The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) on Aug. 23, 2016, issued a 3-to-1 decision concluding that graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants at Columbia University are employees under the National Labor...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a unanimous decision on Aug. 17, 2015, dismissing a petition filed by Northwestern University scholarship football players seeking to unionize under the National Labor...more
8/26/2015
/ College Athletes ,
Compliance ,
Educational Institutions ,
Football ,
NCAA ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Northwestern University ,
Scholarships ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX ,
Unions
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the “Board”) continues to address the scope of permissible employer policies and workplace rules through guidance issued by its General Counsel and in Board decisions. In March...more
5/19/2015
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Confidentiality Agreements ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Rights ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Macy's ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Union ,
Personal Data ,
Right to Privacy ,
Section 7 ,
Section 8 ,
Social Media Policy ,
Supervisors ,
Unions ,
Wrongful Termination
In 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) scrutinized employer policies and practices, protected employee use of social media and employers' email systems to organize and engage in protected concerted...more
In 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) aggressively staked out positions on employment policies and practices prevalent in both union and nonunion workplaces. These issues include social media policies...more
1/16/2013
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
Banner Health System ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Confidential Employer Investigations ,
D.R. Horton ,
D.R. Horton v NLRB ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Mimi's Cafe ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Union ,
Social Media ,
Social Media Policy ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions