Employment Policies, Boeing, Employee Rights

Employment Law Update: Federal Judge Rules Attorney Was Fired for Legitimate Workplace Behavior Concerns, not Due to Alleged...

Whiteford on 7/25/2025

A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington highlights the importance of clear, documented reasons for employee terminations. In Kang v. The Boeing Company, a case involving a former...more

Handbooks and Policies - Time to Revise Them After NLRB Ruling, or Another Pendulum Swing?

Lathrop GPM on 8/31/2023

The answer after the Stericycle ruling is likely “both.” As the composition of the NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) changes, the roller coaster continues, making it difficult for businesses – whether private,...more

NLRB Puts Employment Handbooks Under More Scrutiny

Foster Swift Collins & Smith on 8/29/2023

Employers often have workplace policies which are typically contained in an employment handbook. These handbooks may include policies regarding the confidentiality of business information, the use of cell phones during work,...more

NLRB Establishes New Work Rule Standard: Time to Revise Handbooks and Policies

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/29/2023

On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or “Board”) published an opinion regarding employer work rules. That opinion in the Stericycle and Teamsters Local 628 matter clarified that employer work rules that...more

NLRB Sets New Standard for Evaluating Workplace Rules

Venable LLP on 8/29/2023

On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision in Stericycle, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 113 (2023), which creates a new standard for evaluating whether a company's workplace rules violate the National...more

Employer Work Rules Need Review Due To NLRB Strict New Standard

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 8/22/2023

On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its decision in Stericycle, Inc., in which it articulated its new standard for evaluating whether employer work rules are impermissible under the National...more

NLRB’s New Work Rules Standard Skews in Favor of Employees and Unions

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 8/16/2023

On Aug. 2, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) set a new standard to evaluate facially neutral work rules in union and nonunionized workplaces when it issued a much-anticipated decision in Stericycle, Inc., 372 NLRB No....more

NLRB Increases Scrutiny of Workplace Rules

Stinson LLP on 8/15/2023

BACKGROUND - In its recent Stericycle decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) modified its framework for evaluating whether employer work rules that do not expressly restrict employee Section 7 activity are...more

NLRB Applies a Shifting Burdens Analysis in Reviewing Employer Work Rules; Boeing Overruled

Genova Burns LLC on 8/11/2023

On August 2, 2023, the NLRB further limited employers’ flexibility in designing work rules by holding that all work rules will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and no work rules will get an automatic pass....more

Here We Go Again: The National Labor Relations Board Reintroduces Chaos to Employee Handbooks

BakerHostetler on 8/10/2023

There was little doubt that the current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the “Board”) would overrule the Trump-era test in The Boeing Company for evaluating work rules in favor of a more employee-friendly standard. The...more

NLRB Adopts Tough New Standard for Workplace Rules

Littler on 8/9/2023

On August 2, 2023, in Stericycle, Inc., 372 NLRB No. 113 (2023), the National Labor Relations Board adopted a strict new legal standard for evaluating the validity of workplace rules under the National Labor Relations Act...more

NLRB Returns to a More Stringent Framework For Workplace Rules

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/8/2023

On Wednesday, August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“the Board”) continued its retreat from many of the decisions issued by its Trump-era iteration. In Stericycle, Inc, 372 NLRB No. 113 (2023), the Board...more

NLRB Turning Up the Heat Over Employee Handbooks

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 8/8/2023

In the midst of one of the hottest summers on record, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB" or the "Board") is putting the heat on employers. In a recent decision issued on August 2, 2023, the NLRB has assumed the...more

Labor Board Returns to Case-by-Case Approach for Determining Lawfulness of Work Rules

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/8/2023

The National Labor Relations Board has again revised its standard for assessing whether an employer’s facially neutral work rules (rules that do not explicitly restrict Section 7 activities) unlawfully restrict employee...more

National Labor Relations Board Overrules Boeing With Strict Scrutiny of Handbook Rules

Husch Blackwell LLP on 8/4/2023

On August 2, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) issued its anticipated ruling in Stericycle, Inc., reversing the Trump-era Boeing decision that famously implemented a three-category test for...more

We Knew This Was Coming: NLRB General Counsel Recommends Abandoning Workplace Rule and Confidentiality Rule Frameworks

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 3/11/2022

As foreshadowed by the NLRB General Counsel’s August 2021 Advice Memorandum, the vacillating standard for the legality of employer handbooks and policies and confidentiality requirements during open employer-investigations...more

NLRB GC Asks Board To Revisit Standard For Analyzing Employee Handbooks

Stoel Rives - World of Employment on 3/10/2022

Since August 2021, three of the five members of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) have been appointed by Democratic presidents, including two members appointed by President Biden. Earlier this year, the...more

Are You Prepared for the Return of the War on Employee Handbooks?

Littler on 4/15/2021

The National Labor Relations Act governs what most private-sector employers can say and do with respect to employee “concerted” or group activities, whether they are represented by a union or not. ...more

NLRB Reinstates Rule Permitting Confidentiality During Workplace Investigations

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/25/2020

In welcome news to employers, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision on December 19, 2019, holding that employer rules requiring employee confidentiality during the course of workplace investigations are...more

Applying the Boeing Standard, NLRB Upholds Employer’s Policies Restricting Cell Phone Use, Non-Work Email Use and Disclosure of...

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 2/24/2020

Applying the facially neutral work rule test laid out in Boeing, the Board recently reversed an Administrative Law Judge decision, concluding that the employer maintained lawful workplace rules restricting employee use of (i)...more

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