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New NLRB General Counsel Identifies Possible Changes
Those of you who have watched the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)—the nation’s primary enforcer of labor law—over the years no doubt expect it to reshuffle its priorities when the White House changes parties. The Board swore in Jennifer Abruzzo as its new general counsel (GC) on July 22, 2021, and three weeks later, she released an internal memorandum blueprint for changes to the law she would like to see the agency implement.
New NLRB Leader Identifies Possible Changes | JD Supra
Employers who have watched the National Labor Relations Board — the nation’s primary enforcer of labor law — over the years anticipate that it will reshuffle its priorities soon after the White House changes parties. The agency swore in Jennifer Abruzzo as its new general counsel on July 22, 2021; and three weeks later, Abruzzo released an internal memorandum that is a blueprint for changes to the law she would like to see the agency implement.
NLRB Expands Employer Options for Social Media and Non-Disparagement Rules | JD Supra
With the COVID-19 emergency impacting employers’ operations and the way employees work, more and more employees may start taking to social media to vent their opinions about work and current events (sometimes intertwining the two). Employee social media expression can damage an organization’s brand and violate its social media and non-disparagement rules.
Question & Answer Employer Guide: Return to Work in the Time of COVID-19 (Updated) | JD Supra
As government authorities look to implement business reopening measures, employers are now planning to move employees back into the workplace as state and local stay-at-home orders expire and other COVID-19 business restrictions expire or are modified. What are the various considerations employers must keep in mind when reopening their physical work locations? This Question and Answer Guide describes a number of COVID-19 employment and return-to-work considerations.
Coronavirus: An Employer’s Action Guide (updated #3) | JD Supra
As the coronavirus continues to spread, employers should continually evaluate whether their prevention and response efforts are sufficient and appropriately tailored based on the latest information on the virus and their own business considerations. Here is our latest guidance, which may further inform your own response plan.
Coronavirus: An Employer’s Action Guide (Updated) | JD Supra
Daily headlines about the growing coronavirus threat have many employers concerned that they are not doing all they should to protect employees without undue disruption to operations. Here are some answers that may inform your own response plan. Updates as of March 5, 2020 Do declared states of emergency, as in San Francisco, change standard workplace policies or laws? Not necessarily.
Coronavirus: An Employer’s Action Guide | JD Supra
Daily headlines about the growing coronavirus threat have many employers concerned that they are not doing all they should to protect employees without undue disruption to operations. Here are some answers that may inform your own response plan. Updates as of March 4, 2020 Do declared states of emergency, as in San Francisco, change standard workplace policies or laws? Not necessarily.
Coronavirus: An Employer’s Action Guide | JD Supra
Daily headlines about the growing coronavirus threat have many employers concerned that they are not doing all they should to protect employees without undue disruption to operations. Here are some answers that may inform your own response plan. May we require employees to travel to/from China if needed for business purposes, or should we cancel all business travel to/from China for the duration of the threat?
Unionized Employers: ‘Contract Coverage’ Just Changed Everything | JD Supra
Updated: May 25, 2018: JD Supra is a legal publishing service that connects experts and their content with broader audiences of professionals, journalists and associations.
Austin: Employer handbook guidance after Boeing decision
By Carita Austin For most of the 2000s, the National Labor Relations Board(NLRB) reviewed facially neutral work rules under an employee-friendly standard, leaving companies worried that employees could construe neutral rules to interfere with protected activities under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). However, in December 2017, the NLRB overruled the employee-friendly standard and established a new balancing test in The Boeing Company, 365 NLRB No. 154 (Dec.
How to Balance the Need for Surveillance Against Protected Activity?
We see it all the time on the news, on our social media websites, and in everyday life: video footage from someone’s cell phone capturing a moment, whether it’s a viral sensation or a mundane video of a cat napping. And sure enough, cellphone recordings happen in the workplace, too. Sometimes cellphone usage is acceptable in the workplace—and even encouraged to capture work performance or safety issues—while other times work policies prohibit their use during working time.
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