If 2018 was a year of elevator music at the National Labor Relations Board, 2019 was symphony of sound. The Board’s initiatives were varied, high-profile and in the vast majority of cases, the developments were positives for...more
3/2/2020
/ Collective Bargaining ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Email Policies ,
Employer Rights ,
Freelance Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Internal Investigations ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
Misclassification ,
New Rules ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Popular ,
Purple Communications ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Union Elections ,
Union Organizers ,
Wage and Hour ,
Waivers
In 2014, the NLRB held in Purple Communications that employers must allow their employees to use company email systems to engage in union activities and other protected conduct under the National Labor Relations Act. Last...more
12/19/2019
/ Electronic Communications ,
Email ,
Email Policies ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Purple Communications ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Section 7 ,
Union Organizers ,
Unions
Although in many respects it was a slow year for the National Labor Relations Board, it was a year of progress in the eyes of many employers. The Board operated at full strength for the entire year, with Republican John Ring...more
2/28/2019
/ Arbitration ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Duty of Fair Representation ,
Email Policies ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Quickie Election Rules ,
SCOTUS
Another Obama-era National Labor Relations Board policy may be on the ropes. Four years ago, the Board issued its controversial Purple Communications decision. In that case, it determined that employees have the right to...more