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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 -

NLRB Telegraphs Possible New Standard for Employee Email Use

Bodman on 10/5/2022

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

NLRB Upholds Ban On Use Of Company Email For Union Organizing

Fisher Phillips on 6/2/2020

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

The Suggestion Box: Useful Management Tool or Unlawful Solicitation of Grievances

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 10/17/2019

T-Mobile USA, Inc. ("T-Mobile") in 2015 created T-Voice, a nationwide program through which customer service representatives could submit "pain points" regarding certain aspects of the job, including ideas to improve customer...more

Another Federal Appeals Court Rejects Workplace Recording Bans

Fisher Phillips on 8/21/2017

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals recently became the second federal appeals court this year to hold that an employer’s rule prohibiting recording in the workplace violates the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). In a July 25...more

You CAN Ask Your Employees To Be Happy! Federal Appeals Court Reins In National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Amundsen Davis LLC on 8/17/2017

Much has been written and discussed about the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) attack on handbook policies over the past several years. The NLRB has found what many consider to be run-of-the-mill, standard policies...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

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