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Court Strikes Down NLRB Posting Requirement   5/10/2013
Bulletin on the defeat by a federal court of appeals of the NLRB’s rule requiring employers to post a notice of employee union-related rights.

Confidentiality of Internal Investigations Revisited   5/6/2013
Bulletin on recent NLRB ruling suggesting language that an employer could use to protect the confidentiality of some of the employer’s investigations.

NLRB Nominees Announced   4/25/2013
President Obama announced the nomination of three individuals to the National Labor Relations Board on April 9, 2013.

NLRB Upholds Facebook Firing, But . . .   10/10/2012
Bulletin on the NLRB ruling on the legality of terminating an employee for Facebook postings

Barring Discussion of Ongoing Investigation May Be Unlawful Restraint   8/3/2012
Routinely asking complaining employees not to discuss the matter with coworkers during an internal investigation may violate Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act.

NLRB Launches Website to Raise Employees' Awareness of Protected Activity   6/20/2012
Bulletin on the NLRB's new website to assist employees in understanding what constitutes protected concerted activity under the National Labor Relations Act.

Member Flynn Resigns From NLRB   5/31/2012
NLRB member Terrence Flynn, a Republican recess appointmentee, submitted his resignation to President Obama and NLRB Chairman Mark G. Pearce, to be effective July 24, 2012.

NLRB Election Rule Changes “Temporarily Suspended” Following Court Decision   5/21/2012
The NLRB has temporarily suspended the union representation election rules that went into effect on April 30, 2012.

To Post or Not to Post – That Question Has Been Answered - For Now   4/18/2012
Update on a NLRB regulation requiring companies to post a notice of employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act.

NLRB Posting Requirement Delayed – Again   1/3/2012
The National Labor Relations Board has announced it will again postpone the effective date of the employee rights notice-posting rule at the request of the federal court in Washington, D.C.

NLRB Takes Another Step to Adopt Election Changes   12/5/2011
Bulletin on an approved NLRB resolution to draft a final rule that would amend secret ballot election procedures.

NLRB Posting Requirement Delayed   10/6/2011
The NLRB has announced postponement of the implementation date for its new notice-posting rule from November 14, 2011, to January 31, 2012.

To Post or Not to Post – That is the Question   9/23/2011
Update on the NLRB employee rights poster requirement and pending litigation to halt the requirement.

Are All Employee Facebook Posts Protected Concerted Activity?   9/14/2011
Discussion and analysis of the NLRB approach to employees’ social media communications regarding terms and conditions of employment.

Administrative Law Judge Orders Reinstatement and Backpay for Five Employees Terminated for Facebook Postings   9/12/2011
An NLRB Administrative Law Judge has found that an employer’s discharge of the five employees over social media postings was unlawful and ordered them to be reinstated with back pay.

NLRB Announces New “Overwhelming Community of Interest” Burden on Employers   9/2/2011
The NLRB has overturned a 20-year old precedent and changed the applicable standard for determining what constitutes an appropriate bargaining unit in non-acute health care facilities.

NLRB Overrules Two Prior Decisions and Defines “Reasonable Period” To Protect New Collective Bargaining Relationships   9/2/2011
The NLRB has ruled that an employer must recognize an incumbent union for a reasonable period after a successor employer begins operations of a unionized business, before the new employer can challenge the union’s majority status.

NLRB Requires Employers to Post Notice of Employees’ NLRA Rights   9/1/2011
As of November 14, the National Labor Relations Board will require most private employers to notify employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act.).

Two More NLRB Complaints Question Terminations for Facebook Postings   6/21/2011
The NLRB recently issued two social networking-related complaints against employers in Illinois and New York on behalf of employees fired over discussions posted on their Facebook pages.

Facebook Firing Case Settled   2/14/2011
Update on a National Relations Labor Board complaint filed in a case involving an employee who posted negative comments about her employer on a social media site.

NLRB: "Preemptive" Firing Unlawful   2/4/2011
The National Labor Relations Board has held that a company violated federal labor law when it fired an employee in order to prevent her from complaining about employee wages.