And, you’ll have to excuse me for not clutching my pearls. Protected concerted activity is powerful stuff Like it or not, to a person, we can agree that the rulings flowing from the National Labor Relations Board over the past several years have been largely employee-friendly. This is especially true with cases involving employee…
Quit playing with my emotions, Eric. That National Labor Relations Board has gone and done it again! Or has it? In Minteq International, Inc., and Specialty Minerals, Inc. (you can download a copy of the decision here), the Board examined the confidentiality language in a company’s non-competition agreements: Confidential Information refers to…
No it won’t. But, I do like click-bait. Seriously though, I came across Littler Mendelson’s Executive Employer Survey Report, which “examines the legal, economic and social issues having the greatest impact on the workplace, based on survey responses from 844 in-house counsel, human resources professionals and C-suite executives from a range…
You may get your passport revoked if you hate on the free kick prowess of French soccer star, Dimitri Payet. Nasty! But, if you work in a tipped position and you question the generosity of French soccer players when leaving gratuities, then, hasta luego. Not even the National Labor Relations Board…
As I think about all of the agreements with arbitration provisions that I’ve drafted for clients over the years. ***wipes brow, tugs collar, clutches pearls*** Certain arbitration agreements may blunt certain federally-protected rights employees have to discuss working conditions with one another. The National Labor Relations Board is not fond of…
Folks, it’s been a real crappy 2016 for Chipotle. Critical tweets about work get deleted. Last year, Chipotle’s National Social Media Strategist saw a series of tweets from a Chipotle employee working just outside of Philadelphia. The tweets had a common theme: working conditions: One of Kennedy’s tweets included a news…
Remember last month when I told you to short crude oil futures and bet the Broncos to win the Super Bowl about how the National Labor Relations Board concluded that an employer could not maintain a workplace rule that banned employees from recording workplace conversations, absent prior company approval. (More on that here).…
Back when the Lamborghini Countach poster was in your bedroom, spinach and artichoke dip was on the menu, and it was hip to be square, this image would have been fitting for this blog — what’s a blog?!?! — post. Yes, there was a time when a secret recording in the…
Remember the Employee Free Choice Act? Back in 2009, the Employee Free Choice Act, also known as “card check,” was introduced in both the Senate and House. The bill had three components: Requiring that an employer recognize a union if over half of the employees in the proposed bargaining unit signed union…
It’s seen by some as making labor organizing akin to a civil right. “Woo hoo!” said none of you. On Wednesday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), top members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, introduced the Workplace Action for a Growing Economy (WAGE) Act. According…