Yesterday, I read with interest Jon Hyman’s post at the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog about how Target has employed a 14-minute training video to help keep its workplace union free. Gawker has posted a copy of the video here. Like a bear crapping in the woods, Gawker pokes fun of…
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NLRB renews its effort to expedite union elections
Back in 2011, the National Labor Relations Board tried to pass certain rules that would have changed the union-election process in eight ways: Allow for electronic filing of election petitions and other documents. Ensure that employees, employers and unions receive and exchange timely information they need to understand and participate…
Employers may force employees not to file class actions
As my buddy Rubo used to say: “It’s like school on Saturday; no class.” Read all about it — yesterday’s BIG federal appellate court decision; not my buddy — after the jump… * * * Through December 20, you can vote for this hella-awesome blog in ABA Journal’s Blawg 100…
New PA bill would make the Commonwealth a right-to-work state
Before I get into the this new bill, let’s clear up a popular misconception: David Hasselhoff lives in my basement rent-free right-to-work means that an employee can be fired at any time for any non-discriminatory reason. No, dudes. That’s called at-will employment. Right-to-work laws give individual employees in a unionized workplace…
Senate confirms five members to the National Labor Relations Board
Ladies and gentlemen, the National Labor Relations Board is back in business. (Well, somebody tell that to the Board, where it’s been business as usual lately. More on that in a moment.) Yesterday, the Senate voted mainly along party lines to confirm five members — a full slate — to…
That’s what they said: Lotsa NLRB news, and an employment-law carnival
So much labor-and-employment-law news this week, I’ll do what I can to cram it into a single post. Here goes… From Seth Borden at Labor Relations Today comes this news about the Senate agreeing to — gasp — seat a full five-member National Labor Relations Board. How could this happen?…
Does firing a law firm associate for discussing wages violate federal labor law?
There’s not a whole lot that we have in common. I’m more erudite (you know, the blog thing), better looking, and more arrogant confident. Given our differences, what I’m about to say may come as a surprise: when I was a associate attorney, I discussed salaries with other associates. (I’ll…
Employee posts “FIRE ME…Make my day…” on Facebook. And guess what?
Yep. And not even the Associate General Counsel at the National Labor Relations Board could save this employee. In Tasker Healthcare Group, d/b/a Skinsmart Dermatology, the Charging Party — and nine other people (of whom seven were current employees) participated in a private group message on Facebook. During that sesh, the Charging…
3d Cir: Obama NLRB recess appointments (Becker too) were unconstitutional
In a 2-1 decision issued today (copy here), the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the National Labor Relations Board lacked the authority to act as early as March 2010, when President Obama appointed Craig Becker to the Board. The Third Circuit held that Member Becker’s appointment to the…
Appeals Court: NLRB union-rights poster violates free-speech rights
On Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled here that the National Labor Relations Board cannot require private employers — union and non-union — to hang this poster in a conspicuous location in the workplace. Billed by the Board as a notice advising employees of their rights under the…