Construction employers and general contractors are all too familiar with Scabby the Rat. The inflatable rat - appearing in sizes of up to a reported 30 feet tall - has infested construction job sites as part of trade union...more
2/26/2019
/ Appeals ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Workers ,
First Amendment ,
Municipalities ,
NLRB ,
Protests ,
Public Property ,
Right of Way ,
Trade Unions ,
Unions
A truly effective workplace investigator knows how to best wrap-up an employee interview. Don’t leave loose ends or wiggle room that can later undermine the effectiveness of the overall investigation and the employer’s...more
11/1/2018
/ Confidential Communications ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
In-House Perspective ,
Interviews ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Unions ,
Witness Statements ,
Workplace Investigations
Workplace investigations can either stall out without any clear answer, or instead succeed and lead to a conclusion, depending on the effectiveness of the interviews. However, many people conducting interviews skip simple...more
In lightning-fast fashion, Kentucky became the 27th state to enact right-to-work legislation over the weekend. After the 2016 elections, in which Republicans took control of the Kentucky House of Representatives for the first...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will now permit a single bargaining unit to include employees who are solely employed by an employer along with other employees who are jointly employed by that employer and a...more
7/14/2016
/ Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Full-Time Employees ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Temporary Employees ,
Unions
A federal appellate court recently dismissed a lawsuit brought by a paramedic who claimed that his employer unlawfully placed him on alternative duty after he refused to participate in a wellness program. According to the...more
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has made union organizing by email and social media a reality. The NLRB’s General Counsel issued Memorandum 15-08 on September 1, 2015, stating that, “[e]ffective immediately, parties...more