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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo is targeting so-called “captive audience” meetings and has asked the Board to find such meetings unlawful. Employers often hold these meetings during union organizing campaigns to present their views to assembled employees regarding unionization and other issues relating to employee working […]

This month, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo issued two GC memos providing guidance to Regional Offices concerning what remedies should be sought when an employer has violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Specifically, GC Abruzzho directs Regions to seek the “full panoply of remedies […]

On August 12, 2021, the recently confirmed General Counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) , Jennifer Abruzzo, issued her first official memo. Per an NLRB press release, GC Memo 21-04 “lays out a clear agenda…on some priorities of the Office of the General Counsel.” The memo directs NLRB field […]

A National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board’) decision that was once thought to be a significant win for employer property rights may ultimately result in increased property access for off-duty contractor employees, following a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In September 2019, […]

In determining that the National Labor Relations Board’s decision finding that the Employer violated the National Labor Relations Act was not supported by substantial evidence, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit provided some guidance to employers on workforce transitions from another employer. The case of Ridgewood Health […]

On August 12, 2021, the recently confirmed General Counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued her first official memo. Per an NLRB press release, GC Memo 21-04 “lays out a clear agenda…on some priorities of the Office of the General Counsel.” The memo directs NLRB field […]

The National Labor Relations Board held that a union’s use of a large inflatable rat – infamously known as “Scabby” and standing 12-feet tall with red eyes and claws – and banners targeting a “neutral” employer does not, without more, violate the National Labor Relations Act. Scabby and other inflatables […]

In a case applicable to unionized and non-unionized employers alike, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found that an employer unlawfully discriminated against an employee under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) by reprimanding her for sending facility-wide e-mails seeking employee support for a union, supposedly in […]

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) held that solicitation of mail ballots is objectionable conduct during a NLRB-conducted election. The Board further held that an election would be set aside if the evidence establishes that a party’s ballot solicitation affected a determinative number of voters – i.e., […]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or “the Board”) order finding a supervisor’s statement blaming the employees’ union for a leave discrepancy violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Facts: In Trinity Services Group, Inc. v. NLRB, an […]