Investigative Confidentiality Gets the Support of the NLRB:

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has reversed recent past decisions, and has held that an employer can require confidentiality from an individual employee involved in a current internal investigation. However, the NLRB only partly reversed past rulings on the issue, holding that while confidentiality can be

The 2d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that an employee’s “like” of a posting by a former employee, and a second employee’s comment on the original posting both were protected activity, and that firing those two employees violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Three D, LLC v. NLRB, No. 14-3284 (2d.

Over the past year, employers have bemoaned the fact that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has decided: that two nursing home employees should be reinstated despite performance deficiencies that included patient safety issues; that an employee’s online and obscenity-laced rant was “protected activity” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA); and that an employee’s

A recent decision of a three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is sure to start conversations regarding the parameters for remedial reinstatement of individuals with observed performance deficiencies.

The controversial issue is whether two nursing home employees should have been reinstated – as part of the resolution of a discrimination claim –

Employee, fired after mentioning of a help-wanted ad to a co-worker, was fired in unlawful retaliation for engaging in “inherently concerted activity,” according to the National Labor Relations Board. Sabo, Inc. d/b/a Hoodview Vending Co. and Assoc. of Western Pulp and Paper Workers’ Union, 362 NLRB No. 81, April 30, 2015).

Section 7 of the

By a two-to-one vote, a three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upheld an administrative law judge’s findings that an employer unlawfully discharged an employee because of social media comments – including strong obscenities – that were personally critical of a company manager. Pier Sixty, LLC and Hernan Perez, et al, NLRB Cases

An arbitrator’s finding that an employer could not unilaterally switch safety handbooks without bargaining for that switch was upheld by a federal district court. Firstenergy Generation Corp. v. IBEW, WDPA, No. 14-560, March 16, 2015.

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) filed a grievance after Firstenergy Generation Corporation attempted to replace the Company’s original

Most employers are aware that under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), it is unlawful for an employer to prohibit employees from discussing wages among themselves, or to threaten an employee with discharge if they engage in such discussions.

Recently, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) took that premise one step further, finding that