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Forensic Review During Investigations: Have You Considered The NLRA?

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NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo is pressing for stricter enforcement against the use of workplace technologies to monitor employees. As a result, employers should consider the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”)...more

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NLRB Telegraphs Possible New Standard for Employee Email Use

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On Friday, September 30, 2022, the NLRB reversed its earlier stance that Chelsea Befort was lawfully terminated for violating T-Mobile’s electronic communications policy. Ms. Befort sent mass emails to all 595 Customer...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

PRO Act: Congress Considers Fundamental Changes To Federal Labor Law

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Congress may be on the cusp of passing legislation that would transform labor law in dramatic ways. This proposed law has potentially dire consequences for private-sector employers nationwide. The Protecting the Right to...more

Fisher Phillips

NLRB Upholds Ban On Use Of Company Email For Union Organizing

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The National Labor Relations Board took the opportunity last week to double down on its recent reversal of the Purple Communications doctrine, holding that T-Mobile USA did not violate federal labor law by implementing a rule...more

Cozen O'Connor

Employment Law Now IV-54- A Guest Discussion on 3 Significant Government Decisions

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Podcast host Michael Schmidt is joined by Dan Johns, a partner in Cozen O'Connor's Labor and Employment Department, to talk about 3 significant NLRB decisions affecting all employers in the areas of (1) employee use of...more

Dickinson Wright

The NLRB Returns to Pre-Obama-Era Board Standards in Two Significant Decisions

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On December 16, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) issued two significant decisions overruling Obama-era NLRB decisions. Both decisions were 3-1 with the three Republican appointees, Chairman Ring,...more

Locke Lord LLP

NLRB Reverses Course with Significant Rulings on Employee Email Use, Investigation Confidentiality, and Union Election Rules

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Many employers realize that the National Labor Relations Board’s (“Board”) priorities shift based on the President’s policy positions. The reason for this dynamic is that the President appoints the Board’s five members, and...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

NLRB Issues Employer-Friendly Decisions

Prior to the new year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) made several big moves, approving greater confidentiality in workplace investigations, expanding employers’ ability to restrict employee email use and...more

Payne & Fears

NLRB Holds Employers May Restrict Company Email Systems for Non-Work Related Reasons

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On December 16, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) issued a decision in Caesars Entertainment holding that businesses may restrict employees from using a company’s internal email systems for union and...more

Stinson LLP

NLRB Wraps up Blockbuster Year with a Bang

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a whirlwind series of rulings to cap off 2019. The NLRB typically issues many decisions near the end of a Board member's term, so this flurry comes as no surprise...more

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National Employment Perspective: Focus on the NLRB and Employee Communication

Recent Changes to NLRB Guidance Regarding Employers’ Policies Involving Employee Communication - Two recent decisions by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have significantly overturned earlier rulings regarding...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

National Labor Relations Board Expands Employers’ Rights to Enforce Workplace Rules

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In a pair of significant year-end rulings, the National Labor Relations Board overturned two Obama-era precedents that had restricted the ability of both unionized and non-unionized employers to limit the use of company email...more

Fisher Phillips

Web Exclusive: The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories Of December 2019

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Two New NLRB Decisions Allow Employers to Limit Use of Its Email System and Preserve Confidentiality of Workplace Investigations

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Q: What is the current rule on whether an employee can use our company’s email system to distribute union material? Also, are we permitted to require employees to keep workplace investigations confidential without running...more

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#BigIdeas2020: NLRB’s Actions Impact Employers in 2020 - Employment Law This Week® - Trending News

A Trending News interview from Employment Law This Week®, featuring attorney Steve Swirsky, Member of the Firm: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ended the year with a flurry of activity, including the relaxing of...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Happy New Year, Employers! From Your Friends at the NLRB.

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In December, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a flurry of employer-friendly decisions. Management can toast the following end-of-year gifts and look forward to continuing success at the Board in the new year....more

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NLRB Issues Employer-Friendly Decisions Heading into the New Year

During the term of the Obama-era National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), we saw longstanding employer rules and policies upended. However, the current NLRB recently issued both a new rule and several decisions that revert back...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Confidentiality, E-mail, And Dues: NLRB Reverses Three Major Obama-Era Rulings

With a steady decline in private sector unionization and a lack of political muscle to change the National Labor Relations Act (“Act”), organized labor in the Obama era relied heavily on decisional rulings from the National...more

White and Williams LLP

NLRB Reverses Itself on Two Obama-Era Pro-Employee Decisions

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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

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Three More Employer Holiday Wishes Granted By National Labor Relations Board

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The holiday cheer keeps coming from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) with the release of three new decisions favoring employers: (1) workplace policies covering confidentiality during workplace investigations are...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

NLRB Issues a Flurry of Decisions, Revealing Several Anticipated Gifts for Employers Just in Time for the Holidays

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The National Labor Relations Board, pushed out a number of noteworthy decisions early this week.  The Board’s holiday rush coincided with the departure of its sole Democratic member, Lauren McFerran, who...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Employers May Now Forbid Employees Using Co. Email for Protected Concerted Activities, Forbid Employees from Discussing On-Going...

The Trump National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continues to reshape the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act) with new decisions that reverse precedents and undo legal restrictions placed on employers during the Obama...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Employer Rights to Control the Workplace Reinstated by President Trump's NLRB

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On December 17, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board issued two decisions that reversed troubling precedents and restored rights to employers. First, the NLRB reiterated that employers have a right to control the use of...more

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NLRB Restricts Employee Use of Employer-Provided Email for Section 7 Purposes

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Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board ("Board") issued an important decision, returning to its prior precedent with respect to employee use of employer-provided email for Section 7 purposes. In Caesars...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

NLRB restores employers’ right to control email, IT systems

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On December 16, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a major decision restoring employers’ property rights in the use of email and other IT resources. In Caesar’s Entertainment, the NLRB held that employees...more

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