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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently ruled that an employer’s video surveillance of its employees in the process of distributing Union materials and literature (and thereby breaking Company rules) was illegal under the National …

On February 1, 2017, Congressmen Steve King (Republican-Iowa) and Joe Wilson (Republican-South Carolina) introduced the National Right to Work Act (H.R. 785) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill would prevent employers and unions …

We previously wrote about Gregory Linhoff, an employee at the University of Connecticut Health Center, who was caught smoking marijuana in his employer issued van while at work. Not surprisingly, the Health Center terminated his …

We previously wrote that the Chicago Regional Office of the National Labor Relations Board (“Region”) determined scholarship football players at Northwestern University (“Northwestern”) were employees and could unionize. In a huge win for Northwestern, the …

Connecticut Law Tribune January 25, 2016 If two entities are deemed joint employers, they each can be held liable for the employment related acts of the other.  In August 2015, the National Labor Relations Board …

In December, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) overturned a 2007 decision and held that employee use of company email for union and other protected communications on non-working time must be permitted by employers who …

In a recent Arizona District Court case, the National Labor Relations Board’s (“Board”) Regional Director tried to require an employer to forego using the E-verify system to verify employment eligibility of several employees, in violation …

In a move that would radically change the world of franchises, the General Counsel’s Office (“GC”) of the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) announced it intends to allege McDonald’s is a joint employer with its …

Last year, the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) put its stamp of approval on “micro-units,” or small groups of employees who may unionize.  The Board recently decided two cases involving micro-units in Macy’s and Bergdorf …

Almost one year after it granted review of Noel Canning, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, affirmed the D.C. Circuit Court’s decision that President Obama lacked the authority to appoint three National Labor …