On July 9, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit took the latest step in a continuing controversy about when obscenity or other misconduct by a worker, while raising otherwise protected job complaints,...more
7/25/2024
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Disciplinary Proceedings ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
General Motors ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Section 7 ,
Unfair Labor Practices
Reversing the National Labor Relations Board’s decision in Sterns Produce Company v. NLRB, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected the Board’s reasoning that a company had engaged in unlawful surveillance...more
4/16/2024
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Corporate Counsel ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Surveillance ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions
On April 20, 2023, a three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board (Board) ruled 2-1 in Noah’s Ark Processors LLC, 372 NLRB No. 80 (2023), that a combination of remedies imposed for unfair labor practices by an...more
4/26/2023
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Bad Faith ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Unfair Labor Practices ,
Unions