That much-discussed National Labor Relations Board poster — you remember, the one that will tell your employees how to unionize — faces a new court challenge.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce have filed a joint lawsuit asking a federal district court to block the NLRB requirement that all employers post The Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act.
The Chambers’ suit, filed in Charleston, SC, follows a similar action filed by the National Association of Manufacturers in a Washington, DC, federal court.
Both suits pose pretty much the same argument: The NLRB overstepped its authority when it issued an order to employers to post the notice.
Will courts act before compliance deadline?
As things stand now, employers are required to post the notice in “conspicuous places (where it can be) readily seen by employees, including all places where notices to employees … are customarily posted.”
If the employer uses a company intranet to communicate with its workforce, the notice must be available there, as well.
Deadline for compliance is Nov. 14 — if the courts don’t intervene.
We’ll keep you posted. For a look at the Chambers’ suit, go here.
