By: Kristofor L. Hanson Yesterday, with implementation less than two weeks away, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia enjoined the National Labor Relations Board from implementing or enforcing its proposed employee rights posting rule until the court has decided whether the rule is lawful. Implementation had been set for April […]
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NLRB AGAIN POSTPONES EFFECTIVE DATE OF NOTICE OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS POSTING
By: Kristofor L. Hanson The National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) has once again postponed the effective date of its employee rights notice-posting rule at the request of the federal court in Washington, D.C., hearing a legal challenge regarding the rule. We alerted you to this rule and its initial postponement in previous E-Alerts of October […]
NLRB ISSUES FINAL RULE ON QUICKIE ELECTIONS
By: Kristofor L. Hanson In an effort to push through significant changes to representation election procedures before losing a quorum, on Tuesday, December 20, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) issued a final rule on what has become known in some circles as the “quickie” election rule. The final rule, set to take effect on […]
NLRB DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF POSTING RULE
By: John E. Murray On October 5, 2011, the NLRB delayed the effective date of its new posting rule. The rule had been scheduled to take effect on November 14, 2011. The effective date has now been postponed to January 31, 2012. Once the rule takes effect, most private employers will be required to post […]
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DOUBLES UNIONS’ PLEASURE WITH LATEST PROPOSED RULES
By: Kristofor L. Hanson The Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board have announced proposed rule changes that will significantly alter union-election procedures and reporting requirements for employers and their labor consultants. These changes, in large part, are designed to implement by administrative rule many of the measures of the failed Employee Free […]
OBAMA NLRB EXEMPTS STATIONARY UNION DEMONSTRATIONS FROM PICKETING LIMITS
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 […]
NLRB SENDS EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO UNIONS
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”), […]
SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY LEADS TO NLRB COMPLAINT
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 […]