News & Analysis as of

Section 7 Off-Duty Employees

DarrowEverett LLP

Q2 Employment Law Updates: Non-Competes, Religious Accommodation and More

DarrowEverett LLP on

So far, 2023 has been a wild ride for employers, a theme that looks to be continuing into the third quarter of the year. While certain predictions we made during Q1 came true in Q2 (we are looking at you, NLRB), others such...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NLRB Provides Off-Duty Contractor Employees With Property Access to Engage in Section 7 Activity

On December 16, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) abandoned the employer-friendly access standard for off-duty employees of an onsite contractor that was adopted under the Trump Administration in...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

NLRB Reverses Course to Limit Property Owners’ Right to Limit Off-Duty Access for Section 7 Activity

In another ruling promoting a pro-labor agenda under the Biden administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reverted to its pre-2019 precedent on the balance between the rights of property owners and the rights...more

Epstein Becker & Green

NLRB Opens the Door for Contract Workers to Engage in Off-Duty Section 7 Activities Wherever They Work

Epstein Becker & Green on

On December 16, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board (”Board”) issued its decision in Bexar County II, which restricts the right of property owners to deny off-duty contract workers access to the property for the purpose...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

NLRB Continues Trend to Protect Employer Property Rights

Coming on the heels of its decision in Bexar County Performing Arts Center Foundation d/b/a Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 368 NLRB No. 46 (2019) in which the Board rebalanced the rights of property owners versus...more

Benesch

NLRB Continues to Define Employer Ability to Protect Property and Access; Overturns Union-Friendly Precedent

Benesch on

On Friday, September 6, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued its third decision of the summer regarding employers’ ability to restrict access by nonemployees to its property (see prior analysis: Board...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

NLRB: Property Owners May Limit Off-Duty Access By Contractors’ Employees

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that a property owner lawfully may prohibit the off-duty employees of its on-site contractors (or licensees) from accessing its private property to engage in Section 7...more

White and Williams LLP

NLRB Hits Unions with One-Two Punch the Week Before Labor Day

The National Labor Relations Board (the Board) continues to modify the way employers, unions and employees view and relate to each other in the workplace. In two decisions right before Labor Day, the Board strengthened...more

Stokes Wagner

NLRB Limits Non-Employee Leafletting On Employer Premises

Stokes Wagner on

The National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) recently issued a precedent-reversing ruling on August 23, 2019, that allows employers to bar non-employees from leafletting on their premises. In its decision, the Board held...more

ArentFox Schiff

NLRB: Property Rights Trump Off-Duty Employees’ Section 7 Rights

ArentFox Schiff on

In a split decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) ruled last week that a property owner that is not in any underlying labor dispute, does not have to grant access to off-duty employees of an onsite...more

Benesch

NLRB Rules that Employers Can Prohibit Access of Off-Duty Employees of Contractors for Section 7 Rights

Benesch on

A property owner generally has the right to control access to its property, including the rights to restrict hours of access, to prohibit certain activities when access is granted, and exclude or prevent access. These rights...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

NLRB Reverses Precedent to Permit Property Owners to Prohibit Off-Duty Access for Section 7 Activity

On August 23, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board reversed precedent and rebalanced the rights of property owners versus the Section 7 rights of employees in a labor dispute. In Bexar County Performing Arts Center...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

D.C. Circuit Rules That Off-Duty Employees Had A Right To Picket On Hospital Property

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rules that the NLRB properly found that a hospital violated the NLRA by threatening employees with discipline and arrest for peacefully picketing on hospital...more

Clark Hill PLC

Employer Discretion to Terminate Employees for Off-Duty Conduct in the Age of Charlottesville

Clark Hill PLC on

Before the rise of social media, employees' off-duty conduct was generally unknown to an employer, even if that conduct involved violence or unlawful conduct. On August 12, 2017, it took mere hours before the participants in...more

Fisher Phillips

Digital Disruptions: Handling Social Media Misuse By Students And Educators

Fisher Phillips on

Beginning with the launch of Myspace and Facebook in the early part of the last decade, social media communication has taken the world by storm. Today, social media networking is the primary means of communicating about one’s...more

Littler

Dear Littler: Can A Boss Fire Someone for Off-Duty Political Activities?

Littler on

Dear Littler: I saw one of my employees on the local news the other night participating in a political rally over the weekend. We try to maintain a tension-free workplace. Can I discipline him for this conduct? Can I at least...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

The Great Debate: Policing Politics in the Office

With the Republican National Convention well underway and the Democratic National Convention set to begin in Philadelphia on July 25, 2016, the workplace is abuzz with political discussions, a flood of political memes and...more

17 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide