Posted on January 12, 2018 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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Attorney Bob Reinertson wrote recently about a decision of the National Labor Relations Board that significantly changed how the NLRB will review workplace policies and employee handbooks to determine whether they are in compliance with federal law. The issue has always been that workplace policies (normally included in an employee handbook) may not interfere with […]
Posted on November 10, 2015 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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A recent decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the decision by the National Labor Relations Board that action taken by two employees on a Facebook page should be considered protected speech and therefore the employees should not have been terminated from employment. In this decision involving the Triple Play Sports Bar […]
Posted on August 12, 2014 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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Another decision from the National Labor Relations Board has created the same worry for employers. An NLRB judge recently ruled that several portions of a company employee handbook restricted the rights of workers to organize and discuss their conditions of employment and found there was a violation of the Section 7 rights of the employees. […]
Posted on August 11, 2014 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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A recent decision from the National Labor Relations Board has again highlighted the lengths to which the NLRB will go to seek out protection of employee rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act. This Section allows employees to communicate regarding union organizing activities and exchange information amongst employees regarding possible union organizing […]