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Breaking: NLRB delays new Labor Posting requirement

October 5, 2011

      NLRB Posting requirement delayed The Employee Rights Poster rule that was to start November 14th is now delayed. Here is the text of the NLRB press release: The National Labor Relations Board has postponed the implementation date for its new notice-posting rule by more than two months in order to allow for [...]

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Court of Appeals enforces NLRB order, finds investment fund manager jointly liable for unlawful acts at Hawaii resort

September 30, 2011

NLRB rules against company AND private equity firm jointly From an NLRB press release this afternoon.   Managers at private equity firms need to pay attention to this! The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has enforced a National Labor Relations Board order finding that Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., an asset manager for [...]

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New Mandatory Poster from NLRB now available

September 14, 2011

Mandatory poster explaining employee rights under NLRB This is a new manadatory posting for employers in the United States.  The failure to post comes with teeth.  Be sure you understand the new requirements. From the NLRB web site: A workplace poster that describes employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act is now available for [...]

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HR: In case you missed the memo, SHRM needs your support this week

July 27, 2011

Federal Legislative Action Alert I got an email from SHRM yesterday asking for assistance in contacting Congress about an important bill currently in play, H.R. 2587, the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act.   This is a surprisingly strong position for SHRM to take.  It is also important to business. You should read it and determine [...]

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A love letter to Summer Camp

June 9, 2011

 I wanna be at People Report Summer Camp! Dear powers that be, I’m really mad that you didn’t let me make it to People Report Summer Camp this year.  It’s my favorite conference event of the year, and all my friends are there, and I am not.  And that sucks!    All the other kidz got to [...]

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16 foot rat declared to be constitutional by NLRB

June 1, 2011

I haven’t been writing much lately on the blog.  I’ve been doing a lot of internal project related business writing, and doing that always seems to stifle my ability to write about other stuff.  I haven’t written a straight up labor relations update in quite a while.   This won’t exacty be a “thought leadership” post, but it [...]

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10 Labor Relations Resources for HR

March 9, 2011

How to stay current on developments in labor relations When I speak, I am often asked where the average HR pro can go to keep up with developing trends in labor relations and labor law.   Here are my top 10 resources. The first source everyone should pay attention to is the National Labor Relations Board [...]

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Why fast food should still be concerned about the Jimmy John’s union election

February 20, 2011

Fast Food operators still at risk of union organizing Here is a look at a how labor oriented web site is reporting on how what they term a “union busting” law firm is reporting on the potential of the continued growth of labor union organizing in the fast food restaurant industry.   The fact that unions are [...]

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Don’t believe the social media hype! You can still get fired for saying dumb sh*t on Facebook!

February 9, 2011

There is no Facebook Free Speech Back in November, I published a cautionary tale about Facebook and free speech in the workplace.  Back then I said that you could still be fired for saying dumb shit on Facebook, and that is still true today. Here is part of what I posted back then in response on to [...]

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NLRB “Facebook” free speech case settled

February 7, 2011

American Medical Response of Connecticut, Inc. case ends in settlement The NLRB has released the following press release announcing the settlement.   Thanks to my friend Seth Borden over at Labor Relations Today for letting me know about this right away!  Click the link for Seth’s blog. He has some great analysis of this case, and [...]

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