NLRB Report on Employee Handbook Rules May Encourage Changes To Existing Policies Last week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel, Richard Griffin, issued a report on employee handbook rules that may encourage many employers to make changes to their existing policies. (pdf) In his opening, Griffin
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Employees Have Right To Use Email For Union Organization A new NLRB decision may make it easier for employees looking to organize at their workplace. On December 11, the National Labor Relations Board held that “employee use of email for statutorily protected communications on nonworking time must
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Last week, in Kindred Nursing Centers East v. NLRB, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the 2011 decision by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile. This controversial decision allows unions to organize “micro” bargaining units
Read more →An article in the New York Times this week may have employers reevaluating their social media policies. The National Labor Relations Board has handed down a number of rulings, the latest just last month, that have companies rewriting their social media rules. The rulings make many broad
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