In the last couple of years, we have seen close scrutiny of employer handbooks by the NLRB. If the agency deems a policy, or a portion of a policy, to be something employees might reasonably construe to inhibit protected activities, it is found to be unlawful. These types of cases
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NLRB Member Hayes Dissents in Representation Case Involving Threats of Violence by Pro-Union Employees
By Ronald Meisburg on
National Labor Relations Board Member Brian Hayes submitted a vigorous dissent in a recently decided case about whether the results of a union certification election should be set aside because of third party threats made to employees during the pre-election period.
In Mastec Direct TV, 356 NLRB No. 110,…