NLRB Adopts Standard Making it Easier for Employers to Make Unilateral Changes to Working Conditions

By Michael Parente on September 23, 2019 Posted in National Labor Relations Board

Labor Board Ditches the “Clear and Unmistakable Waiver” Standard in Favor of the Employer-Friendly “Contract Coverage” Test 2019 has been the “Summer of Love” for employers at the Trump-administration National Labor Relations Board (“Board” or “NLRB”). Over the past several weeks, the Board has issued a handful of employer-friendly decisions covering issues such as worker … Continue Reading

‘Going Postal’ Over Data Breach Response: Union Files Failure-to-Bargain Charge With NLRB Against USPS

By Pat Muldowney on November 24, 2014 Posted in NLRB, Unions

As recent high-profile cyberattacks have demonstrated, employers have a duty to protect their employees’ electronically stored personal information from being accessed by hackers, and to promptly remedy any breach in security concerning such information. Depending upon the outcome of a recently filed charge before the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”), unionized employers … Continue Reading

When Acting to Prevent Data Breaches and Comply with Privacy Laws, Remember Overarching Employee Rights

By Scott McIntyre and Erika Spears on September 4, 2014 Posted in NLRB

The grocery business may be “fresh and easy,” but drafting a confidentiality and data protection policy that withstands the scrutiny of the current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is not. The NLRB, in its recent 2-1 Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market and United Food and Commercial Workers International Union decision, 361 NLRB No. 8 (July … Continue Reading