NLRB's latest confusing decision is a boon for companies — here's why
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) just threw a bone to employers about employees’ social media comments.
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Even if your company’s confidentiality policy doesn’t specifically bar employees from discussing their paychecks with one another, it could still land you in court — and wind up being found unlawful.
Well that didn’t take long. About a month after the Supreme Court invalidated the 2012 recess appointments President Obama made to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), we know what’ll happen to the cases those appointees presided over.
In a videotaped address, President Obama promised a group of union leaders that the controversial Employee Free Choice Act will become law.
Get the feeling the Obama administration’s pushing for increased union participation? Just wait ’til you hear the latest development.
Here’s another nomination for the list of court cases you need to keep an eye on in the coming months: A federal appeals court in Washington, DC has ruled that President Obama’s recent appointments to the National Labor Relations Board violated the Constitution. The case is likely going to end up before the Supreme Court.
Guess we don’t have to worry about the National Labor Relations Board having a quorum this year. President Obama announced that he’d be recess appointing three new members — and guess what? Democrats will still be in control.
And the beat goes on: The National Labor Relations Board has stuck its nose into another non-union organization’s employee handbook.
This ruling’s going to scare the pants off a lot of employers — and it should.
For many companies, discussing salaries has always been taboo. Some firms even required new hires to sign an agreement swearing they wouldn’t disclose their pay to co-workers. This “loose lips sink ships” approach is largely illegal, of course: Employees are generally free to talk about pay rates as part of their rights under the National…
The National Labor Relations Board wants to require your company to put up a poster explaining how your employees can form a union.
Is the NLRB finally hammering out a sensible approach to social media?
The showdown’s coming. The Supreme Court has announced it will take on the question of whether or not President Obama overstepped his powers when he appointed members to the National Labor Relations Board during a Senate break last year.
Yet another common employer policy has come under fire from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). It doesn’t matter if your workforce is unionized or not — if you’ve got this policy, it could be deemed illegal.
If you’ve been following along on HR Morning, you know the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has made some pretty controversial rulings lately in an attempt to protect workers‘ Section 7 speech rights under the National Labor Relations Act. But this time, it may have gone too far.
There’s a lot of talk about what Donald Trump could do when he gets into office. Here you’re going to get five bold predictions on what President Trump likely will do that will impact HR professionals and their employers.
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