NLRB rulings impede employer investigations
By Michael R. Lied
Labor and Employment Law,
April 2017
In Banner Health System, a majority of the NLRB Panel found that a Human Resources Consultant JoAnn Odell unlawfully requested employees who were involved in a workplace investigation not to discuss the matter with their coworkers while the investigation was ongoing.
New NLRB Notice format
By Michael R. Lied
Labor and Employment Law,
June 2014
In Durham School Services, L.P., 360 NLRB No. 85 (2014) The National Labor Relations Board took another step into the future.
NLRB General Counsel identifies issues of interest
By Michael R. Lied
Labor and Employment Law,
June 2014
In MEMORANDUM GC 14-0, issued February 25, 2014, Richard F. Griffin, Jr., General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, provided a list of matters that should be submitted to the Division of Advice.
NLRB delays employee rights posting
By J.J. McGrath
Corporate Law Departments,
January 2012
Whether or not your company wants to balance the NLRB notice with one of its own is a judgment call, but right now all employers need to be prepared to post the NLRB notice on April 30, 2012.
Specialty healthcare: The NLRB rewrites rules on bargaining units
By Michael D. Gifford
Labor and Employment Law,
December 2011
As a result of the recent decision of Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, unions will be able to organize a minority share of an employer’s workforce although a majority of workers may not favor the union.
The NLRB and social media revisited
By Michael D. Gifford
Labor and Employment Law,
October 2011
The NLRB recently accused several employers, in what has become known as the "Facebook Cases," of violating Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”) by enforcing their social media policies and interfering with employees’ Section 7 right to concerted activity.
Labor board attacks Boeing work location
By Frank J. Saibert
Labor and Employment Law,
July 2011
The author argues that "Any notion that today’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or board) will give a fair shake to employers was dispelled this past April 20."
Chairman Wilma Liebman: Forging a new process
By Melissa M. Olivero
Women and the Law,
April 2011
On January 20, 2009, Wilma Liebman was appointed as the 20th Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board by President Obama, only the second woman to serve in this capacity since the creation of the Board in its current form.
Employers beware: The NLRB is watching your e-mail
By Charles I. Cohen & Mona C. Zeiberg
Corporate Law Departments,
September 2000
"Business-only." These two words are at the center of attention when examining whether a company's e-mail and Internet policy runs afoul of the National Labor Relations Act
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