Can employees engage in a concerted stretching exercise during work hours? The NLRB recently said yes.
The NLRA allows employees to engage in demonstrations to support their union, including
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Can employees engage in a concerted stretching exercise during work hours? The NLRB recently said yes.
The NLRA allows employees to engage in demonstrations to support their union, including…
Continue Reading Breathe, Stretch, … Strike?
In a recent decision, a Board panel majority found that an employee was unlawfully fired for writing “whore board” on an overtime sign-up sheet at work. This decision highlights…
Continue Reading “Whore Board” Is Protected Employee Speech, NLRB Finds.
On June 6, 2018, the NLRB issued two Orders that put an end to the Hy-Brand case, which briefly changed the NLRB’s standard for determining whether two employers were jointly…
Continue Reading The Hy-Brand Saga Ends, But The NLRB’s Joint Employer Journey Continues
This past Monday, April 30, marked the conclusion of a weeklong strike conducted by Columbia graduate students at the University’s campus. Timing, as people say, is sometimes everything – especially…
Continue Reading Columbia University Graduate Students End Their Strike…but the Saga Continues
On April 20, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board, by adopting an ALJ’s decision, held that employees who replied in agreement to another employee’s critical group email about the employer’s…
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Though it may come as a surprise to some employers, the NLRB generally recognizes the right of employees to wear union insignia (pins with union logos, etc.) while at work. …
Continue Reading NLRB Follows Precedent Allowing Union Insignia At Work, But Did It Signal A Change?
Undergraduate resident advisors usually wield a lot of power over university residence halls and those who occupy them. You likely know this already if you were ever a college freshman…
Continue Reading Undergraduate Resident Advisors May Possibly Unionize…For Now
Sometimes, using only one word can make all the difference between a lawful and unlawful statement. Washington University in Saint Louis learned this lesson the hard way when in late…
Continue Reading Strike and You’re Out…of the Country
Graduate students at most private universities have been allowed to unionize since the 2016 decision of the NLRB in Columbia University. This decision was controversial because the employee status…
Continue Reading Columbia University: Employee or Not Employee – That is the Question?
On January 29, 2018, the DC Circuit remanded a 2016 NLRB decision – Grill Concepts Servs., Inc., 364 NLRB No. 36 (2016) – back to the Board for reconsideration…
Continue Reading Second Times the Charm? The NLRB Permitted Another Chance to Analyze Restaurant’s Work Rules