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NLRB warns against overbroad social media policies

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 27, 2012

Tags: NLRB, social media, unfair labor practices

WASHINGTON – Workplace social media use is a fertile ground for potential federal labor law violations, according to a new guidance memo released by the acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board detailing the Board’s recent decisions on the issue.

Group sues over Obama’s NLRB recess appointments

Published: January 18, 2012

Tags: National Right to Work Foundation, NLRB, President Obama, recess appointments

WASHINGTON – The National Right to Work Foundation has filed the first legal challenge to President Barack Obama’s recess appointments of three members to the National Labor Relations Board.

Chamber defers decision on recess appointment lawsuit

Published: January 12, 2012

Tags: CFPB, NLRB, Obama administration, recess appointments, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

WASHINGTON – The president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said the organization would take a wait-and-see approach in deciding whether to file a legal challenge over President Barack Obama’s recess appointments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the National Labor Relations Board, but added that a lawsuit could be forthcoming depending on the agencies’ actions.

NLRB: Arbitration clauses cannot bar class actions

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 8, 2012

Tags: class actions, collective bargaining, mandatory arbitration, NLRB

WASHINGTON – Requiring employees to sign mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements that prevent them from collectively pursuing employment-related legal claims in any other forum violates the National Labor Relations Act, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled.

2011 employment law news wrap-up

Published: December 28, 2011

Tags: cat’s paw theory, E-verify, EEOC, employee misclassification, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, ERISA, fair labor standards act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, sexual harassment, social media, social media policies

Employment law has been a hot practice area and 2011 did not disappoint. Here are some of the highlights of the past year’s most notable employment law stories:

Pending NLRB shutdown means more uncertainty for labor lawyers

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: December 27, 2011

Tags: Congress, NLRB, Obama, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, unions

WASHINGTON – As one of the most contentious years in the National Labor Relations Board’s history ends amid even more controversy, the new year brings new problems for the agency as well as labor lawyers.

NLRB approves resolution to change union election rules

Published: December 1, 2011

Tags: elections, labor law, NLRB, Obama administration, unions

WASHINGTON – Over the objection of one of its three members, the National Labor Relations Board approved a resolution to adopt a number of changes to the workplace union election process.

ALJ rules that Facebook posts are not protected activity

Published: October 21, 2011

Tags: Facebook, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, social media, termination, Twitter

In the continuing stream of cases dealing with Facebook firings, a car dealership that fired a salesman who complained on Facebook about his employer’s choice of fare at a party did not violate his rights, an Administrative Law Judge of the National Labor Relations Board has ruled.

NLRB postpones workplace posting rule to January

Published: October 6, 2011

Tags: National Labor Relations Act, NLRB, posting rule, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

WASHINGTON – The National Labor Relations Board has postponed the effective date of its controversial new notice-posting rule by more than two months.

NLRB chair defends Board actions to Congress committee

Published: September 26, 2011

Tags: Congress, NLRB

WASHINGTON – In the wake of a House committee hearing in which Republicans blasted recent actions by the National Labor Relations Board, the Board’s chairman defended its decisions.