By Eric B. Meyer No inflatable rats here, folks. Just some organizing shenanigans. Last week, the National Labor Relations Board was tasked with … Read more
NLRB Rules That Employers Can’t Require Workers to Use Arbitration
The National Labor Relations Board continues to jump into controversial workplace issues, ruling late Friday that employers can’t force employees to … Read more
President Infuriates Business Groups With Recess Appointments to NLRB
See update below Last month, a story in Politico described the squabbling between business and labor over open seats on the National Labor Relations Board … Read more
Behind the NLRB’s Union Election Ruling: What It Means For Employers
By Reyburn W. Lominack III Earlier this week, the National Labor Relations Board published a final rule implementing sweeping changes to its long-standing … Read more
NLRB Moving Forward With New and Streamlined Union-Election Rules
By Reyburn W. Lominack III and Steve Bernstein A union organizer’s dream would consist of a “quickie” election in a gerrymandered unit … Read more
Test Your HR Legal Smarts: Case of The Naughty Poet and the Bad Haircut
With all the suing going on these days, adding J.D. to your SPHR might be a wise investment. Considering that the average compensatory award in a federal … Read more
Boeing, Union Agree In Principle; NLRB Case Likely to be Dismissed
On Thursday, The Seattle Times reported that Boeing and their Washington-based machinist union had an agreement in place to bring more work to Washington … Read more
Here’s How Union Election Rules Will Be Changing Soon
By Eric B. Meyer Yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board gave a glimpse into how it plans to change the way your workplace may become unionized. As … Read more
Get Ready For Gridlock at the NLRB
By Eric B. Meyer Back in September, I joked that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was on the verge of disbanding. (Ok, maybe it wasn’t … Read more
Occupy [Insert City] Is Coming – Are You Ready If Your Employees Get Involved?
By John H. Douglas You might have to live under a rock not to have heard about the “Occupy Wall Street” protests by now. As such protest … Read more