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The Employer Handbook BlogYes, the NLRB will also clobber unions who punish social media complainers
And, you’ll have to excuse me for not clutching my pearls.
Articles Posted in Unions (labor relations)
Those non-competes your employees sign probably violate federal labor law. Or do they?
Quit playing with my emotions, Eric.
Can you get fired for ripping French soccer players as poor tippers? Oui, but of course.
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 can save you. Continue reading
Do you force employees to arbitrate class-action claims? Then, you should read this…
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***
Sorry, NLRB. Using an iPhone to secretly record a conversation with your boss may be criminal
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).
Well, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, before you get any bright ideas about secretly recording your boss, you’d better think twice.
Yes, your employees can legally record most workplace conversations
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 workplace implied an expectation of privacy in whatever conversation was recorded. But, now, everyone has a smartphone and, with a few quick thumb taps, an easy way to audio or video record anything and everything.
So, who among us has a reasonable expectation of privacy at work?
According to the National Labor Relations Board, practically no one who works for the company.
The Employee Free Choice Act (a/k/a Card Check) is back #efca #efcafail
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 authorization cards (as opposed to voting for a union through a secret-ballot process);
- Expedited contract negotiations; and
- Harsher fines for unfair labor practices
New bill in Congress would crush employers that retaliate against union sympathists