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Employers must comply with NLRB employee rights posting rule by April 30

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) employee rights notice-posting requirement was recently upheld as valid by U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson. As such, most private sector employers, regardless of whether they are unionized or not, will be required to display this poster no later than April 30, 2012.

Excluded from coverage under the National Labor [...]

2012 Employment Law Toolkit for Illinois Employers now available

2012 Employment Law Toolkit for Illinois Employers

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Jason Tremblay’s recently published the 2012 edition of the handbook, Employment Law Toolkit for Illinois Employers, is now available. The handbook is a comprehensive resource highlighting the significant employment and labor issues facing Illinois employers. It provides practical and cost-effective advice on avoiding [...]

Charles W. Pautsch writes on buying a U.S. business with labor issues for Financier Worldwide magazine

Charles W. Pautsch

Arnstein & Lehr Milwaukee Partner Charles W. Pautsch‘s article “Buying A US Business With A Labour Contract: Opportunities For The Wise And Traps For The Unwary” currently appears online at Financier Worldwide magazine’s website. His article addresses the challenges presented to a foreign or domestic purchaser who is considering buying an American [...]

Jesse Dill shares insight with CNN about social media issues arising in the workplace

Jesse Dill

Arnstein & Lehr Milwaukee Associate Jesse Dill discussed the possible ramifications of employees’ personal and professional use of networking sites in a recent CNN article. The February 7 article, “Employers, workers navigate pitfalls of social media,” focuses on the legal issues facing both the company and the employee when a negative social media [...]

Employment Law Update: NLRB Posting Rule Postponed

E. Jason Tremblay

It was just announced that the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has postponed the effective date of its new rule regarding the posting of the Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act. As previously reported, the new poster was originally required to be posted by private employers on November [...]

Mark Spognardi writes Employers’ Summer of Discontent: Obama Labor Board pushes anti-employer agenda

Mark A. Spognardi

Arnstein & Lehr Partner Mark Spognardi recently wrote the article, “Employers’ Summer of Disconnect: Obama Labor Board pushes anti-employer agenda,” which appeared in the September 20 issue of the Westlaw Journal. In the article Mr. Spognardi discusses how the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has had a busy summer proposing and implementing [...]

NLRB Required Notice On Employee Rights Is Now Available

E. Jason Tremblay

As previously reported, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) requires virtually all employers, union and non-union, to post a new employee rights notice as of November 14, 2011. The new NLRB poster is now available for free download at www.nlrb.gov/poster. The 11”X17” notice should be posted in a conspicuous location, where all [...]

Employers’ Summer of Discontent: Obama Labor Board Pushes Anti-Employer Agenda

Mark A. Spognardi

While employers have been increasingly worried about a double dip recession, the National Labor Relations Board has had a busy summer proposing and implementing rules and issuing decisions designed to promote the unionization of America’s workforce. The Obama Labor Board has taken over where the President has failed, delivering victories [...]

New NLRB Poster Requirement

E. Jason Tremblay

On August 27, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) adopted a rule, which becomes effective as of November 14, 2011, that requires employers to notify employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (“NRLA”). This Notice requirement applies to millions of private-sector employers that fall under the jurisdiction of [...]

Obama nominates three to NLRB

The National Labor Relations Board is presently composed of Chairman Wilma Liebman (D) and Member Peter Schaumber (R).  That’s right, just two members.  As a result, the NLRB’s decisions have been the focus of judicial scrutiny over whether it has the authority to issue decisions as a quorum of just two.

The President’s picks for the [...]