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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 [...]