By Ashley Laken
Seyfarth Synopsis: The NLRB’s Division of Advice recently released an Advice Memorandum finding that a security company’s work rules were unlawfully overbroad, but that the company did not violate the National Labor Relations Act by discharging one of its employees for posting an insidious Facebook video or by filing a defamation lawsuit against two former employees.
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By David S. Baffa, Noah A. Finkel, and Joseph S. Turner
Seyfarth Synopsis: Congress has once again proposed legislation that would seek to ban mandatory workplace arbitration of employment claims, despite a string of United States Supreme Court decisions upholding arbitration and class/collective action waivers as a lawful and appropriate mechanism to resolve workplace disputes.
Seyfarth Synopsis: Even if bad Glassdoor reviews have you feeling like you need to fight back, employers should stay out of the ring, and instead implement social media policies that clearly define prohibited behavior and disclosures, while spelling out the consequences for violations. Employers must not retaliate against employees for their lawful out-of-office behavior.
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Continue Reading Raging Bull: Getting Beat Up On Glassdoor?
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, members of the Chicago L&E Team hosted the Fourth Quarter Breakfast Briefing to a packed room. This Briefing looked at four key governmental agencies/trends (OSHA, OFCCP and equal pay, EEOC, and NLRB) to review key highlights from 2017 and how 2018 was shaping up.
In case you missed it, here are the slides from the
Continue Reading Breakfast Briefing: Year In Review and Crystal Ball Predictions for 2018
Synopsis: On May 25, 2017, Seyfarth attorneys Chris DeGroff, Noah Finkel, and Brad Livingston presented their insights on how the Trump administration will affect employers. Specifically, they discussed the effect the Trump administration is having and will have on the EEOC, the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division, and the NLRB. All presenters agreed that, while the
Continue Reading Seyfarth Attorneys Discuss Effect Of Trump Administration On Employers
By Karla E. Sanchez and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employer must reinstate four employees after it terminated the employees for agreeing with a former coworker’s email that complained about their terms and conditions of employment.
Recently, a National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge ruled that a restaurant unlawfully reprimanded and discharged several employees in violation of
Continue Reading Restaurant Wrong To Fire Workers Over Email Criticizing the Restaurant and its Managers
By Ashley Laken
Seyfarth Synopsis: NLRB affirms ALJ’s ruling finding that a union member’s criticisms on Facebook of the union that represented him were protected by the NLRA.
On February 7, 2017, in Laborers’ International Union of North America, Local Union No. 91, 365 NLRB No. 28, the National Labor Relations Board affirmed an NLRB administrative law judge’s
Continue Reading NLRB Finds Employee’s Facebook Posts Critical of Union Protected
Seyfarth Synopsis: NLRB rules that the operators of the Detroit Masonic Temple unlawfully refused to bargain with a union that represented various engineers and maintenance workers at the temple, even though none of the remaining members of the bargaining unit were union members.
NLRB Chairman Pearce and Members Miscimarra and McFerran unanimously ruled that the
Continue Reading NLRB Finds that Employer Unlawfully Refused to Bargain with Union
By Michael Rybicki, Esq.
Seyfarth Summary: The relevance of the National Labor Relations Act to industries and business sectors that have not traditionally had to deal with its implications – such as hedge funds.
The New York Times recently ran on the front page of its business section a lengthy article discussing the National Labor Relation’s Board challenge to
Continue Reading The NLRB Continues To Go After Non-Union Employers in Industries it Has Historically Not Targeted
By Erin Dougherty Foley and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: A couple of Circuit Court decisions last week may cause some trepidation for your company’s HR managers as they shuffle through the off-duty activities of company employees that get brought onto the company’s property and into its business. This blog offers some comments on the decisions, and recommendations for employers.
Continue Reading Guns and Motorcycle Clubs Oh My! – What’s an HR Manager To Do?