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As we predicted last month, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is continuing its focus on social media policies in the wake of recent obstacles to the agency’s attempts to expand its role among union-free …

The National Labor Relations Board is not having much luck in court lately.  Less than a month after a federal court blocked implementation of the NLRB’s mandatory workplace posting rule, Judge James E. Boasberg (an …

The sleeping giant has arisen.  The National Labor Relations Board has been extraordinarily active lately, with two major rules going into effect on April 30 (maybe) – the poster requirement, which will invite unions to …

The fate of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) poster is in legal limbo, and that is now official.  Last month, Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia …

An appeals court in California recently held an employer liable for employees’ off-duty harassment of a disabled co-worker on a blog.  Unfortunately, the facts are not unique and could be happening right now in your …

Employers may soon be required to display an oversized poster informing employees of their right to unionize.  The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), the agency responsible for the poster mandate, twice delayed the posting deadline …

In the United States, each party to court or agency proceedings typically pays its own litigation costs. Courts occasionally order one side to pay such costs, but usually only when that party acts in bad …

Indiana just enacted a new law, making it the nation’s 23rd “right-to-work” state, meaning it bans collective bargaining agreements that require union membership or paying fees as a condition of employment.  Workers in the other …

Big changes are coming to union elections.  The National Labor Relations Board issued its final rule, designed to promote efficiency by making major changes to how employees elect representatives.  In other words, rather than 42 …