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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 -
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We Knew This Was Coming: NLRB General Counsel Recommends Abandoning Workplace Rule and Confidentiality Rule Frameworks

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As foreshadowed by the NLRB General Counsel’s August 2021 Advice Memorandum, the vacillating standard for the legality of employer handbooks and policies and confidentiality requirements during open employer-investigations...more

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NLRB GC Asks Board To Revisit Standard For Analyzing Employee Handbooks

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Since August 2021, three of the five members of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) have been appointed by Democratic presidents, including two members appointed by President Biden. Earlier this year, the...more

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The National Labor Relations Board 2021 Year In Review – An Overview of Major Developments in Labor Law

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INTRODUCTION - 2021 was the first year of National Labor Relations Board under President Biden. For years, the Board’s decisions and its approach generally have swung back and forth depending on whether there was a...more

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NLRB Holds Arbitration Agreements Can Remain Confidential—for Now

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Confidential arbitration agreements between employers and their employees are commonplace. Employers favor such agreements for many reasons, including preserving privacy and allowing legitimate claims to be either settled or...more

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Top Five Labor Law Developments for August 2020

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1. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upheld an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) ruling directing an unfair labor practice trial to be conducted by videoconference because of the COVID-19 pandemic. William Beaumont...more

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Year 2020 Hindsight Reveals That The Current NLRB Has Overhauled Our National Labor Laws Since 2017

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Seyfarth Synopsis: It should be clear to all that the NLRB has taken significant steps to restore the law to a footing that more closely resembles the landscape that existed prior to the Obama Board. ...more

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update

Applying the Boeing Standard, NLRB Upholds Employer’s Policies Restricting Cell Phone Use, Non-Work Email Use and Disclosure of...

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Applying the facially neutral work rule test laid out in Boeing, the Board recently reversed an Administrative Law Judge decision, concluding that the employer maintained lawful workplace rules restricting employee use of (i)...more

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NLRB Overturns Obama-era Initiatives: A Round-Up of the December Decisions

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December 2019 brought significant changes to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) case law and election procedures. The following highlights a few of those changes as we get into the new year and policy reviews get...more

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Buttoning Up Rules on Union Insignia – Board Makes It Easier for Employers to Restrict Size and Scope of Union Buttons For Those...

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The Board continues churning out precedent-setting decisions as year-end approaches. Two days before the Christmas holiday, in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 368 NLRB No. 146 (Dec. 16, 2019), the NLRB applied its new view on handbook...more

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NLRB Permits Confidentiality Requirements in Ongoing Workplace Investigations

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On December 17, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) held that confidentiality mandates during pending workplace investigations are lawful.  This ruling overruled the NLRB’s recent precedent that such mandates...more

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NLRB Solidifies Boeing and Provides Guidance on Employer Workplace Rules

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As discussed in previous blog posts and articles, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in Boeing Co., overruled past precedent that had resulted in the invalidation of “commonsense [workplace] rules and requirements...more

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NLRB Continues Shift Toward Employer-Friendly Workplace Standards

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued two 3-1 decisions this week, continuing a string of rulings favoring employers over unions or workers. Details on the decisions follow. ...more

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NLRB Reaffirms Test on “Micro-Units”; Blocks Mechanics Unit at Boeing in South Carolina

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On September 9, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) continued its recent wave of activity in Boeing, 368 NLRB No. 67 (Sep. 9, 2019), by reaffirming its December 2017 decision in PCC Structurals, 355 NLRB No. 160...more

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New NLRB Advice Memo Clarifies Social Media Policy Rules

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The National Labor Relations Board continues to provide guidance with respect to employers’ attempts to regulate employee social media behavior. In its Boeing Co. decision, the board made it significantly more difficult for...more

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Recent ALJ Decision Provides Important Nuance Regarding Workplace No Recording Rules

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In late 2017, the NLRB in Boeing Company, 365 NLRB No. 154 (2017), established a new three category system for classifying various employer policies. The new system was designed to balance a “work rule’s negative impact on...more

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NLRB Weighs in on Confidentiality, Personal Use of Company Email, and Other Workplace Policies

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Employers should be careful about designating Employee Handbooks confidential as, according to the National Labor Relations Board’s advice division, that would be unlawful. That advice was contained in one of five memoranda...more

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NLRB Advice Memoranda Provides Guidance on Employer Work Rules and Social Media

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The National Labor Relations Board released a series of advice memoranda this week, two of which applied the new Boeing test to determine if a company rule or policy unlawfully restricts employees’ Section 7 right to engage...more

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NLRB Releases Advice Memos Approving Employer Work Rules Under New Boeing Standard

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On July 13, 2018, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) released several memos authored by the Board’s Division of Advice, which offer further guidance to employers about how the Board...more

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Labor Board Back to Five Member Composition – What Obama-Era Precedent Is Next on the Chopping Block?

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On April 11, 2018, former management lawyer John Ring was confirmed via a 50-48 party-line vote to serve on the five-member National Labor Relations Board (“Board”). Ring will replace Chairman Marvin Kaplan, another member of...more

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New Sheriff(s) In Town: The NLRB Issues New Test For Workplace Rules - Boeing Co. Signals The End Of Lutheran Heritage And Its...

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The National Labor Relations Board just relieved employers of a great deal of uncertainty surrounding seemingly innocuous workplace rules and handbooks. The newly constituted NLRB issued its first round of significant...more

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