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New NLRB brings more uncertainty for labor lawyers
One of the most contentious years in the National Labor Relations Board’s history ended amid controversy and now the New Year has begun with a brand new political hailstorm that could spell more confusion and uncertainty for labor attorneys.
The hot legal practice areas for 2012
Despite sobering unemployment numbers across the country, employment for lawyers continues to be promising in the hottest practice areas.
LABORED RELATIONS: 2012 could be an uneventful year for the NLRB
Several months after first proposing sweeping changes to streamline the union representation election process in June – the so-called “quickie election” rules – the National Labor Relations Board has approved a more modest, scaled back set of reforms.
Pokes, tweets and the law: Social networking raises key workplace questions
Everyone knew that social networking was too prevalent not to have some impact on the workplace and labor laws. The only question was when.
LABORED RELATIONS: Controversy over the NLRB’s ‘Employee Rights’ poster
Effective Jan. 31, covered employers -- which includes most private sector employers -- will be required to post in their workplaces the National Labor Relations Board's "Employee Rights" poster, and industry groups have already filed suit seeking to block this action by t[...]
NLRB delays workplace posting rule
The National Labor Relations Board has postponed the effective date of its controversial new notice-posting rule by more than two months.
National Labor Relations Board: Facebook firings illegal
Employees who were fired over comments made on Facebook were illegally terminated, an Administrative Law Judge for the National Labor Relations Board has determined.
House GOP to spike rules in jobs agenda
The House Republican agenda this fall will focus on repealing environmental and labor regulations that GOP lawmakers say are driving up the cost of doing business and discouraging employers from hiring new workers.
NLRB nominee block could cause headaches
By Kimberly Atkins Dolan Media Newswires BOSTON — For the National Labor Relations Board, next year could be déjà vu all over again. Just last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the normally five-member NLRB, which is responsible for enforcing federal labor laws, acted without authority when it handed down nearly 600 decisions with only […]
NLRB policy changes as unions decline
In January, as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the union membership rate among U.S. workers continued to decline in 2010, the new National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") adopted policies designed to facilitate union organizing.
Antisocial networking can backfire
An ongoing legal battle over whether a woman was improperly fired for criticizing her employer on Facebook will shed light on just what the boundaries of online communications are.
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