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Hey, no disrespect to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and all… Continue reading
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NLRB: Many of your employee handbook policies are probably unlawful.
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As is often the case when a Republican sits in the Oval Office, the National Labor Relations Board tilts employer-friendly. Indeed, once President Trump’s two nominees fill two vacancies on the Board, Republicans will hold a Board majority for the first time in 9 years.
Until then, I picture the more employee-friendly Board remaining from the Obama years going out in a blaze of glory.
Lighters up! Continue reading
Now, you too can successfully* navigate through an NLRB action
Successfully?
Well, I can’t guarantee success, now can I? Especially if you’re an employer, amirite? But, this new Guide to Board Procedures from the National Labor Relations Board will help your attorney better understand Board procedures and processes. Sounds awesome! And, for the rest of you, it’ll help cure your insomnia.
Shhh…if you’re real quiet before the sandman comes, you can actually hear the little clicks from the handful of people who opened this post.
R.I.P. – Department of Labor “Persuader” Rule
April 25, 2016 – November 16, 2016
So, go ahead. Hire a lawyer to help your workplace remain union free. That’s nobody else’s damn business!
More here…
My 2 cents on President-Elect Trump’s impact on HR-compliance in 2017. (Literally, worth 2 cents)
I’ll open this post with a haiku. Because, I feel like we could all use a haiku.
President-Elect
For HR, what will he do?
Not a stinkin’ clue!
Could firing one who doesn’t seem “happy and smiling and positive” violate labor law?
A man has filed this Charge with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming that his former employer violated the National Labor Relations Act when it fired him, allegedly, because the company didn’t think he was “happy and smiling and positive.”
A Texas judge has enjoined practically all of the DOL “blacklisting” rules
Last night, while you we sleeping in your comfy beds — me, on a pile of money, blogging power and, yes, ego — a Texas federal judge entered an injunction against the final “blacklisting” rules and guidance of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council.
I’m training the U.S. Army South on social media at work, and other news…
Yep, if you need me this morning, I’ll be at Fort Sam Houston, giving my spiel to U.S. Army South and some folks from Guantanamo Bay on social media and the workplace. How cool is that!
(In a dorky lawyer kinda way).
While that’s going down, let me catch you up with some other recent HR-compliance nuggets:
What your business can do NOW to prepare for the DOL ‘Blacklisting’ rules and guidance.
In 2014, President Obama signed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. Folks like me on the management-side refer to this Order as the Blacklisting rules. In general terms (I’ll get a little more specific below), the Blacklisting rules require prospective federal contractors and subcontractors to disclose anything that may appear on a laundry list of labor-and-employment-law faux pas.
Last month, the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued the final rules and guidance implementing the Executive Order.
If you read on, I’ll tell you who’s covered by the Blacklisting rules (hint: lots of government-contractor employers), what they say, and when they take effect. I’ll also include some tips about how you can proactively prepare for these Blacklisting rules now.