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NLRB Finds Social Media Policies Lawful, Sheds Light on Impact of Boeing

By Mark Theodore, Joshua Fox and Makenzie D. Way on January 14, 2021 Posted in Uncategorized

As we have discussed before, several years ago, the Board instituted a significant paradigm shift in analyzing the lawfulness of employers’ handbook policies in relation to employees’ Section 7 rights, when it issued its decision in The Boeing Company, 365 NLRB No. 154 (2017). Boeing established a balancing test that takes into account the employer’s … Continue Reading

CARES ACT Relief for Mid-Size Businesses Comes with Important Union Related Conditions

By Joseph Baumgarten, Michael Lebowich, Joshua Fox and Dominique Kilmartin on April 1, 2020 Posted in COVID-19, NLRA, NLRB Election Rules

Mid-sized businesses (defined as 500 to 10,000 employees) impacted by the Coronavirus may be able to obtain relief loans under the COVID-19 stimulus law, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), but only if non-union employers agree not to oppose the unionization of their workforce for the term of the loan, and … Continue Reading

Employer Claims Of Unprofitability And Competitive Disadvantage Enough To Trigger Audit Of Financials By Union, NLRB Majority Concludes

By Mark Theodore on September 30, 2016 Posted in Collective Bargaining, Duty to furnish information, Duty to provide information, General Counsel, NLRA, NLRB, Section 8(a)(5), Uncategorized, Unfair Labor Practices

The end of another NLRB fiscal year is upon us. Today, September 30, marks the last date of the fiscal year. We can expect to see a number of decisions issue from the Board, and many determinations made at the regional level, as the agency attempts to pump up its case processing statistics. We will … Continue Reading