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D.C. Circuit Clarifies Employer Communication Rights During Union Campaigns

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On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit clarified the rules that apply when employers distribute information and observe employees during union campaigns. The court found that a New York-based...more

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NLRB Telegraphs Possible New Standard for Employee Email Use

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On Friday, September 30, 2022, the NLRB reversed its earlier stance that Chelsea Befort was lawfully terminated for violating T-Mobile’s electronic communications policy. Ms. Befort sent mass emails to all 595 Customer...more

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NLRB General Counsel Aims to Drastically Change Employers’ Rights Related to "Captive Audience" and Other Mandatory Meetings About...

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For nearly 75 years, employers have held the right to gather employees at work for mandatory meetings to discuss, in a non-coercive manner, the employer’s views concerning unionization. On April 7, 2022, however, National...more

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NLRB May Outlaw Captive Audience and Other Mandatory Meetings

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On April 7, 2022, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo circulated a memorandum to all Field offices, expressing her intention to ask the Board to deem “captive audience meetings,” where...more

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Will Big Labor’s Big Wishlist Return For 2021? The Implications Of A Resurrected PRO Act On Businesses Large And Small

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When the House of Representatives passed the PRO Act last year with the aim of overhauling federal labor law for the benefit of organized labor, we predicted the legislation would stall in the face of the Republican Senate...more

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The National Labor Relations Board 2019 Year End Review: An Overview of Major Developments in Labor Law

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If 2018 was a year of elevator music at the National Labor Relations Board, 2019 was symphony of sound.  The Board’s initiatives were varied, high-profile and in the vast majority of cases, the developments were positives for...more

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Labor Gets Wishlist Bill Passed In House

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The U.S. House of Representatives just passed a bill that would tilt the scales of labor law unequivocally in favor of organized labor. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would bring about a radical shift in labor...more

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NLRB Wraps up Blockbuster Year with a Bang

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a whirlwind series of rulings to cap off 2019. The NLRB typically issues many decisions near the end of a Board member's term, so this flurry comes as no surprise...more

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NLRB Okays Confidentiality Rules During Ongoing Investigations and Restrictions of Personal Use of Work Email

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In a flurry of year-end activity before losing its lone Democratic member, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) recently issued two decisions that allow employers to maintain greater confidentiality protections...more

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National Employment Perspective: Focus on the NLRB and Employee Communication

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Recent Changes to NLRB Guidance Regarding Employers’ Policies Involving Employee Communication - Two recent decisions by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have significantly overturned earlier rulings regarding...more

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National Labor Relations Board Expands Employers’ Rights to Enforce Workplace Rules

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In a pair of significant year-end rulings, the National Labor Relations Board overturned two Obama-era precedents that had restricted the ability of both unionized and non-unionized employers to limit the use of company email...more

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NLRB Trend of Employer-Friendly Decisions Continues: Investigative Confidentiality Rules and Use of Employer Emails

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On the same day as the departure of the lone Democratic Board member, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) this week continued its trend of issuing employer-friendly decisions that reverse Obama-era Board precedent. In...more

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Board Overturns Purple Communications, Restores Employer Right to Restrict Email Use

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On December 17, 2019, in a 3-1 decision split along party lines, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) restored to employers the right to restrict employees from using company email systems for nonbusiness purposes.  The...more

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NLRB Reverses Purple Communications – Holds Employer May Restrict Employees’ Use of Email and Other Information Technology Systems

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On December 17, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) ruled that an employer’s rule prohibiting use of its email system for nonbusiness purposes did not violate employees’ rights under the National Labor...more

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