Blog posts in tag NLRB

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

Posted on 12/08/2023 at 09:18 AM by Elissa Holman

Categories: Elissa Holman, Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: employers, Labor Unions, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC, Newly-formed unions

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

On August 25, 2023, in the case of Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)...

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On Demand: The 2021 Employment Law Virtual Seminar

Posted on 11/05/2021 at 01:00 PM by The Newsroom

Categories: Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: 2021 Employment Law Virtual Seminar , COVID-19, COVID-19 mandatory vaccination laws, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, DOL Wage and Hour Division, employment documentation, employment law, employment law attorney, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa employment law attorneys, Iowa employment law seminar, mandatory vaccination laws, NLRB, Non-compete agreements, pregnancy and nursing mothers employment rights, remote work arrangements, WHD

On Demand: The 2021 Employment Law Virtual Seminar

The Dickinson Law Employment Law Virtual Seminar first aired November 4, 2021 and is now available On Demand. The semina...

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“You’re Fired.” Cut the Euphemisms: At Least Trump Got This Right on “The Apprentice”

Posted on 08/25/2020 at 11:59 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: "You're Fired!", Buzzfeed, Donald Trump, employee termination, furloughs, layoffs, NLRB, Russomano v. Novo Nordisk Inc., The Apprentice

“You’re Fired.” Cut the Euphemisms: At Least Trump Got This Right on “The Apprentice”

The headline of the article reads, “BuzzFeed Lays Off Nearly 70% of Furloughed Staff.” I scratched my nearly bald head....

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NLRB Grants Employers More Leeway to Correct Abusive Workplace Behavior

Posted on 07/22/2020 at 04:37 PM by Robert Porter

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Rob Porter

Tagged As: abusive workplace behavior, Atlantic Steel , Clear Pine Mouldings , discriminatory employee conduct, employee conduct, General Motors, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, offensive language, Pier Sixty , Wright Line

NLRB Grants Employers More Leeway to Correct Abusive Workplace Behavior

The NLRB recently granted employers more authority to discipline or discharge employees engaged in abusive behavior, eve...

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NLRB: Rules Requiring Employees to Maintain “Confidentiality” During Open Investigations Lawful

Posted on 01/23/2020 at 09:50 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift Store, employee investigations & confidentiality, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB

NLRB: Rules Requiring Employees to Maintain “Confidentiality” During Open Investigations Lawful

On December 17*, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board issued its decision in Apogee Retail LLC d/b/a Unique Thrift S...

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NLRB Permits, Again, Employers to Restrict Use of Email – Maybe

Posted on 01/22/2020 at 02:25 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Caesars Entertainment Inc. , National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, NLRB and employee email usage, Purple Communications, Inc. , Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino

NLRB Permits, Again, Employers to Restrict Use of Email – Maybe

Prior to 2014, NLRB case law gave an employer the right to control its property. The NLRB tempered that right when an em...

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NLRB Rolls Back Obama “Quickie” Election Rules

Posted on 12/20/2019 at 03:02 PM by Melissa Schilling

Categories: Business Law, Employment & Labor Law, Melissa Schilling

Tagged As: employers, employment and labor issues , Labor Unions, Melissa Schilling, National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, NLRB election procedures, NLRB election rules, unions

NLRB Rolls Back Obama “Quickie” Election Rules

On December 13, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced changes to regulations implemented during th...

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NLRB Declines Jurisdiction Over Democratic Presidential Campaign

Posted on 12/17/2019 at 04:00 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, NLRB, Presidential campaigns, Presidential campaigns as employers

NLRB Declines Jurisdiction Over Democratic Presidential Campaign

I earlier wrote about how various contenders for the Democratic Party nomination for President were wooing organized lab...

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Non-Disparagement Clauses in Cross-Hairs of NLRB – Lessons for Employers and their Employment Lawyers - Part Two

Posted on 12/05/2019 at 01:08 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: employment & social media policies, employment and labor issues , internet postings , NLRB

Non-Disparagement Clauses in Cross-Hairs of NLRB – Lessons for Employers and their Employment Lawyers - Part Two

Part One of this post discussed an NRLB Office of General Counsel Advice Memorandum which determined that a provision in...

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Non-Disparagement Clauses in Cross-Hairs of NLRB – Lessons for Employers & their Employment Lawyers - Part One

Posted on 11/25/2019 at 03:42 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: employer social media policies, employment and labor issues , internet postings, NLRB

Non-Disparagement Clauses in Cross-Hairs of NLRB – Lessons for Employers & their Employment Lawyers - Part One

This is an instructive tale of the Stange Law Firm, P.C. and its disputes with employees, with lessons regarding both no...

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