Tuesday, July 30 marked the first time in more than a decade that all 5 member positions have been filled on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The senate took a vote Tuesday morning to appoint several nominees. As part of a bi-partisan agreement reached this month, two new candidates…
By Keith Overholt Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that President Obama’s recess appointment of NLRB Members Block, Flynn and Griffin were unconstitutional because the vacancies which they filled did not arise during “the Recess” of the Senate and the appointments were…
By: Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has dealt another blow to employers who lose a labor dispute under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). In a recent decision, Latino Express, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 777, 359 NLRB No. 44 (2012),…
By John Egbert Employers that have a Social Media policy should pull it out and review it in light of a recently-issued memorandum by the NLRB’s Acting General Counsel. The memorandum identifies several examples of provisions which are common in many employers’ social media policies, and which (at least according…
