News & Analysis as of September 23, 2024

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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA. less -

Collegiality in the Workplace – Not Authorized by NLRB

Ruder Ware on 7/13/2016

Collegiality in the workplace is the goal of every employer in order to provide the proper atmosphere for productive employees. Many employers have taken this desire to heart by publishing rules that encourage collegiality...more

NLRB Again Rejects Employer Code of Conduct Provisions Requiring Positive Coworker Relations

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 6/1/2016

Last month, the National Labor Relations Board continued its rejection of employer conduct policies intended to promote harmonious and productive working relationships among employees. In T-Mobile USA, Inc., unionized...more

NLRB Rejects General Employee Behavior Standards in Code of Conduct

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 5/4/2016

The National Labor Relations Board continues its assault on employer handbooks and other policies it considers to impede employees’ rights to engage in protected concerted activity under Section 7 of the NLRA. Last month, the...more

Why Getting Handbooks Right Matters: NLRB Judge Holds Verizon’s Restrictions on Employee Communications During Non-Working Time...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 10/2/2015

Despite previous NLRB rulings telling them to stop, some employers continue to impose broad prohibitions on personal employee communications over company email. As an administrative law judge recently reminded us, failing to...more

The NLRB Expands Its Reach in the Non-Union Workplace

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 8/21/2015

The National Labor Relations Board continues to infiltrate the workplace even where there are no unions. Standard workplace policies — including those relating to employee conduct, protecting intellectual property, use of...more

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