The National Labor Relations Board (Board) recently notched a win when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found that a staffing company committed an unfair labor practice by terminating its employee when she...more
1/6/2025
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Section 7 ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Termination ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Wages ,
Wrongful Termination
During the Obama administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) stringently reviewed employee handbooks of nonunionized employers to determine whether particular policies infringed on employees’ rights...more
On February 21, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) ruled that Home Depot violated Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or the Act) when it effectively terminated an employee after the...more
3/1/2024
/ Adverse Employment Action ,
Black Lives Matter ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Dress Codes ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Home Depot ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Race Discrimination ,
Section 7 ,
Termination
With the new year upon us and amid an uptick in activity by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board), the time is ripe for employers to refresh themselves on a basic labor principle that sometimes goes...more