readers that the NLRB had issued new (and more realistic) guidelines for evaluating whether employment policies and rules violate the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). As a reminder, the NLRB issued a new two-prong test for determining if facially neutral employment policies could interfere with the exercise of… Continue Reading

GOOD NEWS EMPLOYERS – The U.S. Supreme Court Says You Can Require Class Action Waivers In Your Arbitration Agreements

By Beth V. West on Posted in Employment Contracts and Agreements, Labor Law, Wage & Hour

On May 21, 2018, the United States Supreme Court issued its much anticipated decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis.  In a 5-4 decision written by the newest jurist, Justice Gorsuch, the Court declares that employers can require employees to arbitrate their employment disputes individually and waive their rights to resolve those disputes through class… Continue Reading

The NLRB Reverses Itself – Good News for Employers and Their Employment Policies

By Beth V. West on Posted in Employee Privacy Rights, Labor Law, New Legislation and Regulations

In its December 14, 2017 decision entitled Boeing Company and Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, IFPTE Local 2001 (“Boeing”), the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) reversed itself and adopted a new and much more realistic standard for evaluating whether employment policies and rules violate the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). To read the… Continue Reading

Radical NLRB Looking To Expand Liability To Franchisors

By Alden Parker on Posted in Labor Law

In an attempt to gain leverage in settlement negotiations, the NLRB Office of the General Counsel issued a directive that has rocked the franchise world.  Days ago, the NLRB Office of the General Counsel determined that McDonald’s USA, LLC, the franchisor, could potentially be held liable for the employment actions of its franchisees under a… Continue Reading

Want to Organize Your Employer? There’s An App for That: NLRB Launches Mobile App to “Educate” Employees About the NLRA

By Labor & Employment on Posted in Labor Law

August 30, 2013 will soon be remembered as the day the current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) turned a corner and became a full-fledged advertising agency for union organization. On that day, the NLRB announced the release of a free NLRB mobile app for mobile smartphone users. Under the guise of “educating” employees about the… Continue Reading

DO YOUR EMPLOYMENT POLICIES VIOLATE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT? You’d Be Surprised – But They Very Likely Do!

By Ramona Carrillo on Posted in Employment Contracts and Agreements, Labor Law, New Legislation and Regulations

By:   Lizbeth V. West, Esq. On September 7, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an opinion in Costco Wholesale Corp. v. NLRB. The case is an important one for all employers (regardless of whether their employees are union or non-union). It deals with the NLRB’s continuing focus on what it believes to be over-reaching… Continue Reading

Court Invalidates Portions of Recent NLRB Posting Rule

By Ramona Carrillo on Posted in Labor Law

By:     Chelcey E. Lieber On March 2, 2012, United States District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson invalidated portions of the National Labor Relations Board’s recent “Notification of Employee Rights” rule, which, as previously discussed in our posts, requires private employers to post a notice to employees explaining their rights under the National Labor Relations Act… Continue Reading

Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back! Class Action Waivers a Violation of the National Labor Relations Act

By Labor & Employment on Posted in Employment Contracts and Agreements, Labor Law, Wage & Hour

If you thought all the news from the NLRB these days had to do with Posters and Recess appointments, think again. On January 6, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board emphatically rejected an arbitration agreement that required employees to waive their class action rights. This opinion squarely rejected the U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year… Continue Reading

NLRB Delays Deadline for Employers To Post its Notice to Employees Re: Rights to Unionize

By Ramona Carrillo on Posted in New Legislation and Regulations

By:       Lizbeth (“Beth”) West, Esq.  As I wrote in my November 16, 2011 post entitled “Non-Union Employers Beware: You Are Likely Required to Post the NLRB’s New “Employee Rights” Poster,” on August 30, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) adopted a rule that would require certain employers, including non-union employers to post a notice… Continue Reading

Non-Union Employers Beware – You Are Likely Required To Post The NLRB’s New “Employee Rights” Poster

By Ramona Carrillo on Posted in Employee Privacy Rights, Labor Law, New Legislation and Regulations

By:       Lizbeth V. West, Esq. On August 30, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) adopted a rule that would require certain employers, including non-union employers to post a notice to employees explaining their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). The implementation date was originally set for November 14, 2011. However, due to a number… Continue Reading