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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 -

Labor Relations During a Pandemic: Employer Duties Under the NLRA in the Wake of COVID-19

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/11/2020

The COVID-19 outbreak implicates many different laws for employers to consider as they develop and refine their responses to rapidly changing circumstances. The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is just one of these laws....more

Union Requests for Medical Information: Do You Have to Provide It?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/27/2018

Employers often receive requests for medical information from the unions representing their employees. These requests come up in a variety of contexts and include...more

Comingling of employee and patient data compromises employer’s HIPAA defense to employee’s claim of discharge for union activity

Robinson & Cole LLP on 5/20/2015

An administrative law judge (ALJ) of the National Labor Relations Board has concluded that a health care employer’s use of its medical records software to store employee contact information allowed an employee to access that...more

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Labor Relations During a Pandemic: Employer Duties Under the NLRA in the Wake of COVID-19

Union Requests for Medical Information: Do You Have to Provide It?

Comingling of employee and patient data compromises employer’s HIPAA defense to employee’s claim of discharge for union activity

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