Practical HR Tips, News & Advice. Updated Daily.
In a recent article, we discussed the fact that employers need to be careful to avoid being overly restrictive in their social media policies, since restricting what employees can say online might constitute interference with an employee’s right to concerted activity under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
Employers often dread the idea of unionization among employees, perhaps fearing that the employees will have unreasonable demands or will go on strike. Some employers even actively work to discourage unionization activities among employees—but doing so can be illegal.
It’s important to remember that discipline must be applied consistently among all employees. For example, if employee A and employee B, similarly situated, engage in similar misconduct, both employees should receive the same type of discipline. Ignore this rule at your peril.
Van Parys, who is with Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP in Sacramento, offered his tips at the SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition held recently in Orlando. Challenges by EEOC and NLRB To avoid having your severance agreement challenged by the EEOC or NLRB, says Van Parys, include language to the effect that the former employee […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, we featured Attorney Joel Van Parys’ tips on drafting a severance agreement that will pass muster with the EEOC and NLRB. Today, more tips, including managing the severance meeting.
McDonald’s parent company would be liable as a joint employer in any proceedings by the National Labor Relations Board on labor and wage violations at McDonald’s franchises, the NLRB’s general counsel said in a July 29 determination. The franchisees’ alleged violations of the National Labor Relations Act relate specifically to a spate of lawsuits filed […]
A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling that the McDonald’s corporation is a joint employer with its franchisees is a departure from longtime precedent that’s drawing fire from the fast-food giant and other business interests. The NLRB’s Office of the General Counsel released a statement on July 29 saying the Oak Brook, Illinois-based corporation could […]
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is inviting interested parties to submit briefs on the Northwestern University football case. Briefs must be submitted on or before June 26, 2014. At the request of the university, the NLRB agreed on April 24 to review the decision of a regional director finding that the university’s scholarship football […]
For those entrepreneurs who have struck it rich thanks to the Internet, Al Gore’s invention has been a wonderful thing. But a news story last week illustrated that the Internet also can cause a lot of headaches–even for the same people whose children and grandchildren may never have to work a day in their lives because […]
by Lauren E.M. Russell April 7 marks the end of the comment period for proposed rules from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that would shorten the time needed to hold union representation elections. This latest effort is the second time the NLRB has broached the subject of what foes call “quickie elections.” The first […]