By: Alan M. Levy On May 26, 2011, by a 3-1 majority, the National Labor Relations Board members appointed by the current administration ruled that a union could place a 16-feet tall, 12-feet wide inflatable rat outside a hospital with a sign saying that a non-union subcontractor on the premises was a “rat employer.” They […]
By: Jonathan T. Swain Kristofor L. Hanson In order to put something under union Christmas trees this year, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) and its Acting General Counsel have taken the initial steps to require both union and non-union employers to post notices of employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), […]
By: Thomas W. Mackenzie On November 2, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a press release announcing its intent to prosecute a charge that an employer’s social media policy violates the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The NLRB issued a complaint through its Hartford office which alleges that an employer violated the NLRA by […]
By: John E. Murray Many employers have attendance policies under which employees accrue points or occurrences for unexcused absences and other attendance infractions. As employees accrue more points, they receive increasingly severe levels of discipline. However, after a certain period of time, generally 12 months, points are expunged from an employee’s attendance record for disciplinary […]
By: John E. Murray On April 13, 2010, the Department of Defense issued a proposed regulation on “Labor Relations Costs.” In its current form, this proposed regulation would prevent federal contractors and subcontractors from using federal funds to persuade their employees, or the employees of any other entity, to join or not join a union. […]