Of the many actions by the NLRB during the last few years, one of the most contentious has been its attempt to require all private employers falling under its jurisdiction to post a notice informing employees of their rights to unionize. The notion of posting such a notice was considered
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Update: NLRB Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review Of Recess Appointments
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The NLRB announced today that the agency would seek U.S. Supreme Court review of the D.C. Circuit decision in Noel Canning, which ruled that the President’s recess appointments made last year (and perhaps in the years prior) were unconstitutional. The decision of the appeals court has cast a great…
Micro Union Case Hits Federal Court Of Appeals
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One of the NLRB’s most sweeping decisions in decades, Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, 357 NLRB No. 83 (August 26, 2011).pdf, has reached a federal appeals court, as the employer seeks to have the decision overturned. As we have previously discussed, the Board in this case established …
Court Strikes Down Portions Of NLRB Notice Posting Rules
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A federal judge in the District of Columbia handed employers a significant partial victory in the ongoing skirmish over the NLRB’s attempts to require all employers under its jurisdiction to post a notice of employee rights. As we have noted previously, the NLRB postponed the original November 14, 2011 compliance…
NLRB Reveals More Details To Proposed Election Rule Changes
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As we reported earlier, the NLRB announced it was ready to vote on some proposed amendments to the rules concerning representation elections. There was no indication in the original announcement of about the substance of the changes.
On November 29, 2011, NLRB Chairman Mark Pierce disclosed more information in…
NLRB To “Vote” On Quickie Election Rules November 30
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The NLRB announced today that it was going to hold a vote on its proposed regulations to upend the well established and longstanding representation case procedures. According to the NLRB’s announcement today, the vote is over “whether to adopt a small number of amendments” proposed earlier this year. This may…
NLRB: All Employers Must Post Notice Informing Employees Of Rights Under NLRA
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Concluding that “many employees protected by the NLRA are unaware of their rights under the statute,” the NLRB today issued a Final Rule today on Notification of Employee Rights under the National Labor Relations Act.pdf. As of November 14, 2011, all employers falling under NLRB jurisdiction will be…
NLRB Quickie Election Rules Closer To Reality As Comments Are Filed
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The NLRB’s initiative to upend the well-established, and by its own declarations “outstanding”, representation election procedures took one step closer to reality yesterday when the initial period for filing comments on the proposed rules closed. As I noted previously in this blog, the “quickie” or “ambush” elections contemplated by the …