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The National Labor Relations Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1935 to prevent labor strife by encouraging collective bargaining, protecting concerted activity and curtailing certain unfair labor... more +

Social Media Policies And The NLRB: What Employers Need To Know

Fenwick & West LLP on 3/4/2013

Social media policies. Chances are your company has one, is in the process of drafting one, or is worried about not having one. Employees continue to gripe about their jobs and their bosses on Facebook, as states like...more

Healthcare Update, No. 4, November 2012: NLRB Continues To Set Sights On Healthcare Employers

Fisher Phillips on 11/7/2012

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has continued its aggressive attack on employers in the healthcare industry and nonunion employers generally. With a membership majority that is widely recognized as being pro-union,...more

Social Media Policies in the NLRB's Crosshairs

Littler on 10/10/2012

Between the summer of 2011 and the spring of 2012, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Lafe Solomon, published three Advice Memos that expressed his views on the application of the...more

NLRB Clubs Costco Social Media Policy

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 9/26/2012

A panel of the National Labor Relations Board has found that electronic posting rules issued by Costco Wholesale Corporation violated the National Labor Relations Act. The Board panel largely followed guidance issued...more

Post-Labor Day Evaluation Shows....Very Little Activity At NLRB

Proskauer - Labor Relations on 9/11/2012

What a difference a year makes. Last year, we saw a blizzard of change coming from the NLRB. One could forecast what was going to happen due to the proactive nature of the agency's public expression of its intentions, as well...more

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