By Ivan Curra, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link (Not pictured: Eric Meyer; probably off grabbing a Dole Whip (adult version) and a turkey leg). Folks, the blog posts may not be as fast and furious (i.e., daily) as usual this week. That’s because, yes, I am vacationing with the family in…
Image by Andreas Breitling from Pixabay What a difference a few years make. Two years, Richard Griffin, the former General Counsel of the National Labor Relation Board (“NLRB“), stood before the U.S. Supreme Court and argued in Epic Systems v. Lewis that arbitration agreements requiring employees to forego the ability…
MarkBuckawicki [CC0], via Wikimedia CommonsIf I were the boss, I’d fire anyone for talking in a public office restroom. Period. Full stop. But, carrying on and cursing about clients of the company is certainly a terminable offense. Just ask the National Labor Relations Board. Here’s the setup: Two employees entered…
Won’t you help little Ivy Meyer achieve her Girl Scout Cookies sales goal? It’s that time of year again. Coworkers have begun bombarding you with requests to purchase Girl Scout Cookies. So, in that spirit, let’s tackle: Whether unions will start organizing your workplace if you relax your no-solicitation policy…
Yep, that’s me about eight years ago posing with my first-born and an inflatable rat. His name is Scabby. The rat, that is. And he may be going away for good soon. Who is Scabby The Rat? According to Scabby The Rat’s Twitter profile — because, of course — Scabby was “born…
EriKolaborator [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia CommonsNotice, I didn’t go so far as to say, “Let’s start the year off right.” That’s because organized labor/union blog posts are like reader kryptonite. But, since the United States Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, in this opinion issued late last…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/cricket-long-green-blue-antennas-307982/) Shhh… If you listen quietly, you may just hear another subscriber clicking on this blog post. Nope, those are crickets. But, at the expense of clicks and subscription rates, I feel compelled to share with you Board news: The National Labor Relations Board will publish a…
By U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsRespect to the employment law bloggers, reporters, and others who wasted no time trying to read the tea leaves to predict what Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s record as a jurist would foreshadow should he ascend to…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/mail-message-email-send-message-1454731/) In 2014, the National Labor Relations Board ruled here in a case called Purple Communications that employees can use company email to try to form a union. Specifically, the Board held that “employee use of email for statutorily protected communication on nonworking time must presumptively be permitted…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/update-upgrade-renew-improve-1672346/) If you’re new to the field, you’ll have to take our word on it. But, HR-compliance professionals know that drafting an employee handbook that is 100% compliant got a lot tougher over the past several years. Let’s forget about paid-sick-leave laws, ban-the-box, and other state/local law matters.…