The General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (“Board’) issued a Memorandum on May 30th delineating her position that noncompete agreements interfere with an employee’s rights under Section 7 of the National...more
This blog post is designed to provide some fresh ideas for managing your workforce by sharing stories I have learned from my father over the years. It is a bittersweet time to write this. My father is 95 years old, in a...more
Just in time for the holidays, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo (GC Abruzzo), has revealed her hand on two specific and oft-debated issues to be taken up by the Board in 2022. While...more
As a young child, I never really knew what my father did for a living. At the dinner table, I constantly heard about “strike” this and “strike” that. I thought he was a baseball umpire or a newspaper editor. Alas, I learned...more
American business has been preparing to return to normal operations, with some tweaking due to COVID-19-related governmental guidelines, for weeks. Owners, managers and supervisors are being (or should be) trained about...more
Closing out 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) issued two final opinions that will reverse employee-friendly decisions. The two opinions - Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store (Apogee) and...more
12/30/2019
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Confidential Communications ,
Email ,
Email Policies ,
Information Technology ,
Internal Investigations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Obama Administration ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Purple Communications ,
Section 7 ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions
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
9/5/2019
/ Employee Definition ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
NLRB ,
Off-Duty Employee Access ,
Off-Duty Employees ,
Property Ownership ,
Protected Activity ,
Right to Restrict ,
Section 7 ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions
On August 12, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to modify three parts of its election procedures. This rulemaking would amend the Board’s blocking charge policy,...more
8/15/2019
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Comment Period ,
Construction Industry ,
NLRB ,
Notice and Comment ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Union Elections ,
Unions