On October 5, 2011, amid substantial criticism from Congress, and legal challenges by employer associations, the NLRB announced that it is postponing the effective date of its notice posting requirement to January 31, 2012.

Our August Alert on this subject said the following:

On August 25, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued a final rule (the “Final Rule"), which requires employers to inform employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”). This Final Rule was designed to close a so-called “knowledge gap” in the workforce. The Final Rule contains minor changes from the Board’s Proposed Rule on this topic.