Employers often confront situations involving employees’ argumentative, aggressive, and opprobrious conduct during department or other group meetings, evaluations, or disciplinary meetings with supervisors....more
On July 30 2020, the National Labor Relations Board (Board), issued a decision on the legality of an employer rule that prohibited employees from engaging in “illegal” strikes. The Board decision on this issue is of...more
Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (the Act) gives employees the right to engage in “concerted activities” for “mutual aid or protection.”
In general, “concerted activities” are activities or conduct by...more
Employers often confront the question of whether employees can be disciplined for using social media, such as Facebook, to communicate with other employees about complaints regarding terms and conditions of employment....more
Employers frequently ask if they can maintain rules requiring employees to keep the contents of their employment handbooks confidential.
In a recent memorandum, the General Counsel (GC) (Division of Advice) of the National...more
The Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently denied enforcement of an order from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The NLRB believed that the open door policy below prohibited employee complaints or discussions...more