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The National Labor Relations Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1935 to prevent labor strife by encouraging collective bargaining, protecting concerted activity and curtailing certain unfair labor... more +
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Severance Agreement Confidentiality Provisions Under Fire, Employer Surveillance, and a Roadmap for Profanity in the Context of...

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In early 2023, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB or “Board”) decision in McLaren Macomb, 372 NLRB 58, revoked employers’ ability to require their employees to keep the terms of severance packages confidential and to...more

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NLRB Gives Workers Greater Leeway to Engage in Abusive Conduct

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On May 1, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) issued its decision in Lion Elastomers LLC II and made it more difficult for employers to discipline employees for misconduct and outbursts. Now employers must...more

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Profanity or Protected Speech?

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Imagine this, an employee writes profanity (“whore board”) on a company bulletin board, the employer terminates the employee for the profanity, and the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) holds that the employee’s...more

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NLRB Stops Profanity-Laced Tirades and Other Abusive Conduct by Workers in the Workplace

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The NLRB in General Motors on Tuesday reversed an agency judge’s ruling which provided that the employer, General Motors, violated the NLRA by suspending a worker who used the F-word at his supervisor. By adopting the “Wright...more

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NLRB Upends Context-Specific Tests for Profane Conduct, Folding Such Discipline Into Traditional Motivation Tests For Evaluating...

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In another long-anticipated decision, on July 21, 2020, in General Motors LLC, 369 NLRB No. 127 (2020), the Board replaced three context-specific rules for determining whether certain abusive conduct committed by employees is...more

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Profane, Racist and Sexist - NLRB Rewrites Rules

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The National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") is expected to rewrite its rules protecting employees who violate employers' policies when they use profane, racist or sexist language. In September, the NLRB requested public...more

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SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights: Issue 4, 2019

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Welcome to the fourth quarter edition of SuperVision, the e-newsletter from Spilman Thomas & Battle's Labor & Employment Law Group. Just as we were going to press, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") issued two...more

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